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Did an F-22 shoot down an Illinois hobby group’s small radio balloon?

A military spokesperson tells NPR it’s their understanding that the FBI has spoken to the hobbyist group in question

By NPR

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The U.S. military shot down an unidentified object over Canada’s Yukon territory

The object was shot down by a U.S. military fighter jet from the U.S. and Canada’s North American Aerospace Defense Command

By NPR

Trudeau orders an immediate freeze on the sale of handguns in Canada

The handgun freeze is the latest in an ongoing battle among Canadian lawmakers over gun control measures.

By NPR

Canada: Surviving the Wild North

Travel through Canada’s Arctic to discover how polar bears, coastal wolves, lynxes, and more survive in the North. Timing and seizing opportunity is a matter of life and death in this wild, rugged outpost.

By Christina Zeiders

Police arrest more than 100 protesters as they try to break siege at Canadian capital

Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada’s besieged capital

By The Associated Press

A bank freezes about $1.1 million in funds for Canadian border protests

TD Bank has frozen about $1.1 million that was intended to back disruptive protests against Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

By NPR

Police clear last remaining protesters from key bridge between the U.S. and Canada

Police in Windsor, Ontario said “arrests [were] being made” and “vehicles [were] being towed”

By NPR

Truckers in Ottawa block a key border crossing, as their protest morphs and drags on

An Ottawa City Councillor says the protest has morphed into a more far-reaching and hostile demonstration against the government than was originally planned.

By NPR
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