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Families of Montreal fire victims facing agonizing wait for answers

Families of Montreal fire victims facing agonizing wait for answers

MONTREAL — Family and friends of the presumed victims of a deadly fire in Old Montreal were facing an agonizing wait for answers on Tuesday, as a recovery team worked to enter the charred shell of the building where two bodies have been found and fiv
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Canadian MPs of all stripes condemn Punjab crackdown as some receive online threats

Canadian MPs of all stripes condemn Punjab crackdown as some receive online threats

OTTAWA — A cross-section of Canadian MPs are calling out an Indian government crackdown in the state of Punjab, and those criticizing internet restrictions are receiving threatening responses online.
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Moscow summons Canada envoy over Joly 'regime change' comment

Moscow summons Canada envoy over Joly 'regime change' comment

OTTAWA — Russia has summoned Canada's top envoy to Moscow over Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's musings about "regime change.
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Alberta premier says changes coming to ensure prompt reporting of oilsands spills

Alberta premier says changes coming to ensure prompt reporting of oilsands spills

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker.
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Manitoba agrees to pay $17 million and apologize to settle disabled abuse lawsuit

Manitoba agrees to pay $17 million and apologize to settle disabled abuse lawsuit

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has agreed to pay $17 million and apologize in the legislature to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of former residents who say they were abused at a centre for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Procession for Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to call

Procession for Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to call

EDMONTON — Dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles lined streets in Edmonton as hearses took the bodies of two slain city officers from a medical examiner's office to a funeral home.
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Highlights of Quebec 2023-24 budget

Highlights of Quebec 2023-24 budget

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard presented his fifth budget on Tuesday, for the province's 2023-24 fiscal year.
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Quebec budget: Income tax cuts and big drop in economic growth

Quebec budget: Income tax cuts and big drop in economic growth

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday kept his party’s election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.
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Ottawa needs 'made-in-Canada' response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: climate group

Ottawa needs 'made-in-Canada' response to U.S. Inflation Reduction Act: climate group

OTTAWA — As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives.
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Halifax student charged with attempted murder as debate grows over school violence

Halifax student charged with attempted murder as debate grows over school violence

HALIFAX — A 15-year-old student was charged with two counts of attempted murder Tuesday after two staff members at a Halifax-area high school were stabbed the day before.
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