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Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor says ‘Lake Ontario’ lyric now an anti-Trump rallying cry

By Alex Nino Gheciu Greg Keelor had been mulling what to say about Donald Trump all night. Blue Rodeo was about to play “Hasn’t Hit Me Yet” during their Saturday show at Toronto’s RBC Amphitheatre, and the Canadian band’s frontman knew their 1993 hit contained a newly loaded lyric: “Out in the middle of Lake Ontario.” Keelor considered using the moment to tear into the U.S. president, who last week signed an executive order to rename the body of water…

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Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor says ‘Lake Ontario’ lyric now an anti-Trump rallying cry

By Alex Nino Gheciu Greg Keelor had been mulling what to say about Donald Trump all…

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By Anushka Yadav, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Pointer When the federal and provincial governments promote…

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By The Canadian Press Voting was underway Monday in federal byelections in Quebec, B.C. and Ontario…

Family calls for probe of decision to grant parole to man convicted in woman’s death

By Alessia Passafiume Family members of the late Barbara Kentner are demanding that the Parole Board…

National chief encourages eligible First Nation to submit claims

By Jacqueline St.Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor OTTAWA—National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak stated…

Trump contacted Apple directly to change name of Lake Ontario to Lake America: Burgum

By Kelly Geraldine Malone U.S. President Donald Trump contacted Apple directly to get the company to…

Trump’s ‘renaming’ of Lake Ontario is emblematic of centuries of colonial erasure

By Nicole Rosen, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Language Interactions, University of Manitoba The ongoing…

‘Implosion’: Warbus is seventh B.C. Conservative to quit caucus, blaming Findlay

By Chuck Chiang B.C. Conservative MLA A’a:liya Warbus, one of the Opposition’s most prominent legislators, has…

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By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Vancouver, BC – Across the street from Pigeon…

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The B.C. Conservative caucus is down to 30. Here’s how it lost 14 members

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Cardinal Marc Ouellet wins lawsuit against woman who accused him of sexual misconduct

By Morgan Lowrie Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet has won his civil defamation suit against a woman…

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By Connor Luczka, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Stratford Times On a typical summer morning Aug. 18,…

‘Epic fighter’: Tributes for B.C. Indigenous leader and MLA Joan Phillip, dead at 74

By The Canadian Press British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier…

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Court sides with Guardians Network in $6.2-million civil suit

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‘Then, now and always’: Carney says it will always be Lake Ontario after Trump order

Lake Oniatari:io, the Haudenosaunee word for Lake Ontario By Kelly Geraldine Malone Prime Minister Mark Carney…

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