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Liberal candidate in Montreal byelection says campaign is about her — not Trudeau

Liberal candidate in Montreal byelection says campaign is about her — not Trudeau

MONTREAL — In the final stretch of a Montreal byelection campaign widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership, the Liberal candidate wants people to focus on her — not her leader.
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Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requests

Montreal bars, restaurants react to Quebec bill to regulate merchant tipping requests

MONTREAL — Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood.
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B.C. victim's family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case

B.C. victim's family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case

WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. — Family members say Annie Kong wanted nothing more than to gather with all her extended family under one roof at her West Vancouver home for Christmas 2022.
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MPs to face new political realities on their return to Ottawa

MPs to face new political realities on their return to Ottawa

OTTAWA — On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly.
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'Challenges every single muscle': Champion tree climber turns work into passion

'Challenges every single muscle': Champion tree climber turns work into passion

WINNIPEG — Climbing up trees, wrangling with ropes and navigating twisted odd-angled limbs may not be everyone's idea of a great day.
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Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches

Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches

Labour talks between Air Canada and its pilots are approaching a midnight deadline, when either side could trigger the start of a shutdown for Canada's largest airline.
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Four-day rescue operation freed a humpback whale off northern B.C.: DFO

Four-day rescue operation freed a humpback whale off northern B.C.: DFO

A humpback whale was so entangled in fishing gear, ropes and buoys that it took four days for a Fisheries Department crew to unravel the mess.
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Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign

Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign

MONTREAL — The Quebec government renewed its call for Canada's special representative on combating Islamophobia to resign Friday, after she sent a letter to college and university heads recommending the hiring of more Muslim, Arab and Palestinian pro
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B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man

B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man

VANCOUVER — A report into a triple stabbing at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown last year says the man accused of the crimes had been let out of a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year prior without incident.
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NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took shots at the NDP on Friday for equivocating on the consumer carbon price, accusing Jagmeet Singh of caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
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