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• On the ground at the Zellers opening: Is it worth your money?

  23-03-2023 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Zellers is making a comeback in Canada, but is the lowest price still the law?
  
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• Ontario crypto king kidnapped, tortured in an attempt to get millions in ransom, documents say

  23-03-2023 23:44 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ontario’s self-described crypto king was allegedly abducted, tortured, and beaten for days as his kidnappers looked to solicit millions in ransom, his father told a court in December.
  
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• Hate crimes in Saskatchewan have increased since pandemic, Statistics Canada reports

  23-03-2023 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to recently-released report from Statistics Canada, hate crime incidents in Saskatchewan have increased since the pandemic.
  
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• Parents, students shaken after Montreal-area school closed Thursday following threats

  23-03-2023 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some parents told Global News that students began hearing rumours Wednesday afternoon about the possibility of a planned school shooting Thursday.
  
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• Movie being shot in Okanagan using 2 electric cube trucks during production

  23-03-2023 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Christmas movie that’s being filmed in Kelowna and Vernon is using two five-ton electric trucks as part during its production.
  
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• Mother voices concern after bus driver left children at stop unsupervised

  23-03-2023 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Toronto-area mother is demanding changes after her two children, aged four and six, were left unattended at a school bus drop-off despite having tags requiring driver attention.
  
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• Montreal phasing out single-use plastics in restaurants

  23-03-2023 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Plastic utensils, containers, cups, straws and lids will eventually be banned in all bars and restaurants in Montreal.
  
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• Enbridge 'disappointed' as environmental review for Line 5 tunnel extended

  23-03-2023 22:49 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. has been dealt another setback on its Line 5 replacement project in Michigan.
  
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• Strathcona residents say Toronto shelter hotels failed promise of permanent housing

  23-03-2023 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Costate recently passed his one-year anniversary off drugs like crystal meth and fentanyl --a period of sobriety that began when he moved into a Toronto hotel-turned-shelter.
  
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• City of Vancouver to remove guerilla spider sculpture, cost unclear

  23-03-2023 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The piece, by Montreal artist Junko is located under a City of Vancouver overpass near Broadway and Victoria, and can be seen from the SkyTrain Millennium Line. 
  
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• Concerns looming over twinning of Trans-Canada for Falcon Lake, Man. business owner, resident

  23-03-2023 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The province announced this year it plans to move forward with the process of twinning the 17-kilometre stretch of highway, which has been the site of serious and fatal crashes.
  
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• Armstrong, B.C. readying residents for potential flooding

  23-03-2023 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Snow and ice in the area mountains is thawing and that contributes to increased water levels in Meighan and Deep Creeks, City of Armstrong staff say.
  
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• Decision to close B.C. salmon farms was necessary, Fisheries Ministry says amid court challenges

  23-03-2023 22:17 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges.
  
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• Ukrainian Maritimers celebrate extension of program to support war refugees

  23-03-2023 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  A program that helps Ukranians fleeing the war in their home country come to Canada was about to expire. Ottawa has now extended it until mid-July.
  
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• ‘Erosion of the publicly funded system’: Sask. educators decry budget results

  23-03-2023 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just over $2 billion is being divvied up among the 27 school divisions across Saskatchewan. This is a 2.5 per cent increase over last year.
  
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• Hoverlink’s service between Niagara Region, Toronto delayed amid ‘complexities’ of project

  23-03-2023 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  A private Ontario transport operator planning to offer 30-minute hovercraft service between Niagara and Toronto says it's now re-evaluating its launch timelines.
  
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• Canada, U.S. close to reaching deal on Roxham Road, reports say

  23-03-2023 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  The crossing has been a consistent sticking point between the two countries as it had become a popular crossing into Canada due to terms of the Safe Third Country Agreement.
  
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• Indigenous sisters developing video games to revitalize Mohawk language

  23-03-2023 22:04 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
  
  Two Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) sisters from Montreal are on a mission that is close to their hearts: to save their ancestors' first language by developing video games young and old can play.
  
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• Single-vehicle crash in Surrey, B.C. leaves 21-year-old man dead

  23-03-2023 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said they were called to the area of 72 Avenue near 131 Street shortly after midnight Thursday where they found a lone driver with life-threatening injuries. 
  
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• Industry minister asks CRTC to look into wireless roaming charges after price hike

  23-03-2023 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Earlier this month, Telus and Bell both raised their U.S. and international roaming rates. Telus customers must now pay $14 daily to roam in the U.S., up from $12.
  
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• New Brunswick’s ‘underwhelming’ budget leaves business community wanting more

  23-03-2023 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  The business community is calling on the New Brunswick government to look at help towards taxation of small business' after a "underwhelming" budget
  
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• B.C. doubling the number of veterinarians it helps train as those in the job burn out

  23-03-2023 21:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The British Columbia government says it is permanently doubling the number of subsidized seats for people who want to train to become veterinarians and practise in the province.
  
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• This man has a double identity. His company makes millions through public contracts

  23-03-2023 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The man behind a private security firm that has secured hundreds of millions in public contracts uses two names while conducting business.
  
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• Barrie, Ont. poet laureate encourages local artists with open mic night

  23-03-2023 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Since taking over as poet laureate, Tyneisha Ternent has been pushing for poetry representation in all its forms and providing opportunities for Barrie artists to debut their work.
  
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• Ontario growing pharmacists’ prescribing powers, eyes further expansion

  23-03-2023 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two months after regulatory changes allowed pharmacists to prescribe treatments for 13 common ailments, Ontario announced in its budget that it is planning a further expansion.
  
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• Ontario puts $113M in budget to emergency preparedness

  23-03-2023 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Community organizations and municipalities in Ontario could get a piece of $110 million in funding the province has committed over three years for emergency readiness.
  
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• City of Longueuil, Que. gets postponement of contempt of court charges

  23-03-2023 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Longueuil argued for a postponement of its hearing in front of the Quebec Human Rights Tribunal related to contempt of court charges it could face
  
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• Rescheduled appeal hearing for Bradley Barton begins in 2011 death of Cindy Gladue

  23-03-2023 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bradley Barton was sentenced on July 2021 to 12 and a half years for manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue, a Métis and Cree woman who died at the Yellowhead Inn in June 2011.
  
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• $12.5 million in funding announced to build healing centre in Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc

  23-03-2023 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Funding promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc in 2021 for a healing centre has been fulfilled after an announcement made earlier today.
  
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• Victoria man's 85 convictions highlight links between brain injury, homelessness, crime

  23-03-2023 21:14 via vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Victoria man’s life of crime has turned into one of survival, hope and advocacy amid ongoing conversations in the community about how best to tackle public safety matters.
  
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• Why Canada is pushing back at U.S. pressure to put boots on the ground in Haiti

  23-03-2023 21:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada appears to have resisted U.S. pressure to lead an intervention force in Haiti. CBC News spoke with Canadian military experts who say that a police action in Haiti would be a difficult mission for the Canadian Forces — one with no guarantee of success.
  
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• At a glance: Highlights of the Ontario government’s budget

  23-03-2023 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ontario government tabled a budget Thursday that forecasts provincial surpluses after a year, with heavy investments in health care. Here are the highlights.
  
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• Quebec’s tourism minister meets with Airbnb officials after Old Montreal fire

  23-03-2023 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tourism minister Caroline Proulx says she's unequivocal. Airbnb will have to comply with new regulation she's planning to introduce to clamp down on illegal rentals.
  
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• ‘It helps keep our culture alive’: Around 1,000 Indigenous youth gather in Vancouver

  23-03-2023 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Gathering Our Voices, a friendship centre-led gathering for Indigenous youth, is back after the pandemic shuttered it for years.  
  
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• 10,000 children are waiting for matches, says Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada

  23-03-2023 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Big Brother Big Sisters of Canada is short on volunteers. 'It is not just a child, it is an entire family that is not being served,' the group's interim president said.
  
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• Soaring tax revenues will push Ontario back into black ahead of schedule, 2023 budget projects

  23-03-2023 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Surging revenues will help Ontario get back to black years earlier than previously projected, the province said in its 2023 budget — a fiscal outlook that includes historically high spending and tax relief for businesses but little in the way of new affordability measures for individuals.
  
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• Ontario unveils biggest-ever $204B budget, but one with little to ease daily affordability issues

  23-03-2023 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Surging revenues will help Ontario get back to black years earlier than previously projected, the province said in its 2023 budget — a fiscal outlook that includes historically high spending and tax relief for businesses but little in the way of new affordability measures for individuals.
  
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• Ontario unveils $204B budget, but one with little to ease daily affordability issues

  23-03-2023 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Surging revenues will help Ontario get back to black years earlier than previously projected, the province said in its 2023 budget — a fiscal outlook that includes historically high spending and tax relief for businesses but little in the way of new affordability measures for individuals.
  
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• Man facing 352 charges for allegedly posing as crane engineer in Waterloo Region

  23-03-2023 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  A man who allegedly conducted crane safety inspections while posing as a licenced engineer is facing hundreds of charges, according to the governing body of Ontario engineers.
  
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• Suspicious fire at old bowling alley in Cambridge, Ont. under investigation

  23-03-2023 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters from five stations responded to a fire at the old Dickson Bowl in the Galt area of Cambridge, Ont., just before midnight on Wednesday.
  
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• Northerners should be at the table for NORAD discussions, says Nunavut premier

  23-03-2023 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  As U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Nunavut's premier says he'll be watching closely for discussion about the Arctic.
  
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• Dangerous goods move through Calgary daily. What's the plan in the event of a disaster?

  23-03-2023 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  A toxic train derailment some 3,200 kilometres away from Calgary is putting a spotlight on the types of dangerous goods that roll through Canadian towns and cities.
  
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• Boy who killed Edmonton officers had been apprehended under Mental Health Act: police

  23-03-2023 20:38 via thestar.com
  A 16-year-old boy who fatally shot two officers at an apartment complex one week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and was taken to hospital for assessment, Edmonton police said Thursday.
  
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• New Westminster police seek help finding man not heard from in several months

  23-03-2023 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  “It’s important that members of the public know Mr. Geddes is missing and that their help in finding him is appreciated,” said Sgt. Andrew Leaver.
  
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• Nova Scotia storeowner shares brazen video of ‘malicious’ suspected arson

  23-03-2023 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  The video shows a person throwing a rock into the store before lighting an object on fire and throwing it in through the damaged window.
  
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• Entries open for Saskatoon pelican watch contest

  23-03-2023 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Flocks of pelicans are expected to arrive sometime in April and settle in Saskatoon until October when the weather cools. 
  
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• 11 northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency to urge government intervention

  23-03-2023 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  The Keewatin Tribal Council declared a regional state of emergency on Thursday afternoon to draw attention to the "dire" situations on the northern Manitoba communities and to urge immediate government action.
  
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• 11 northern Manitoba First Nations declare state of emergency

  23-03-2023 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  The Keewatin Tribal Council is expected to declare a regional state of emergency on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Alleged fentanyl trafficker ran drug scheme from prison, say Kingston, Ont. police

  23-03-2023 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Kingston Police Drug Enforcement Unit wrapped up a seven-month-long drug trafficking investigation involving a prison inmate on March 9 and has charged two people.
  
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• Here are the locations of the first 12 new Zellers stores

  23-03-2023 19:55 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Zellers has opened the first of 25 new locations within Hudson's Bay stores across the country. The Canadian retail chain launched 12 stores in Ontario and Alberta Thursday, along with a new e-commerce website.
  
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