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• Trudeau's visit to Sault Ste. Marie wraps-up with a tense exchange at Algoma Steel

  31-08-2024 23:29 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
  
  After meeting with transit workers and local Mayor Matthew Shoemaker on Thursday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued his visit to Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
  
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• Survivors call on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism

  31-10-2024 17:30 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Residential school survivors are calling on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism, days after the release of a report about unmarked graves and burial sites associated with the institutions.
  
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• Mounties in B.C. seize 'largest, most sophisticated drug super lab in Canada'

  31-10-2024 17:28 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  Mounties in British Columbia are set to announce details of the seizure of what investigators are calling the largest and most sophisticated drug 'super lab' in Canada.
  
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• Taylor Swift fans priced out of accommodations after hotel, Airbnb costs spike 10 times higher

  31-10-2024 17:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Some hotel rooms and short-term rentals in Toronto and Vancouver on weekends Taylor Swift is playing are costing 10 times more than on other weekends. Some fans are cutting potential losses and selling their tickets, while others are coming up with creative solutions, including bartering spare tickets for accommodation.
  
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• Alberta's legislation affecting transgender youth expected today

  31-10-2024 17:06 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  Alberta is expected to table legislation concerning transgender Albertans on Thursday.
  
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• U.S. election: How to watch and what to know about Harris-Trump race

  31-10-2024 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Global News has been covering the campaign and the policy platforms of both candidates and will be live on Nov. 5 as results pour in on election night.
  
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• Federal dental plan patients top 1M, more complex procedures now covered

  31-10-2024 17:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The expansion means people who have coverage under the federal program can request pre-authorization for things like crowns and the initial placement of partial dentures.
  
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• A balmy Halloween for Ontario, Quebec as October temperature records broken

  31-10-2024 16:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Record-breaking temperatures are making many places in Ontario and Quebec feel more like summer. Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, London and a swath of other cities in the region are forecast to hit record highs for Oct. 31.
  
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• Edmonton Elks’ Nick Anderson named West Division nominee for CFL Most Outstanding Rookie

  31-10-2024 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Anderson will be up against Hamilton Tiger-Cats receiver Shemar Bridges.
  
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• Charges laid after six-year-old boy fatally struck by school bus north of Toronto: police

  31-10-2024 16:26 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  A woman has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after a six-year-old boy was struck and killed by a school bus in Vaughan back in June, York Regional Police say.
  
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• Ford vehicles recalled in Canada over issues with brakes, steering

  31-10-2024 16:05 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Several Ford vehicles have been recalled in Canada due to issues with braking systems, steering and child car seat tethers.
  
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• Autistic man goes missing for 17 days, found in burnt-out building: Ontario police

  31-10-2024 16:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  An 18-year-old from Havelock was found alive by OPP this week after having been missing for over two weeks. He says he survived on mostly peanut butter and crackers.
  
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• Woman, 24, killed after being hit by Halifax Transit bus in downtown Halifax

  31-10-2024 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 24-year-old woman has died after being struck by a Halifax Transit bus during the Thursday morning rush hour in the city's downtown. 
  
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• Needle in candy and cannabis-laced treats spark RCMP Halloween warning

  31-10-2024 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The RCMP is warning parents to stay vigilant this Halloween after a needle was recently found in candy at a Newfoundland trick-or-treat event, and illegal cannabis-laced candy.
  
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• CFL board vote was clear indicator of Ambrosie’s standing with governors: sources

  31-10-2024 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Randy Ambrosie became the CFL's 14th commissioner July 5, 2017, succeeding Jeffrey Orridge.
  
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• Edmonton airport’s departure road, ramp reopens Thursday after year-long construction

  31-10-2024 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  EIA said the road will be reopened at 9 a.m.
  
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• Teen dead in shootout with officers, sparking Ontario police watchdog probe

  31-10-2024 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario’s police watchdog is now investigating after a teenage boy was killed during a shootout with officers north of Toronto Wednesday night.
  
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• Teenage boy dead after exchange of gunfire with 4 officers in Aurora, Ont.: SIU

  31-10-2024 15:18 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 17-year-old is dead after he was involved in an exchange of gunfire with four police officers who were responding to a break-and-enter in progress in Aurora on Wednesday night, the province’s police watchdog says.
  
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• Quebec suspends 2 major immigration programs to ‘better regulate’ newcomers

  31-10-2024 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The government is temporarily freezing two key programs that lead to a Quebec Selection Certificate, which allows immigrants to eventually apply for permanent Canadian residency.
  
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• Quebec suspending 2 major immigration programs starting in 2025

  31-10-2024 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The government will temporarily freeze two key programs that lead to a Quebec Selection Certificate, which allows immigrants to eventually apply for permanent Canadian residency.
  
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• Alberta government proposing bigger fines for illegal slaughter and sale of meat

  31-10-2024 14:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta’s provincial government is proposing new laws to crack down on the illegal sale and slaughter of meat.
  
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• Requiring rent in advance is illegal in Nova Scotia. But it keeps happening

  31-10-2024 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Nova Scotia tenant is speaking out about paying rent in advance -- a policy that advocates say is increasingly being enforced by landlords despite being illegal. 
  
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• 'Fundamental' political shift required to overcome $40 billion NATO spending gap: analyst

  31-10-2024 14:08 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Canada will need a profound shift in political priorities if the country is to ramp up spending to meet its international security obligations.
  
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• Edmonton Elks name 3-time Grey Cup champion Chris Morris as president and CEO

  31-10-2024 14:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Morris was an offensive lineman with Edmonton from 1992 to 2005 and won Grey Cup titles with the club in 1993, 2003 and 2005.
  
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• Quebec puts a pause on key immigration programs

  31-10-2024 13:56 via cbc.ca
  
  The Quebec government is suspending two major pathways to permanent residency as part of a reassessment of its overall immigration strategy.
  
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• Canada’s economy stalled in August amid rail shutdown: StatCan

  31-10-2024 13:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has increasingly focused on the health of the economy as it crafts monetary policy, now that inflation has cooled back to its two per cent target.
  
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• Bank of Canada could deliver bigger rate cut again amid signs economy stalled

  31-10-2024 13:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has increasingly focused on the health of the economy as it crafts monetary policy, now that inflation has cooled back to its two per cent target.
  
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• Ontario art gallery says most customer data safe after ‘cybersecurity incident’

  31-10-2024 13:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Art Gallery of Ontario says the vast majority of customer data is safe after it was hit by a “cybersecurity incident” last month.
  
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• Taylor Swift fans face ‘out of control’ hotel prices for Canadian tour dates

  31-10-2024 13:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hotel rooms near the venue during those dates, including the Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel, attached to the Rogers Centre, are being advertised for around $2,000 per night.
  
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• Toronto bus crash: 8 people hurt after collision with pick-up truck

  31-10-2024 13:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Eight people were injured early Thursday morning after a vehicle crashed into a TTC bus near Yonge and Finch in North York, Toronto police say.
  
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