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Saskatchewan pre-election budget pitches record spending, $273M deficit

Saskatchewan pre-election budget pitches record spending, $273M deficit

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is promising big-ticket spending on health, education and communities along with no tax hikes and a $273-million deficit.
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Edmonton City Hall to fully reopen two months after armed attack

Edmonton City Hall to fully reopen two months after armed attack

Edmonton City Hall is to reopen to the public on Monday, two months after what police say was a politically motivated attack. No one was hurt on Jan. 23, when shots were fired and Molotov cocktails were lit in the building full of people.
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Canadian woman identified as victim in Mexico shooting

Canadian woman identified as victim in Mexico shooting

QUERÉTARO CITY, Mexico — The son of a Canadian woman killed in Queretaro, Mexico, says she was on her way back to Canada to look after her elderly mother.
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Manitoba Tories say bill to ban anti-abortion protests should be expanded

Manitoba Tories say bill to ban anti-abortion protests should be expanded

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives say a government plan to ban anti-abortion protests near some health-care facilities should be expanded to cover more areas and all protests, including picket lines.
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Liberals introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact

Liberals introduce legislation updating Elections Act, in keeping with NDP pact

OTTAWA — The Liberal government has tabled legislation that updates the federal Elections Act as part of its political pact with the NDP.
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Crown wants 25 years for Manitoba football coach who sexually assaulted students

Crown wants 25 years for Manitoba football coach who sexually assaulted students

WINNIPEG — A disgraced former high school football coach apologized during a sentencing hearing for the "grief and shame" he caused to the nine students he sexually assaulted.
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Motion on Israel-Hamas war will have consequences for asylum seekers in Gaza: Miller

Motion on Israel-Hamas war will have consequences for asylum seekers in Gaza: Miller

OTTAWA — A parliamentary motion on the Israel-Hamas war the House of Commons passed Monday could make it harder for people seeking asylum in Canada to get out of Gaza, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday.
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'Serious errors' by B.C. prison officials who knew about a 4-year water leak: report

'Serious errors' by B.C. prison officials who knew about a 4-year water leak: report

The federal Public Sector Integrity Commissioner says the Correctional Service of Canada committed "gross mismanagement" when it took nearly four years to fix pipes at a B.C. prison that were leaking chemically treated water into the ground.
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Family of slain Quebec provincial police sergeant testifies at coroner's inquest

Family of slain Quebec provincial police sergeant testifies at coroner's inquest

MONTREAL — Family members of a provincial police sergeant killed in the line of duty a year ago told a coroner's inquest Wednesday they will be forever haunted by her murder, but they hope it results in change so no other family experiences what they
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Quebec newspaper La Presse removes cartoon denounced as antisemitic

Quebec newspaper La Presse removes cartoon denounced as antisemitic

MONTREAL — Quebec newspaper La Presse has apologized for publishing a cartoon Wednesday that depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the vampire from the film “Nosferatu” after criticism that the caricature used antisemitic imagery.
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