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Defence minister talks with NATO allies about strengthening Latvian battlegroup

Defence minister talks with NATO allies about strengthening Latvian battlegroup

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Anita Anand met with allies on Wednesday to discuss reinforcing a Canadian-led battlegroup in Latvia with thousands more soldiers, even as uncertainty swirled around what this country can — and will — provide.
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Who's in and who's out as Conservative party critics under Poilievre's leadership

Who's in and who's out as Conservative party critics under Poilievre's leadership

OTTAWA — In an effort to send a message of unity, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has welcomed two former leadership rivals to serve as critics in Parliament — but he has also left out two of the party's more prominent names.
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Hurricane hunter who flew into the eye of Fiona describes 'very challenging' storm

Hurricane hunter who flew into the eye of Fiona describes 'very challenging' storm

FREDERICTON — Kevin Doremus says the eyes of hurricanes, including Fiona — a storm that barrelled into Atlantic Canada last month causing widespread damage — look like open-air domes, similar to sports arenas.
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Alberta's labour shortage and Deputy PM's friend-shoring: In The News for Oct. 12

Alberta's labour shortage and Deputy PM's friend-shoring: In The News for Oct. 12

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Let's get serious about a Putin-era strategy for energy, economy, climate: Freeland

Let's get serious about a Putin-era strategy for energy, economy, climate: Freeland

WASHINGTON — Canada's deputy prime minister urged the world's democracies Tuesday to confront the hard economic truths of a perilous new world order and seek common cause in the shared values of prosperity, energy security, protecting the planet and
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Invasion of the stink bugs: Pest thrives in British Columbia's warm October

Invasion of the stink bugs: Pest thrives in British Columbia's warm October

VANCOUVER — An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia.
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As Alberta campaigns to attract workers, economists say the competition is healthy

As Alberta campaigns to attract workers, economists say the competition is healthy

OTTAWA — When Zeel Shah’s partner left Toronto for a job in Edmonton in 2018, the young couple had to decide which city offered the future they wanted for themselves.
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Vancouver housing strategies abound, but will a fractured council hinder next mayor?

Vancouver housing strategies abound, but will a fractured council hinder next mayor?

VANCOUVER — Voters in Vancouver's municipal election have been met with an array of proposed solutions to the city's chronic housing unaffordability — but the same question looms over all the mayoral candidates and their pledges.
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Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law

Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law

WHITEHORSE — A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community.
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Amanda Todd's father, mother, brother tell B.C. sentencing hearing about loss

Amanda Todd's father, mother, brother tell B.C. sentencing hearing about loss

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Amanda Todd's father wiped away tears in a British Columbia Supreme Court as he struggled to describe his own torment following the harassment his daughter endured online before she ended her life.
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