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The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination.

But when NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches Monday, the moon will be more of a way station.

"It's really to learn how we can go further," said Isabelle Tremblay of the Canadian Space Agency, which is playing a big role in the Artemis missions. "It's really to learn how we can go to Mars."

Current and former politicians from across the Canadian political spectrum have condemned an incident in Alberta during which a man appeared to verbally accost Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday.

A 14-second video posted on Twitter by an account that voices opposition to COVID-19 public health measures shows Freeland entering an elevator while a large man approaches her, hurling profanities and calling her a "traitor."

Kenora's Jeff 'Gussy' Gustafson is at it again. He's in day one of the 2022 Guaranteed Rate Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Gussy is coming off a 21st place finish last weekend on Lake Oahe. Weigh-ins will go at 3 this afternoon. This is his last derby of the season. 

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers made their return to the win column with a 31-29 win over the Calgary Stampeders last night. Winnipeg also
made history being the first CFL team to win 400 home games. Zach Collaros threw for two touchdowns in the win.

The well-being of physicians across Canada has significantly decreased with many doctors reporting poorer mental health than before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey suggests.

The Canadian Medical Association's national physician health survey, released Thursday, indicates that 53 per cent of respondents reported symptoms of burnout, including emotional exhaustion.

The reported burnout rate among doctors was 1.7 times higher than it was in the association's previous survey in 2017.

A boundary change could be in the future for the federal Kenora riding, splitting the riding into two.

Every ten years, the Constitution of Canada requires that federal electoral districts be reviewed to reflect changes and movements in Canada's population. That process has begun and could see the creation of the Kenora - Thunder Bay - Rainy River riding and the Kiiwetinoong - Mushkegowuk riding.

Wataynikaneyap Power is celebrating a major milestone.

The power utility has completed and energized a 230kV line, which runs approximately 300-kilometresection, between Dinorwic and Pickle Lake. This marks the completion of the first part of the 1,800-kilometre Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Project that is being built to connect 17 remote First Nations to the Ontario power grid.

Canada has sanctioned a Russian woman whom the foreign affairs minister's office alleges is the architect of a scheme to abduct thousands of Ukrainian children and facilitate their adoption into Russian homes. 

The federal government has imposed sanctions on Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's children's rights commissioner, who has been accused by Ukraine of organizing the removal of children from the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and a possible signal the outbreak in Europe may be starting to decline, according to a World Health Organization report issued Thursday.

Canada's immigration minister now projects it will take a few months longer than originally hoped to get application wait times back on track.

Sean Fraser promised in January to eliminate backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year.

That was before Canada launched a major response to the refugee crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

Frasier says that effort has contributed to longer waits for people who want to come to Canada.

Incoming Supreme Court of Canada judge Michelle O'Bonsawin, poised to become the first Indigenous member of that bench, says she's a "tell it like it is person" and a lifelong student.

In O'Bonsawin's first public appearance since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nominated her for the position last week, she said she believes her life experience as an Indigenous person, a Franco-Ontarian and someone who grew up in rural northern Ontario will serve her well on the court.