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Uneasy calm shrouds Rexton battle site

An uneasy calm settled Friday over the site of Thursday’s raid by heavily armed RCMP teams on a Mi’kmaq-anchored encampment that was sealing-in a compound holding exploration vehicles belonging to a Houston-based energy firm.

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Winnipeg protest meets Senate committee

When members of Canada’s Senate committee on human rights showed up in Winnipeg for a public meeting, they were met by a handful of Aboriginal people protesting against the federal government’s new budget.