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• Rising threat of nitazenes joins fentanyl in Canada's toxic drug supply

  21-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The toxic drug crisis has taken more than 47,000 lives in Canada since 2016 and the synthetic opioid fentanyl has become a household name. But now, an even more potent class of synthetic drug is showing up in drug busts across the country: nitazenes.
  
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• 2 arrested during Greenpeace protest outside Stornoway residence in Ottawa

  21-11-2024 16:45 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  Two people have been arrested following a protest outside Stornoway, the official residence of Canada's leader of the Opposition.
  
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• Belleville police seek suspect in doorstep parcel theft

  21-11-2024 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Belleville police are seeking help in identifying a suspect in a $700 package theft from an east-end home.
  
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• Police report details arrests, safety issues at Queen’s homecoming

  21-11-2024 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Kingston Police report on Queen’s Homecoming 2024 highlights 61 arrests, crowd safety measures, and community concerns over disruption in the University District.
  
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• Greater Napanee launches public education campaign on encampment response protocol

  21-11-2024 16:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Greater Napanee has started public education on its new Encampment Response Protocol, aiming to balance public space use with vulnerable populations’ safety.
  
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• As Canada Post strike continues, 85K passports are stuck in the mail

  21-11-2024 16:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Employment and Social Development Canada says approximately 85,000 passports that were printed and ready to be mailed are being held by Service Canada.
  
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• Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets $290K at Toronto auction

  21-11-2024 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Heffel Fine Art Auction House says “Masset, Q.C.I.” sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night, above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000.
  
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• Living wage in Guelph and Wellington County up slightly from 2023

  21-11-2024 15:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new report from the Ontario Living Wage Network suggests residents will need a bump in pay to live in Guelph. The updated living wage in 2024 is $21.30.
  
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• Transgender community gathers in remembrance and speaks out about Alberta legislation

  21-11-2024 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  One person said they were not surprised Wednesday's event saw new faces and had the largest turnout seen since 2018.
  
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• New Elks GM Ed Hervey seeks to elevate once-proud CFL club from ‘laughingstock’ status

  21-11-2024 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ed Hervey promised the turnaround began the second he was hired.
  
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• Estate sale Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets C$290,000 at Toronto auction

  21-11-2024 14:57 via ctvnews.ca
  
  An Emily Carr painting that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched C$290,000 at a Toronto auction.
  
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• Chase ensues after suspected stolen vehicle rams Montreal police car; 3 arrested

  21-11-2024 14:54 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
  
  Three young males, 16, 18 and 20, were arrested after a Montreal police car was rammed by a suspected stolen vehicle in NDG and a foot chase eventually ensued in Montreal North.
  
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• City of Guelph reaches collective agreement with local transit union

  21-11-2024 14:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Guelph is moving forward with ATU 1189 on a new collective agreement. The new deal covers a three-year period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027.
  
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• Burned forests in Jasper National Park showing signs of life ahead of winter freeze

  21-11-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Winter's deep-freeze will soon slow down any regrowth happening in the charred areas of Jasper National Park. But for now, natural and human-assisted forest renewal efforts are well underway.
  
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• Trump picks Pete Hoekstra as ambassador to Canada. Who is he?

  21-11-2024 13:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman as his upcoming administration's ambassador to Canada. He must still be confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
  
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• Trudeau set to announce temporary GST break on some essentials: NDP

  21-11-2024 13:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party's demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a range of expenses.
  
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• Ottawa looking to give GST relief on some items before Christmas

  21-11-2024 13:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The move would affect a number of items including toys, diapers, restaurant meals and beer and wine, a senior government official said.
  
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• Trudeau to announce temporary tax relief on select items heading into holidays

  21-11-2024 13:27 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a two-month GST relief on select items heading into holidays to address affordability issues, sources confirm to CTV News.
  
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• Trudeau to announce temporary GST relief on select items heading into holidays

  21-11-2024 13:27 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a two-month GST relief on select items heading into holidays to address affordability issues, sources confirm to CTV News.
  
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• Border agency detained dozens of 'forced labour' cargo shipments. Now it's being sued

  21-11-2024 12:09 via ctvnews.ca
  Canada's border agency says it has detained about 50 shipments of cargo over suspicions they were products of forced labour under rules introduced in 2020 — but only one was eventually determined to be in breach of the ban.
  
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• Winnipegger warns of 'craziest, most elaborate' missed payments scam

  21-11-2024 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Woman says people pretending to work for Hydro attempted to lure her into making a deposit on a Bitcoin machine, using a lot of personal information and elaborate theatrics to make everything seem "very realistic."
  
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• Canadian border officers seize record number of stolen vehicles in Quebec

  21-11-2024 12:00 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
  
  It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
  
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• NDP files complaint with integrity commissioner over Ford government ‘cash-for-access’ fundraiser

  21-11-2024 11:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  The request comes in the wake new revelations that an industry association encouraged members to spend thousands of dollars on a fundraiser featuring the premier
  
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• Exclusive: ‘Battlefield evidence’ from Syria is coming to Canada’s courts

  21-11-2024 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP said it is working on a framework to use collected exploitable material in court against ISIS members.
  
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• Sales in N.L.'s tight housing market are soaring, thanks to cash-flush newcomers: agent

  21-11-2024 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  There's stiff competition among prospective home buyers in the St. John's region because listings are unusually low. One real estate agent says deep-pocketed buyers from outside the province are primarily to blame.
  
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• Trudeau government to send $250 cheques to most people, slash GST on some goods

  21-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday a suite of new measures designed to alleviate some of the affordability pressures people have been experiencing in the post-COVID era including a GST holiday for two months on some eligible goods and services.
  
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• Trudeau government to announce GST vacation on certain items before Christmas

  21-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Liberal government and the NDP have agreed to introduce a two-month GST vacation on certain items before the holiday season, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• See how this disabled Saskatoon woman searches for safe access in winter

  21-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC News follows Tasnim Jaisee and her father along as they navigate the streets of Saskatoon after the first snow storm. Jaycee has osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as the brittle bone disease.
  
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• Racist, hate-fuelled videos promoting violence played for alleged terror propagandist's trial

  21-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In an Ottawa courtroom on Tuesday, federal Crown prosecutors played three videos downloaded from social media by RCMP in 2020 — videos the Crown contends were created in part by Patrick Gordon Macdonald, an alleged neo-Nazi terror propagandist who lives in the capital with his parents.
  
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• Canadians set for a snowy winter, but how much depends on location

  21-11-2024 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadians should expect colder temperatures across much of Canada this winter, with more snow also forecast to cover much of the country compared with last year.
  
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