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A look at news events in June 2022: 1 – A jury awarded actor Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The same jury awarded Heard $2 million in damages in her countersuit against Depp.

A look at news events in May 2022: 1 - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Canada's residential school system was a cultural genocide.

A look at news events in April 2022: 1 - Pope Francis apologized for the role the Roman Catholic Church played in Canada's residential school system. A Métis delegation travelled to the Vatican to talk about what happened in the schools.

A look at news events in March 2022: 1 - Russian forces escalated their attacks on populated urban areas of Ukraine.

A look at news events in February 2022: 1 – The demonstrators still taking part in a protest in front of Parliament Hill said they were staying put until all COVID-related restrictions were lifted.

A look at news events in January 2022: 4 – An Ontario court awarded $107 million to the families of six of the victims of the downing of a Ukraine International Airlines flight two years ago.

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

WINNIPEG — In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton's pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women.

MONTREAL — A successful biodiversity framework to halt the devastation of global ecosystems and wildlife will require compromise from the world's wealthy and developing nations both, Canada's environment minister said Thursday.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not have started the day thinking about whether mermaids reproduce like fish or like humans, but that's what one person is asking him to consider.