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Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51. Source link

Premier David Eby has faced criticism within his party for his promise to fast-track resource projects and for the eight-week strike by the B.C. General Employees Union. Despite that, New Democrats backed his leadership with 82 per cent support at this weekend’s NDP leadership convention. Source link

A large protest against insecurity and government corruption turned violent in Mexico City on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with riot police outside the National Palace. Source link

A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians. Source link

Transportation Safety Board investigators have been dispatched to the scene of a fatal mid-air plane crash southeast of Ottawa that claimed the life of one pilot. Source link

Many services on Salt Spring Island are experiencing a labour shortage, driven by a lack of housing workers can afford. It’s pushed businesses around the island to offer housing for workers in order to improve recruitment — and fierce debate on how to solve the island’s affordable housing crisis. Source link

More Indigenous communities across Canada are reuniting with items that were taken or given away generations ago. The Vatican and the Canadian Catholic Church are reportedly working on an agreement to return about 100,000 Indigenous items Catholic missions sent to Rome in the 1920s. Source link

A pair of Saskatchewan products are ready to play in their first Grey Cup. Source link

The first Northern Super League Final will pit the host AFC Toronto against Vancouver Rise FC. Live coverage begins with the pre-game at 1:30 p.m. ET. Source link

Photographers from CBC News, The Canadian Press, Reuters and others document our changing world every day. Here’s a selection of the week’s top images. Source link