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The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Two Mi’kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have been appointed to the Senate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Mi’kmaq lawyers from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland appointed to Senate seats

Dan Christmas, who retired earlier this year, became Canada’s first Mi’kmaw senator in 2016

 

The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Senate passes long-delayed bill aimed at unblocking Canadian aid in Afghanistan

The Criminal Code changes allow development workers to apply for exemptions from terrorism laws

 

The Senate of Canada building and Senate Chamber are pictured in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Manitoba senator Raymonde Gagné will be the third woman to sit in the Speaker’s chair in the Senate, and the first to do so in 44 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Manitoba Sen. Raymonde Gagné becomes Senate’s third-ever female Speaker

Gagné is replacing the now-retired George Furey, who has been a senator since 1999

 

Sen. Yuen Pau Woo denounces RCMP allegations of Chinese government interference in Canada as community organizer May Chiu looks on during a news conference at the Service à la Famille Chinoise du Grand Montreal, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Senator says RCMP must release evidence of alleged Chinese police stations in Canada

Independent Sen. Yuen Pau Woo says police should bring forth evidence or leave the groups alone

Sen. Yuen Pau Woo denounces RCMP allegations of Chinese government interference in Canada as community organizer May Chiu looks on during a news conference at the Service à la Famille Chinoise du Grand Montreal, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Debris from receding flood waters is pictured along a road as heavy rains form an atmospheric river continue in Abbotsford, B.C., Nov. 30, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Flood mitigation crucial to preventing future disasters: Senate report on B.C.’s 2021 floods

Future flood damages could be 10-times worse, one witness testified

Debris from receding flood waters is pictured along a road as heavy rains form an atmospheric river continue in Abbotsford, B.C., Nov. 30, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)