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Jean Lapointe, singer, actor and retired Canadian senator, dies at 86The foundation he created announced Friday his death from health complications at a Montreal palliative care home, surrounded by loved ones.CanadaNov 18, 2022
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Chrétien says he never heard of abuse at residential schools during time as ministerChrétien said he knew residential schools existed and how difficult the experience was, drawing a comparison with his own time in conventional boarding schools.CanadaOct 25, 2021
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John Gomery, former sponsorship scandal inquiry head, dies at 88John Gomery was a Quebec Superior Court justice when he was named to head an inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal in 2004.CanadaMay 19, 2021
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‘It’s going to be difficult’: Chretien on Prince Philip death, the road ahead for the QueenThe death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on Friday brought renewed attention to the fact that mourning looks very different now than it did before the pandemic.CanadaApr 11, 2021
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COVID-19: Former prime ministers Chrétien, Clark vaccinated in OttawaTwo Canadian prime ministers got their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday at Ottawa City Hall, according to Mayor Jim Watson.HealthMar 24, 2021
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Quebec nearly divorced Canada in referendum 25 years agoQuebec came within a small margin of separating from Canada exactly 25 years ago.CanadaOct 30, 2020
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Aline Chretien remembered as trusted adviser to former prime ministerA spokesman for the Chretien family says she died at her home in Shawinigan, Que., on Saturday morning surrounded by family. A cause of death was not specified.CanadaSep 13, 2020
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Trudeau prorogues Parliament — what exactly does that mean?If Parliament is prorogued, the move kills all bills that have not yet received royal ascent, and no committees are allowed to sit during a prorogation.CanadaAug 18, 2020
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Canada suffered worse threats than Indigenous protests, western alienation: ChretienHe recalled the 1960s and 70s, when radical separatists with the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) were setting off bombs, kidnapped the British trade commissioner and killed a Quebec cabinet minister.PoliticsMar 3, 2020
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Who is the best PM of the 20th century? Depends on where you live in Canada, poll findsThere appears to be a regional divide in how fondly Canadians view prime ministers past.CanadaDec 31, 2019
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