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‘She gets to be 10’: Ontario child’s heart donated to girl the same age | Globalnews.ca
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Backers say they have enough signatures to qualify Prop 47 rollback initiative: Proposed initiative would amend Proposition 47, the 2014 initiative ...
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Backers say they have enough signatures to qualify Prop 47 rollback ...
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After Canada’s mild winter, we should expect the unexpected on climate change: Fires and floods are likely to come this summer. But things are changing quickly ...
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After Canada’s mild winter, we should expect the unexpected on climate ...
Quick Glance: Scottish Government Abandons 'World-Leading' Climate Target
  • The Scottish Government has abandoned its “world-leading” target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030.

  • Ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the climate change target “better reflects the reality of long-term climate policymaking”.

  • Scotland will move away from legally binding annual targets to a five-yearly carbon budget approach.

  • A new package of climate action measures was announced, including tripling the number of charging points for electric vehicles and exploring a new integrated ticketing system for public transport in Scotland.
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Biden set to deny approval for mining company’s road through Alaskan wilderness: The Biden administration will deny federal approval to a metallurgical mining ...
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Biden set to deny approval for mining company’s road through Alaskan ...
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Ukrainian Teen Describes Being Taken From School by Armed Men & Held in Russian-Controlled Territory
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Ukrainian Teen Describes Being Taken From School by Armed Men & Held in ...
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Palestinian kaffiyehs banned from the Ontario legislature: Speaker Ted Arnott has prohibited Palestinian kaffiyehs from being worn by anyone — MPPs or guests — ...
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Palestinian kaffiyehs banned from the Ontario legislature
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Canada unveils more taxes on rich, EV tax credits in federal budget: Here are some of the key government measures and proposals outlined in the 2023-24 budget ...
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Canada unveils more taxes on rich, EV tax credits in federal budget
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Saltus approved to deliver British Columbia curriculum : Saltus has been approved to become a British Columbia Offshore School and is set to begin offering the ...
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Saltus approved to deliver British Columbia curriculum
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Trump’s Trial Now Has 12 Jurors—and One Angry Man: But the slog is far from over, as prosecutors and defense lawyers must now screen dozens of other jurors to ...
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Trump’s Trial Now Has 12 Jurors—and One Angry Man
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'Bollard Man' who saved kids during Sydney stabbing offered Australian citizenship
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'Bollard Man' who saved kids during Sydney stabbing offered Australian ...
Quick Glance: French 'Bollard Man' Granted Permanent Residency After Heroic Act
  • The French man known as 'bollard man' for bravely confronting Joel Cauchi during a stabbing attack in Bondi Junction will be granted permanent residency by the federal government, as confirmed by his lawyer.

  • A widely circulated video on social media captured Damien Guerot holding a shopping center bollard to stop the knife-wielding Cauchi, leading to the decision to grant him permanent residency.

  • His lawyer, Belinda Robinson, mentioned that the official documentation for his permanent residency was expected to arrive soon, following an online petition to recognize his heroic actions.

  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton commended Mr. Guerot for his extraordinary bravery and willingness to protect others in danger, highlighting his character as an example of the values they cherish.
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Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty: The Canada Disability Benefit, announced in Tuesday’s budget, will provide a maximum of $2 ...
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Advocates say new disability benefit still leaves people in poverty
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Multiple arrests made in major movie-like gold heist in Canada : Six men have been arrested amid a police investigation of a multimillion-dollar gold heist at ...
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Multiple arrests made in major movie-like gold heist in Canada
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Canada beats U.S. in overtime to win women's hockey world final: Canada beat the United States 6-5 on Sunday in a breathtaking women's world hockey championship ...
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Canada beats U.S. in overtime to win women's hockey world final
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Why is Russia trying to capture the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar?: If Russian forces capture the town of Chasiv Yar, they would be able to launch direct ...
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Why is Russia trying to capture the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar?
Quick Glance: Russia Aims to Capture Chasiv Yar by 9 May
  • Ukraine's top commander stated that Russian forces aimed to capture the town of Chasiv Yar by 9 May, marking a crucial battle for control of high ground in the east where Russia is directing its assaults.

  • The potential fall of the town before the Soviet Victory Day would signal increasing Russian battlefield momentum amid a slowdown in Western military aid to Kyiv.

  • Kyiv's brigades are currently holding back the assaults near Chasiv Yar and have received reinforcements in terms of ammunition, drones, and electronic warfare devices.

  • Recent escalations in the war have raised concerns about the resilience of Ukraine's energy system, with Russia conducting significant air strikes on Ukrainian power plants and substations.
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Mental health support still lacking 4 years after mass shooting: Nova Scotia mayor | Globalnews.ca
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Ottawa ‘doubling down’ on foreign aid amid global decline: minister - National | Globalnews.ca
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Political interference in Canada’s pension funds is wrong: Ninety-two business leaders have argued that the government should amend the rules governing pension ...
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Political interference in Canada’s pension funds is wrong
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The budget’s tax changes on corporations and the wealthy are long overdue : Austerity or adding to the national debt would only make things worse. Instead ...
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The budget’s tax changes on corporations and the wealthy are long overdue
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Harassment investigation leads to weapons, drug charges in Lyndhurst, Ont. - Kingston | Globalnews.ca
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Hazard ahead: Are cuts at Tesla a warning sign for the EV market in Canada?: Tesla has hit a series of roadblocks, including increased competition and declining ...
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Hazard ahead: Are cuts at Tesla a warning sign for the EV market in ...
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Trump Media’s audit firm sees its business practices come under scrutiny: BF Borgers is banned from accepting new clients in Canada and was removed from an ...
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Trump Media’s audit firm sees its business practices come under scrutiny
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Hundreds of Manchester arena attack survivors file lawsuit against MI5
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Hundreds of Manchester arena attack survivors file lawsuit against MI5
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Anger, pessimism towards federal government reach six-year high: Nanos survey: Most Canadians in March reported feeling angry or pessimistic towards the federal ...
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Anger, pessimism towards federal government reach six-year high: Nanos ...
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Netherlands, Germany, Canada to send drones to Ukraine: Canada will send 450 SkyRanger multi-mission drones, while the Netherlands, in collaboration with Denmark ...
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Netherlands, Germany, Canada to send drones to Ukraine
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The failure of Canada’s health care system is a disgrace – and a deadly one: Our leaders are too afraid to deploy one of the many ideas floating out there to fix ...
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The failure of Canada’s health care system is a disgrace – and a deadly ...
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Grandparent scam: Canadian seniors with landline phones targeted, out about $2.2 million | Globalnews.ca
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Grandparent scam: Canadian seniors with landline phones targeted ...
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Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre’s working-class overtures as ‘fraud’
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Labour leader urges unions to expose Poilievre’s working-class overtures ...
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Beware, Ottawa: Look what austerity and deficit fetishism did to Britain: Canada’s Liberal government has run a deficit every year. The national debt was at $1 ...
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Beware, Ottawa: Look what austerity and deficit fetishism did to Britain
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Domestic violence not epidemic, N.S. justice minister says on mass shooting anniversary | Globalnews.ca
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Domestic violence not epidemic, N.S. justice minister says on mass ...
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Metis groups will trudge on toward self-government as bill faces another setback: Metis organizations in Ontario and Alberta say they'll stay on the path toward ...
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Metis groups will trudge on toward self-government as bill faces another ...
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Inside the pressures facing Quebec’s billion-dollar maple syrup industry: Canadian province supplies most of the world’s maple syrup, but climate change is ...
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Inside the pressures facing Quebec’s billion-dollar maple syrup industry
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Netanyahu's biographer: "He sees himself in a row with Churchill": What makes Benjamin Netanyahu tick? For seven years, Mazal Mualem interviewed friends ...
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Netanyahu's biographer:
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Three men found guilty of mischief for roles in Coutts border blockade | Globalnews.ca
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Alberta health minister confirms capacity strain after neonatal doctors warn of pending crisis | Globalnews.ca
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Alberta health minister confirms capacity strain after neonatal doctors ...
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The carbon tax is almost dead, and NDP leaders are helping to kill it: Both the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre and the NDP under Jagmeet Singh aim to ...
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The carbon tax is almost dead, and NDP leaders are helping to kill it
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The Liberal marketing road show meets the price tag reveal: The political point of this budget is for the Liberals to tell younger voters they are doing a lot of ...
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The Liberal marketing road show meets the price tag reveal
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‘Politicized’ immigration debate could hurt jobs, Quebec employers group says | Globalnews.ca
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Toronto theatre and event producers accused of non-payment in two countries: Court records show companies owned by two Toronto performing-arts producers at the ...
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Toronto theatre and event producers accused of non-payment in two ...
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Families of 2017 Manchester bombing victims file lawsuit against Britain’s MI5: MI5 was found to have failed to act on intelligence that could have prevented the ...
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Gas prices in Ontario, Quebec to jump to highest level in 2 years: analyst | Globalnews.ca
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Gas prices in Ontario, Quebec to jump to highest level in 2 years: analyst ...
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Visita presidencial aos EUA e ao Canadá adia reuniões de segurança nacional: A visita presidencial aos EUA e ao Canadá adia reuniões cruciais de segurança ...
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Visita presidencial aos EUA e ao Canadá adia reuniões de segurança ...
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Steve Coogan blasts United Utilities 'greenwashing' over Windermere pollution: The actor joined a protest outside United Utilities' offices near Windermere as he ...
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Steve Coogan blasts United Utilities 'greenwashing' over Windermere ...
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Ethiopian spy eligible to apply for refugee status, court rules, despite agency’s targeting of dissidents abroad
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Ethiopian spy eligible to apply for refugee status, court rules ...
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Kenya's defense chief dies in helicopter crash - UPI.com: Kenya's Chief of Defense Gen. Francis Omondi Ogolla has been killed in a helicopter crash ...
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Kenya's defense chief dies in helicopter crash - UPI.com
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PWHL hits its home stretch after women's world hockey championship: The Professional Women's Hockey League enters the home stretch of its inaugural season ...
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PWHL hits its home stretch after women's world hockey championship
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Federal budget 2024: What lies ahead for Canada’s health-care system? - National | Globalnews.ca
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Canada sanctions Sudanese linked to year-long civil war: Move comes as a conference is underway in Paris aimed at meeting massive humanitarian needs in the ...
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Canada sanctions Sudanese linked to year-long civil war
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Canada's exclusion from AUKUS not a slight: former U.K. PM Boris Johnson: Former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson says Canada's exclusion from AUKUS — the ...
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Canada's exclusion from AUKUS not a slight: former U.K. PM Boris Johnson
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All a-boot tradition: A look at finance ministers’ budget shoes through the years - National | Globalnews.ca
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US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles: Relief had been granted after president Nicolás Maduro promised to hold free and fair ...
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US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles
Quick Glance: US to Reinstate Sanctions on Venezuela’s Oil and Gas Sector
  • The United States will reimpose sanctions on Venezuela’s oil and gas sector due to the Maduro government's failure to allow 'an inclusive and competitive election' to take place.

  • The US government decided not to renew the temporary authorization (General License 44) that allowed transactions with Venezuela's national oil and gas sector without fear of sanctions, citing the Maduro government's failure to uphold key areas of the 'Barbados Agreement.'

  • While the impact of revoking the authorization could not be quantified, another authorization from 2022 allowing the oil company Chevron to resume limited resource extraction operations in Venezuela will remain in place.

  • Despite reinstating sanctions, a US official emphasized that this should not be seen as a final decision on Venezuela's electoral capabilities, and efforts to support a better future for the country will continue.
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Economists warn tax hikes are on the table in Tuesday’s budget: The Finance Minister has fuelled that speculation in large part by refusing to rule out such ...
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Economists warn tax hikes are on the table in Tuesday’s budget
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States' inflation varies, in part due to domestic migration - UPI.com: While the nation's inflation rate rose to 3.5% in March, some states are seeing ...
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States' inflation varies, in part due to domestic migration - UPI.com
Quick Glance: Powell Warns of Lack of Progress on Inflation
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized that the U.S. economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen a return of inflation to the central bank's target.

  • Powell mentioned that the current policy should remain in place as inflation has not declined quickly enough and there has been no further progress towards the 2% goal.

  • Since July 2023, the Fed has maintained its benchmark interest rate in a target range between 5.25% and 5.5%, the result of 11 consecutive rate hikes.

  • Financial markets have had to adjust their expectations for rate cuts this year as inflation has been higher than expected, and the Fed's policy continues to be dependent on data.
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Defense Ministry: Ukraine to receive 450 SkyRanger unmanned aerial systems from Canada in summer - Euromaidan Press
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Defense Ministry: Ukraine to receive 450 SkyRanger unmanned aerial systems ...
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Manufacturers upset that Quebec to follow Ottawa on capital gains inclusion hike: The move is already being criticized by the province's manufacturing sector as ...
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Manufacturers upset that Quebec to follow Ottawa on capital gains ...
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Architects on two wheels: The ultimate meditation machine : Dave LeBlanc on architects who find motorcycles to be the place where their minds can open up
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Architects on two wheels: The ultimate meditation machine
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Housing plans’ impact on Canada’s fertility rate would strain economy, increase social tensions
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Housing plans’ impact on Canada’s fertility rate would strain economy ...
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Top 10 Inventions Of Ancient Greece Used Today: 'This useful invention takes its origins from the earliest known Perachora wheel, created way back in the third ...
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Top 10 Inventions Of Ancient Greece Used Today
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Canada's biggest gold heist: Two Indian-origin men among six arrested : At least two Indian-origin men have been arrested during an operation carried out by ...
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Canada's biggest gold heist: Two Indian-origin men among six arrested ...
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The RCMP raid the home of ArriveCan contractor as Parliament scolds: It was the RCMP that provided new developments to fuel MPs’ questions, forcing Mr ...
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The RCMP raid the home of ArriveCan contractor as Parliament scolds
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Montreal métro service disrupted after second pepper spray incident in two days: Montreal police said several calls were made to 911 about a conflict between two ...
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Montreal métro service disrupted after second pepper spray incident in two ...
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Quebec plans raccoon rabies vaccine operation for towns along Vermont border: From April 22 to April 30, the ministry will distribute about 46 ...
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Quebec plans raccoon rabies vaccine operation for towns along Vermont ...
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Brownstein: Montreal filmmaker enters the world of contrarian attorney Alan Dershowitz
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Brownstein: Montreal filmmaker enters the world of contrarian attorney ...
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First Nations peoples have lost confidence in Thunder Bay’s police force: Disbanding the TBPS sounds like an extreme response, but continued revelations of rot ...
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First Nations peoples have lost confidence in Thunder Bay’s police force
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Three men charged after Devonport 'armed' incident: Three men - two from London - are set to appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court after armed response ...
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Three men charged after Devonport 'armed' incident