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• Canadian Coast Guard crew member lost at sea off Newfoundland

  18-09-2024 19:04 via ctvnews.ca
  
  A crew member of a Canadian Coast Guard ship has been lost at sea off southern Newfoundland.
  
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• Museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights

  09-11-2024 16:52 via ctvnews.ca
  
  The service of Chinese Canadian soldiers in the First and Second World Wars will be honoured by an exhibition at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver.
  
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• Olympian, veteran, first Canadian Indigenous police officer honoured in Belgium

  09-11-2024 16:20 via atlantic.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alex Decoteau didn’t live to see his 30th birthday, but what he accomplished in his 29 years of life was simply remarkable.
  
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• Affordability or bust: Nova Scotia election campaign all about cost of living

  09-11-2024 15:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Nova Scotia's election campaign is all about cost of living as a housing crisis, homelessness and rent prices continue to increase.
  
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• Push to end multi-day lockout as B.C port talk resumes

  09-11-2024 14:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Contract negotiations resume today in Vancouver in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday.
  
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• The Royal Canadian Legion turns to Amazon for annual poppy campaign boost

  09-11-2024 13:24 via ctvnews.ca
  
  The Royal Canadian Legion says a new partnership with e-commerce giant Amazon is helping boost its veterans' fund, and will hopefully expand its donor base in the digital world.
  
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• Lawyers allege foreign interference in high-profile Canadian mafia deportation case

  09-11-2024 13:00 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Lawyers for an alleged high-ranking member of the Italian Mafia in Toronto claim evidence is being used against him that is the product of foreign interference by Italian police.
  
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• ‘You’re not wanted’: Newcomer to Canada says racism forced him onto streets

  09-11-2024 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Advocates working with asylum seekers are sounding the alarm, saying they're hearing more stories of racism in Canada. One man in Quebec says he was forced from his home.
  
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• Should Toronto tear up its bike lanes to improve traffic flow? Critics say it's not so simple

  09-11-2024 11:00 via ctvnews.ca
  
  A congestion crisis, a traffic nightmare, or unrelenting gridlock -- whatever you call it, most agree that Toronto has a congestion problem. To alleviate some of the gridlock, the Ontario government has announced it plans to remove bike lanes from three major roadways.
  
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• How an alleged Russian plot suddenly upended Canada's air cargo rules

  09-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Transport Canada quietly changed air cargo importation rules for 55 mostly European countries in September, throwing the system into chaos — all in response to an alleged Russian plot to place firebombs on planes destined for North America.
  
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• Freeland says Canada's borders are 'safe and secure' following Trump's election win

  09-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is reassuring Canadians as officials worry president-elect Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants could send them northward.
  
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• Kelowna, B.C. farm sees record harvest with close to 44,000 kg of produce

  09-11-2024 04:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Helen's Acres is a working farm, run by a small group of paid employees who lead an coordinate community volunteers from spring to fall.
  
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• ‘The Boss’ reminds Canmore residents to remain bear aware

  09-11-2024 02:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officials in Canmore are reminding residents of the Bow Valley to remain bear aware after local bear celebrity ‘The Boss’ made an appearance in town.
  
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• ‘No safety, no stability’: Recovery centre tenants forced to find new homes following court-ordered cease and desist

  09-11-2024 01:59 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  After less than six months, families living in a southern Winnipeg condominium development are being forced to move out.
  
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• Manitoba-based drone training program helping veterans transition to post-military life

  09-11-2024 01:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Manitoba-based drone training program for veterans is helping them "take off" with life after serving our country. It's fun and engaging, but also deeply impactful.
  
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• Okanagan restaurants continue closing amid tough economic climate

  09-11-2024 01:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The economic climate has been tough, especially for independent restaurants, which are still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• New technology solves mystery of late First World War soldier's flower sent home to Canada

  09-11-2024 00:49 via ctvnews.ca
  
  In 1916, Harold Wrong plucked a flower from the fields of Somme, France and tucked it into a letter he mailed home to Toronto. For decades, the type of flower sent remained a mystery.
  
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• Family of young woman killed during terrorist attack in Israel speaks out one year after death

  09-11-2024 00:49 via regina.ctvnews.ca
  
  The family of Tifheret Lapidot, a young woman who was killed at the hands of Hamas one year ago, are speaking out.
  
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• Massage therapist charged with sexual assault, police searching for victims

  09-11-2024 00:39 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Edmonton Police Service (EPS) have arrested and charged a 49-year-old man with four counts of sexual assault.
  
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• Canadian government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter

  09-11-2024 00:17 via cbc.ca
  
  In opening remarks at the Inuit-Crown partnership committee meeting in Ottawa on Friday, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the government is preparing to deliver an apology in Nunavik — the Inuit region of northern Quebec.
  
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• Internal report describes a 'cesspool of racism' in the federal public service

  08-11-2024 23:58 via cbc.ca
  
  An internal report on workplace racism and harassment at the highest levels of the federal public service shows that not even the federal government’s top executives are immune from the problem.
  
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• Advocates, councillors call for greater engagement in Sask. civic politics

  08-11-2024 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  While civic issues tend to impact residents more than provincial or federal ones, cities like Saskatoon and Regina still struggle with low percentages of voters in local elections.
  
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• Minivan and school bus collide in northeast Calgary intersection, causing bus to hit building

  08-11-2024 23:39 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police are investigating a crash between a minivan and a school bus on Friday.
  
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• Magnitude 5.3 quake hits northern Yukon, no damage reported

  08-11-2024 23:06 via ctvnews.ca
  
  A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck in northern Yukon, but Natural Resources Canada says there have been no reports of damage.
  
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• Canada's response to Trump deportation plan a key focus of revived cabinet committee

  08-11-2024 22:58 via ctvnews.ca
  
  U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's promise to launch a mass deportation of millions of undocumented people has the Canadian government looking at its own border.
  
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• The Boss, Banff's biggest grizzly, visits Bow Valley backyard for crab apples

  08-11-2024 22:57 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The residents of Harvie Heights got a shock last weekend when the most famous bear in the Bow Valley, Bear 122, aka 'The Boss,' came looking for crab apples.
  
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• Here are your Saskatoon mayoral candidates

  08-11-2024 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark is not seeking re-election. That means local voters will be choosing a new mayor in Wednesday's municipal elections. Here are the candidates.
  
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• Former CSIS official denies claim that spy agency tried to 'scare' diplomats working to free Abdelrazik

  08-11-2024 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  A former senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official has denied claims that the spy agency intervened to keep Abousfian Abdelrazik, then a terrorism suspect, in Sudanese detention in the early 2000s.
  
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• Shaping Saskatchewan: Rachel Mielke

  08-11-2024 22:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Founder and CEO of Hillberg Berk, Rachel Mielke, discusses her journey of starting and growing the Canadian jewellery company on Shaping Saskatchewan.
  
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• Your holiday shopping may face a ‘triple threat’ if Canada Post strikes

  08-11-2024 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post said Friday that a 72-hour notice has not been given for a strike or lockout, meaning no job action is imminent.
  
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