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Quebec election: public transit and agriculture on the menu for Day 11 of campaign

Quebec election: public transit and agriculture on the menu for Day 11 of campaign

On Day 11 of Quebec's election campaign one party leader is promising to support public transit in Montreal, while another leader is promising to cancel a tramway project in Quebec City.
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RCMP come up empty after tip in search for Saskatchewan stabbing suspect

RCMP come up empty after tip in search for Saskatchewan stabbing suspect

JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Saskatchewan Mounties surrounded a house on the James Smith Cree Nation Tuesday after reported sightings of a suspected mass murderer, but left soon afterward with no sign of the man. Emergency alerts blared yet again.
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Mountie who got to know killer before N.S. mass shooting says they weren't friends

Mountie who got to know killer before N.S. mass shooting says they weren't friends

HALIFAX — A Mountie who got to know the man who later murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia told a public inquiry Tuesday he did not consider Gabriel Wortman a friend, even though he visited the killer's rural home 15 or 16 times between 2007 and 2011.
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Ex-Quebec City health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam

Ex-Quebec City health centre employee charged in alleged vaccine passport scam

Quebec's anti-corruption unit says a former vaccination centre employee has been charged with fabricating information used to generate fake QR codes used for the province's vaccination passport.
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Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan

Kenney says won't stay quiet as possible successor pitches separation plan

EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won’t sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerous, half-baked" and "banana republic" plan for more
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Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10

Timeline of the police response to stabbings in Saskatchewan that killed at least 10

RCMP say two men went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan on Sunday. They say 10 people died and 18 others were injured over 13 locations where the attacks took place.
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Voting wraps up in Conservative leadership race ahead of Saturday convention

Voting wraps up in Conservative leadership race ahead of Saturday convention

OTTAWA — Voting has ended in the Conservative party's leadership election — but its members still need to wait until Saturday to find out who their next leader is. Ballots had to be received by a deadline of 5 p.m.
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A look at some of the victims in the Saskatchewan stabbings

A look at some of the victims in the Saskatchewan stabbings

The identities of some of those who died in a mass stabbing in Saskatchewan are starting to emerge. Police say 10 people were killed on the weekend on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby community of Weldon.
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Family of slain Calgary mother and daughter express fear, pain at sentencing hearing

Family of slain Calgary mother and daughter express fear, pain at sentencing hearing

CALGARY — Family members say they have struggled with fear and pain since a woman and her young daughter were killed and buried in a shallow grave west of Calgary more than three years ago.
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Saskatchewan stabbings highlight rural policing challenges, experts say

Saskatchewan stabbings highlight rural policing challenges, experts say

An ongoing manhunt for a suspect in a series of deadly stabbings that shattered two small communities in Saskatchewan is raising fresh questions about rural policing in Canada.
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