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VANCOUVER — The parents of an aboriginal girl found slain last week in Kamloops have joined the call for a national inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women.

HALIFAX - A former elementary school teacher convicted of committing indecent acts has agreed to surrender his teaching licence in Nova Scotia after a public outcry over his bid to return to the classroom.

OTTAWA - sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s newest Supreme Court justice says democracy is at stake if the public no longer has trust in the judicial system.

OTTAWA - sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ will contribute another $15 million in humanitarian aid to help Syria's neighbours cope with the overflow of hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country's civil war.

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Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan is offering to meet this week with a northern Ontario chief who embarked on a hunger strike Tuesday out of frustration with the federal government.

EDMONTON - Premier Alison Redford is trying to reassure Albertans that the province's operating budget will balance in the next fiscal year.

OTTAWA - sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s spy and defence agencies — not just police — would be able to refer people to the federal witness protection program under changes proposed Tuesday.

OTTAWA - The federal opposition parties are warning that so-called "right-to-work" legislation that has passed in Michigan could soon come to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

TORONTO - Teachers should resolve their dispute over pay with the governing Liberals in court, not by depriving students of extracurricular activities, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.