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‘I wouldn’t say they look good’: B.C. town combats complaints about tree stumps with festive decor

The initial decoration of a couple of ‘eyesore’ tree stumps in Creston, B.C. by an anonymous source, leads town staff on a holiday–season decorating mission to spruce up the remaining stumps. While reactions to the initiative are mixed, the festive stumps have certainly become a talking point in the normally quiet southeastern B.C., mountain town. Source […]

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Why a N.S. assault case before Canada’s top court could set a precedent for Indigenous sentencing options

The Mi’kmaw woman at the centre of an aggravated assault case now before the Supreme Court of Canada spoke about what she went through for the first time ever in an interview with CBC News. She says it’s up to courts to find “balance” between sentencing Indigenous offenders and protecting Indigenous women who are victims. […]