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Aug 9 In 2018, the family of an Indigenous man shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm in August 2016 filed lawsuits against the RCMP and the farmer who was acquitted in the killing. Colten Boushie died after being shot in the head on a farm near the community of Biggar. Aug 10 In 2021, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said he was leaving politics. Pallister made the comments during a caucus retreat in Brandon. The premier had been under fire over the past month for comments he made about Canadian history and Indigenous people. Aug 14 In 2019, Canada\u2019s ethics watchdog found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring then-attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. Mario Dion says that… <\/p>\n

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Aug 9 In 2018, the family of an Indigenous man shot to death on a Saskatchewan farm in August 2016 filed lawsuits against the RCMP and the farmer who was acquitted in the killing. Colten Boushie died after being shot in the head on a farm near the community of Biggar. Aug 10 In 2021, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said he was leaving politics. Pallister made the comments during a caucus retreat in Brandon. The premier had been under fire over the past month for comments he made about Canadian history and Indigenous people. Aug 14 In 2019, Canada\u2019s ethics watchdog found Prime Minister Justin Trudeau violated the Conflict of Interest Act by improperly pressuring then-attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to halt the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. Mario Dion says that... <\/p>\n

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