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Calgary
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Calgary library closed until Friday following 'traumatic incident'
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Saskatoon
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‘We can do this better’: Downtown business owners meet with province about shelter services
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Committee approves new vision for Farmers' Market Building
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Regina
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Banjo Bowl beats Labour Day Classic to sellout
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Regina city council discusses 5G cell towers, tables motion to make protocol improvements
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Sask. man charged with the alleged abduction of his daughter awaits bail decision
A Regina judge has reserved her decision regarding bail for the man charged with the alleged abduction of his daughter.
Atlantic
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Opposition parties take aim at Nova Scotia premier over health-care 'crisis'
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RCMP track down two young boys driving truck in central Newfoundland
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Pod of dolphins rescued from shallow waters off small N.S. island
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Toronto
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Ontario mayor fires back at conspiracy theorists who tried to arrest police officers
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The Ontario government will reveal the next steps of its “Plan to Stay Open” on Thursday.
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Montreal
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New census data showing French 'in danger' spurs debate ahead of Quebec election
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Quebec pension fund manager posts $33.6 billion loss for first 6 months of 2022
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Adult women who accused Quebec cardinal of sexual misconduct breaks church-abuse stereotype
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Kitchener
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'It does reduce the strain on the emergency department:' province planning to expand paramedic powers
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Special Investigations Unit clears Stratford officer who “fell short” of his duty in connection to death of 18-month-old
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Woodstock roads reopen after major investigation involving the bomb squad
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