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Alberta to bolster mental and addictions help for police suspects in Calgary

Alberta to bolster mental and addictions help for police suspects in Calgary

CALGARY — The Alberta government says it will fund mental health and addiction supports for people being held in police custody in Calgary and expand community-led harm reduction teams in the city.
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Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not running for president

Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo not running for president

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he will not enter the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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At Irish shrine, Biden meets priest who gave Beau last rites

At Irish shrine, Biden meets priest who gave Beau last rites

KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears on Friday during a stop at a Catholic shrine when he discovered that a chaplain there had performed last rites for his late son Beau Biden.
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Biden to host Colombia leader Petro for White House talks

Biden to host Colombia leader Petro for White House talks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House for talks next week, offering a high-profile visit to the leftist leader who has vowed to bring “total peace” to his nation of 50 million after six-
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Canada's pledge to make more vaccines at home is still a work in progress

Canada's pledge to make more vaccines at home is still a work in progress

OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't even six months old, and not a single vaccine for it had been approved for use anywhere, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to a podium in Montreal to promise that Canada's National Research Council would be
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22 overdoses in one night: Ex-paramedic looks back on 7th anniversary of B.C. crisis

22 overdoses in one night: Ex-paramedic looks back on 7th anniversary of B.C. crisis

VANCOUVER — Brian Twaites remembers the first time he realized toxic drugs in British Columbia had hit a crisis level. On one shift as a paramedic, he handled 26 calls and more than 22 of them were drug overdoses.
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Montana GOP seeks to bar 3rd parties from key US Senate race

Montana GOP seeks to bar 3rd parties from key US Senate race

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Libertarians lined up with Democrats on Friday against a proposal that would effectively block third party candidates from next year’s Montana U.S.
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Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021, but climate experts still see positive signs

Greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2021, but climate experts still see positive signs

OTTAWA — Several climate change experts said Friday they see reason for hope in Canada's efforts to slow global warming even though the country's greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2021.
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Telford says national security limits what she can say on foreign interference

Telford says national security limits what she can say on foreign interference

OTTAWA — The prime minister's chief of staff offered up few details to a House of Commons committee studying foreign interference in the last two elections, frustrating Conservatives and New Democrats who say her lack of answers Friday will erode tru
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Online gaming chats have long been spy risk for US military

Online gaming chats have long been spy risk for US military

WASHINGTON (AP) — Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it: young troops immersed in the world of online games, using government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles.
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