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• Upper Canada District School Board reports $3.9M surplus

  21-11-2024 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The UCDSB reports a $3.9-million surplus for 2023-24, bolstered by higher enrolment and funding. Officials warn, however, of tighter finances in the coming years.
  
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• Why Germany is betting on Canadian clean energy tech

  22-11-2024 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary's Eavor hopes its first commercial geothermal power plant can successfully fuel 20,000 German homes — showcasing the potential to drive a wider global energy revolution.
  
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• UCP, NDP candidates prepare for Lethbridge-West byelection

  22-11-2024 03:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The front-running candidates in the Lethbridge-West byelection are preparing for a Christmas campaign, with the election on Dec. 18.
  
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• Tools with sentimental value allegedly stolen from Okanagan farrier

  22-11-2024 02:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Erin McQueen believes her tools were stolen on Nov.16 while her truck was parked in Kelowna near Ellis Street and Clement Avenue.
  
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• WATCH: Global Okanagan News at 5:30 p.m. – Nov. 21, 2024

  22-11-2024 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online news edition of Global Okanagan at 5:30 p.m.
  
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• Alberta pitches new auto insurance system that may be in place by 2027

  22-11-2024 01:47 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is making major changes to auto insurance, including rate hikes and switching to a predominantly no-fault claims model.
  
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• How will charities handle the financial pressures Sask. families face this Christmas?

  22-11-2024 00:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  The holidays are a time of year when charitable organizations lean heavily on the community to provide the supports for those in need. How financial pressures impact them?
  
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• Safety board calls for changes two years after Nova Scotia fisherman's death at sea

  22-11-2024 00:32 via atlantic.ctvnews.ca
  
  An investigation into how the Canadian Coast Guard responded to a Nova Scotia vessel in distress two years ago raises questions about why one fisherman died after a towing operation went awry.
  
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• Video shows octopus 'hanging on for dear life' during bomb cyclone off B.C. coast

  22-11-2024 00:29 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  Humans weren’t the only ones who struggled through the bomb cyclone that formed off the B.C. coast this week, bringing intense winds and choppy seas.
  
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• Canada's Irving Tissue plans a US$600M factory expansion in Georgia, hiring 100 more workers

  22-11-2024 00:03 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Irving Tissue said it needs to expand in Macon because the mill is currently selling all the bath tissue and paper towels it can make
  
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• Saving Scarlett: How one family is turning to the community for life-saving help

  21-11-2024 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  "I am fighting for my daughter." How one Regina family is looking to the community to help raise money for a potentially live saving trip to the United States.
  
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• Kingston Police raid unlicensed cannabis dispensary for 2nd time in a week

  21-11-2024 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Kingston cannabis dispensary faces a second police raid in a week, with over $195,000 in illegal products seized.
  
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• Service Canada holding back 85K passports amid Canada Post mail strike

  21-11-2024 23:05 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Approximately 85,000 new passports are being held back by Service Canada, which stopped mailing them out a week before the nationwide Canada Post strike.
  
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• Halifax security forum gathers as Trump's support for Taiwan, Ukraine in question

  21-11-2024 22:56 via atlantic.ctvnews.ca
  
  Uncertainty is a key theme this year at the annual, three-day gathering in Halifax of political leaders, defence officials and policy analysts who aim to promote democratic values around the globe.
  
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• Kingston prepares to host 59th Vanier Cup

  21-11-2024 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kingston hosts the 59th Vanier Cup, featuring Laval vs. Laurier, promising excitement, economic impact, and family-friendly events. Full details on the big game.
  
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• Will the Liberals’ ‘tax holiday’ pay political dividends? What it signals

  21-11-2024 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Here's how the Liberal affordability measures announced Thursday could signal about the party's standing in the eyes of voters and the wider Canadian economy.
  
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• Police probe possible connection between Calgary house fire and Bitcoin notes

  21-11-2024 22:37 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Calgary police are seeking information in relation to a Tuesday fire in Hillhurst they believe was deliberately set and notes left in the area demanding Bitcoin.
  
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• Saskatchewan sees decrease in overdose deaths thus far in 2024

  21-11-2024 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan has been battling an increase in overdoses for many years. But based on recent data, Saskatchewan’s response to drug toxicity may be working.  
  
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• Kingston hosts OFSAA boys’ volleyball championship

  21-11-2024 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kingston welcomes Ontario's best high school volleyball teams as KSS and Holy Cross host OFSAA. Can the Bears claim the title on home turf?
  
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• Kingston Frontenacs gear up for gruelling 3-game weekend

  21-11-2024 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Kingston Frontenacs face a challenging three-game weekend, starting Friday at home. Can they maintain their Eastern Conference lead?
  
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• Scurvy in Canada: Is the vitamin C deficiency disease making a comeback?

  21-11-2024 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Scurvy, a disease caused by severe vitamin C deficiency and once thought to be an illness of the past, has never truly disappeared in Canada.
  
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• Petition by RFK Jr. fan leads to water fluoridation vote by Montreal council

  21-11-2024 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  A council representing Montreal and the suburban municipalities will vote on whether to stop the practice in the six West Island suburbs that treat their water with fluoride.
  
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• B.C. man who sold Porsche to scammers shares cautionary tale

  21-11-2024 21:14 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man from B.C.’s Lower Mainland who was scammed while selling his Porsche Cayenne online is sharing his cautionary tale – while calling for increased protections from the government.
  
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• Petition by RFK Jr. fan prompts water fluoridation vote by Montreal council

  21-11-2024 21:05 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
  
  Municipal officials are considering an end to water fluoridation on the island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  
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• Northvolt says Montreal-area battery plant will go ahead despite bankruptcy filing

  21-11-2024 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Northvolt says its Canadian subsidiary is financed separately and 'will continue to operate as usual outside of the Chapter 11 process.'
  
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• Migrants 'nothing but dollar signs' to accused human smugglers, U.S. prosecutors say in closing arguments

  21-11-2024 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Jurors in the Minnesota trial of two alleged human smugglers arrested after a family from India froze to death while trying to walk across the Manitoba-U.S. border in 2022 were given three very different stories to weigh during closing arguments on Thursday.
  
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• Cellphone records examined in trial of 2 men accused of human smuggling that led to family's deaths

  21-11-2024 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Phone records show Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border that led to the deaths of a family of four from India, say prosecutors at the men's trial.
  
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• Accused cared more about money than lives, prosecutors tell jury in closing arguments at human smuggling trial

  21-11-2024 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Phone records show Harshkumar Patel and Steve Shand were carrying out plans to sneak people across the Canada-U.S. border that led to the deaths of a family of four from India, say prosecutors at the men's trial.
  
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• Consul general reiterates he had no influence on $9M Manhattan condo buy

  21-11-2024 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tom Clark was summoned to testify after media reports this month indicated he had raised concerns about the former consul general residence.
  
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• WSIB to give Ontario employers $2B in surplus funds

  21-11-2024 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  This marks the second time the WSIB has given a surplus back to employers, having distributed $1.2 billion in 2022.
  
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