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Saskatchewan stabbings highlight rural policing challenges, experts say

Saskatchewan stabbings highlight rural policing challenges, experts say

Efforts to apprehend Myles Sanderson are likely hampered by the Prairie province's vast geography, network of criss-crossing back roads and underfunded policing services, experts said
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BEYOND LOCAL: Major telecoms agree to emergency outage deal

BEYOND LOCAL: Major telecoms agree to emergency outage deal

Deal comes after massive Rogers service disruption in July that affected millions of Canadians
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Health Canada issues recall on Ikea blinds

Health Canada issues recall on Ikea blinds

Potential choking hazard on certain products
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Bank of Canada expected to raise key interest rate today

Bank of Canada expected to raise key interest rate today

Some Canadian banks are expecting the Bank of Canada to increase its key rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, bringing it to 3.25 per cent
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Past drug, alcohol use had caused stabbing suspect to lose mind: parole document

Past drug, alcohol use had caused stabbing suspect to lose mind: parole document

RCMP have not said what motivated the attacks on Sunday that left 10 people dead and 18 injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and nearby village of Weldon, northeast of Saskatoon
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Fossil found on P.E.I. older than first dinosaur to have walked the Earth

Fossil found on P.E.I. older than first dinosaur to have walked the Earth

alifax-based geologist and paleontologist said the fossil likely dates back about 300 million years to the end of the Coal Age, or Carboniferous era, and into the Permian period, about 80 million years before the first dinosaurs
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'Eggciting': Orillia woman's chicken lays rare round egg

'Eggciting': Orillia woman's chicken lays rare round egg

'At first, I thought it was a ball the dog found. When I picked it up, I realized — to my surprise — it was an egg,' said Washago woman
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RCMP say suspect in Saskatchewan stabbing rampage found dead, brother still at large

RCMP say suspect in Saskatchewan stabbing rampage found dead, brother still at large

Meanwhile, police said the other brother who has a violent criminal record and considered dangerous, remained on the loose, but he may be injured
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Students head into in-person school year with masking questions, hopes of normalcy

Students head into in-person school year with masking questions, hopes of normalcy

Students in most parts of the country resume class Tuesday or Wednesday
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A Guelph boy's journey with 'childhood Alzheimer's'

A Guelph boy's journey with 'childhood Alzheimer's'

A rare genetic disorder often called children's Alzheimer's, Sanfilippo Syndrome affects just one in 70,000 births – including local eight-year-old Joseph Saliba
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