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Cross-country rallies against 'gender ideology' in schools meet with counter-protests

Cross-country rallies against 'gender ideology' in schools meet with counter-protests

Thousands of people gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday for competing protests, yelling and chanting at each other about the way schools instruct sexuality and gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender youth.
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Manitoba's two major political parties say they would not repeat COVID-19 lockdowns

WINNIPEG — The leaders of Manitoba's two largest political parties promised Wednesday to not impose any more COVID-19 "lockdowns" as two new opinion polls suggested the Opposition New Democrats had gained a commanding lead in the run-up to the Oct.
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Alberta Health Services says E. coli cases related to daycare outbreak stable

Alberta Health Services says E. coli cases related to daycare outbreak stable

CALGARY — Alberta Health Services say the number of E. coli cases related to an outbreak at numerous Calgary daycares remains stable.
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Licences suspended for company whose truck hit B.C. highway overpass, minister says

Licences suspended for company whose truck hit B.C. highway overpass, minister says

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's transportation minister says the company whose truck slammed into a North Vancouver overpass on Tuesday, snarling traffic for hours, has had the license for its entire fleet suspended.
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Four young B.C. firefighters heading home die in head-on crash on highway: RCMP

Four young B.C. firefighters heading home die in head-on crash on highway: RCMP

Four young men travelling home after helping in the battle against wildfires in central British Columbia are dead after a fiery head-on crash, police and provincial officials said Wednesday. RCMP Cpl.
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B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization

B.C. local governments to ask province for more support over drug decriminalization

VANCOUVER — Local politicians in British Columbia have passed all three resolutions addressing their concerns about the rollout of drug decriminalization polices in the province, including asking for more funding to help those who are addicted and ex
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Indian consulate and Sikh ballot face security concerns after PM's remarks on killing

Indian consulate and Sikh ballot face security concerns after PM's remarks on killing

The Vancouver Police Department has beefed up security outside India's Consulate after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week there was credible intelligence about a potential link between India's government and the killing of Sikh community le
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Two Montreal Island towns file court challenge to Quebec language law reform

Two Montreal Island towns file court challenge to Quebec language law reform

MONTREAL — Two Montreal suburbs filed a court challenge today to Quebec's 2022 language reform, seeking to be exempted from several articles of the law commonly known as Bill 96.
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Alberta set to release report on whether to ditch CPP for provincial pension plan

Alberta set to release report on whether to ditch CPP for provincial pension plan

EDMONTON — The Alberta government is set to release its long-promised report on whether the province should quit the Canada Pension Plan and pursue its own provincial program.
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Split-screen summit: Ukraine, climate clamour for top billing at UN General Assembly

Split-screen summit: Ukraine, climate clamour for top billing at UN General Assembly

NEW YORK — Ukraine and the climate crisis battled for top billing Wednesday at the UN General Assembly, where Canada struggled to reconcile its reputation as an oil and gas supplier with the global effort to cool the planet.
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