Ottawa poised to make decision on search of Manitoba landfill for human remains: minister | Federal government looking to cut $1 billion from National Defence budget | Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault
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Hello, these are your top stories for Friday, September 29, 2023.
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Ottawa poised to make decision on search of Manitoba landfill for human remains: minister; Funding a landfill search to find the remains of missing First Nations women has become a provincial election issue in Manitoba\.

Ottawa poised to make decision on search of Manitoba landfill for human remains: minister

September 29 , 2023 • 04:14 PM EDT

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the federal government is on the verge of presenting a solution to calls for a search at the Prairie Green Landfill in Manitoba to find the remains of two First Nations women believed to be murdered by an alleged serial killer.

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Federal government looking to cut $1 billion from National Defence budget; Canadian Forces personnel stand easy as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, both not pictured, speak during a visit to CFB Kingston in Kingston, Ont\., March 7, 2023\.

Federal government looking to cut $1 billion from National Defence budget

September 29 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT

The Liberal government is looking to cut almost $1 billion from the annual budget of the Department of National Defence — a demand the country's top military commander says is prompting some "difficult" conversations within the military.

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Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault; Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault lresponds to a question during a news conference, in Ottawa, Wednesday, June 14, 2023\.

Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault

September 29 , 2023 • 04:59 PM EDT

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there will be no special treatment for Alberta when it comes to new regulations to make electricity cleaner.

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Airlines claim passenger safety at risk under new passenger rights rules; Westjet flight at Montreal-Trudeau Airport on April 24, 2023\.

Airlines claim passenger safety at risk under new passenger rights rules

September 29 , 2023 • 03:07 PM EDT

In submissions and meetings, industry groups warned Canada's transport regulator that sweeping reforms announced earlier this year will put travellers' safety at risk and drain carriers of cash after a financially devastating COVID-19 pandemic.

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Colonel facing firearms charges permanently removed as commander of CFB Trenton; Col\. Leif Dahl, commander of 8 Wing and CFB Trenton, has been temporarily removed from his role after he was charged by the OPP with firearm-related offences in connection with what the Department of National Defence described as a "hunting-related incident" on Aug\. 25, 2023\.

Colonel facing firearms charges permanently removed as commander of CFB Trenton

September 29 , 2023 • 12:15 PM EDT

Police allege Col. Leif Dahl shot at "protected wildlife" from aboard a boat on a canal in Quinte West, Ont., on Aug. 25.

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Who's in, who's out and everything else you need to know about the Speaker election; The Speaker's chair is seen before the House of Commons begins session, on Tuesday, Sept\. 26, 2023, in Ottawa\.  

September 29 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT

Who's in, who's out and everything else you need to know about the Speaker election

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Saskatchewan and the notwithstanding clause explained; Premier Scott Moe speaks with media at the Saskatchewan legislature on May 15, 2023\.  

September 29 , 2023 • 02:36 PM EDT

Saskatchewan and the notwithstanding clause explained

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Immigration minister says he wants to make it easier for Indigenous people to cross borders; The Canadian side of the international border between Cornwall, Ont\., and New York, which passes through the Mohawk community of Akwesasne\.  

September 29 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EDT

Immigration minister says he wants to make it easier for Indigenous people to cross borders

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Canada's economy was flat in July, new GDP numbers from Statistics Canada show; A welder works at the Volvo Group-owned Prevost factory in Sainte-Claire, Quebec, Canada, on Friday, May 5, 2023\. In Quebec City, the local unemployment rate hovers around 2\.5%, near the lowest of any North American city over 500,000 people\. Photographer: Renaud Philippe/Bloomberg  

September 29 , 2023 • 08:40 AM EDT

Canada's economy was flat in July, new GDP numbers from Statistics Canada show

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Canada has been in touch with 'Ukrainian friends' after Parliament recognized Nazi veteran: Trudeau; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an armchair discussion with Flavio Volpe, President of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association in Toronto, on Tuesday,  September 26, 2023\.  

September 28 , 2023 • 02:50 PM EDT

Canada has been in touch with 'Ukrainian friends' after Parliament recognized Nazi veteran: Trudeau

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