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• Jean Lapointe, singer, actor and retired Canadian senator, dies at 86

  The foundation he created announced Friday his death from health complications at a Montreal palliative care home, surrounded by loved ones.

  Canada

  Nov 18, 2022
  
• Former senator Joyce Fairbairn dies at 82

  Joyce Fairbairn began her career as a journalist working in the parliamentary press gallery before entering the political realm. She retired from the Senate in 2013.

  Politics

  Mar 30, 2022
  
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• Former senator from George Gordon First Nation to be appointed to Order of Canada

  Saskatchewan's Lillian Dyck, formerly a Canadian senator, was named one of the appointees to the Order of Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 29, 2021
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• Canadian senator receiving ‘cries for help’ from Afghan women left behind

  Sen. Salma Ataullahjan says she has received daily appeals for help to escape the Taliban from Afghans she met on official parliamentary business.

  Canada

  Sep 3, 2021
• Sen. Murray Sinclair joins legal firm to mentor lawyers in Indigenous law

  Sen. Murray Sinclair is joining Cochrane Saxberg LLP, Manitoba's largest Indigenous law firm.

  Politics

  Aug 4, 2020
• Coronavirus: Canadian Senator calls for immediate release of inmates to curb COVID-19

  Sen. Kim Pate is calling on correctional officials to release inmates who are nearing the end of their sentence to help reduce the spread of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2020
• Former University of Saskatchewan law dean appointed to the Senate

  He's also a former deputy minister of intergovernmental and Indigenous affairs in Saskatchewan.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2020
• Condolences pour in following death of Edmonton jazz pianist, senator Tommy Banks

  After word of his death Thursday night, politicians, local theatres and others who knew Tommy Banks began sharing their sympathies and fond memories of the pianist.

  Canada

  Jan 26, 2018
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• Jacques Demers in stable condition as health improves: hospital

  Senator Demers has improved to the point that doctors are planning to move him out of intensive care in a Montreal hospital and into the inpatient stroke unit.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2016