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    2024 Hot Docs 'An Unfinished Journey': 4 women leaders who fled Afghanistan fighting against gender apartheid

    An Unfinished Journey part of the 2024 Hot Docs Festival documents four women who resettled in Canada After the 2021 Taliban take over in Afghanistan.

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    Ignace voting on potential nuclear waste facility

    IGNACE — Residents and property owners began voting just after midnight Friday on whether they support Ignace moving forward as a potential host community for a nuclear waste repository. Online and in-person, individuals aged 16 and over may cast a ballot on whether the township should “continue participating in the process.” A consulting firm will use the results as data for a report to Ignace council on the degree of “community willingness.” Laura Tanguay, a doctoral candidate in environmental

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    Austin says Patriot missile system may not be 'silver bullet' for Ukraine's defense

    At a press conference on Friday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin responded to a question about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's desire for more Patriot missile systems to defend against Russia's invasion. Austin said that Ukraine needs other systems as well and cautioned against focusing on the Patriot missile system as a "silver bullet" for the country's defense.