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• Sask. Party president steps down after nine years

  18-03-2023 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Saturday, James Thorsteinson, who has been party president since November 2014, announced he would be stepping down.
  
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• Why Saskatchewan's claim that province is 'most affordable' in Canada doesn't add up

  24-03-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan government claims in its latest budget that the province is the most affordable in Canada, but some say that math only applies to people already able to get by.
  
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• Shoppers Drug Mart eliminates 'pink tax' on menstrual pain medication following CBC investigation

  24-03-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Marketplace found two examples of menstrual pain medication costing more than their general pain relief counterparts at Shoppers Drug Mart, which said it will align the prices “within a week.”
  
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• Northern Alberta residents demand answers from Imperial Oil after toxic leak from oilsands project

  24-03-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  There were sharp words and fiery exchanges at a Fort Chipewyan town hall meeting this week — the first time the oil company met with northern Alberta residents since seepage from a tailings pond at the nearby Kearl Lake oilsands site was discovered in May 2022.
  
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• I confronted my misconceptions about being Indigenous by embracing beadwork

  24-03-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Tenille Campbell says she never saw beadwork becoming a part of how she expressed herself, but she has now embraced the practice.
  
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• Grasslands store tons of carbon — and there's a movement to protect them

  24-03-2023 09:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the carbon capture potential of Canada's grasslands and growing concern about the overlap of pension funds and oil and gas companies.
  
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• ChatGPT: Is it a good or bad thing? Canadians are divided, poll suggests

  24-03-2023 09:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  However, those who said they know of ChatGPT are far more likely to feel that it’s a good thing, compared to those who have not, an Ipsos poll found.
  
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• No winner of $1.53M in week 43 of Hagersville Lions Club ‘Catch the Ace’ draw

  24-03-2023 03:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just under 133,000 tickets were sold prior to the Thursday night draw equating to about $883,000 in weekly revenues, a new record for the local game.
  
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• Private prosecution in Lake Country woman’s death creeps forward

  24-03-2023 03:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seven years ago, Arlene Westervelt’s body was pulled from Okanagan Lake. Those who believe she was murdered are trying to seek justice by using a private prosecution.
  
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• Eastern Ont. mayor wants more help from feds to manage influx of asylum seekers, supports STCA renegotiation

  24-03-2023 02:49 via ctvnews.ca
  
  As the federal government looks to renegotiate the Safe Third Country Agreement with the U.S., an eastern Ontario mayor says his city needs more help from Ottawa to deal with the influx of asylum seekers arriving through irregular crossings like Roxham Road.
  
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• First Nation on Vancouver Island to open first Indigenous-led Starbucks in Canada

  24-03-2023 02:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Multinational coffee chain Starbucks and the We Wai Kai Nation have announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration in Canada: a new cafe location operated entirely by the First Nation community.
  
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• First Nation on Vancouver Island to open 1st Indigenous-led Starbucks in Canada

  24-03-2023 02:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Multinational coffee chain Starbucks and the We Wai Kai Nation have announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration in Canada: a new cafe location operated entirely by the First Nation community.
  
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• Alberta Energy Regulator issues environmental protection order after earthquake study finds industry link

  24-03-2023 02:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta Energy Regulator announced on Thursday it issued an environmental protection order for Calgary-based oil and gas company Obsidian Energy. A joint study from the University of Alberta and Stanford University found an industry link between in situ bitumen recovery and the earthquakes that shook the Peace River region last November.
  
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• Volunteers push back against Vancouver's request to remove memorial for residential school victims

  24-03-2023 02:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Volunteers overseeing the makeshift memorial at the Vancouver Art Gallery for residential school survivors are resisting the city's request to remove it.
  
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• Frida Backlund hopes new children’s book will help families talk losing loved ones

  24-03-2023 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Frida Backlund, the wife of Calgary Flames alternate captain Mikael Backlund, penned a children's book in hopes of providing comfort and a tool to talk about loss
  
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• At Roxham Road, migrants reach uncertain ends to harrowing journeys: ‘They’re scared’

  24-03-2023 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the influx of irregular crossings into Canada becomes a political lightning rod, Global News spoke with migrants and those who help them on the final leg of their journey.
  
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• Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting 'high demand' for camping

  24-03-2023 01:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Parks Canada brought in a new online reservation system earlier this month because its old one was getting outdated and needed some upgrades.
  
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• Syphilis cases rising in Kingston, Ont. and beyond

  24-03-2023 00:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to data from KFL&A Public Health, cases of syphilis, an STI, are on the rise locally and across Ontario.
  
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• Alberta auditor general seeks reforms to how province manages oilpatch liabilities

  24-03-2023 00:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta's system for managing environmental risks from old oilpatch facilities still hasn't spelled out how it will ensure cleanups, the province's auditor general said Thursday.
  
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• ‘Sexist and wrong’: Experience Regina slogans weren’t presented to mayor, tourism CEO ahead of launch

  24-03-2023 00:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  What started as a rebranded tourism department has turned into a controversial issue across Regina met with both hate and support online, and now in the halls of city council.
  
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• Alberta legislature sitting wraps up with attacks, insults ahead of May 29 election

  24-03-2023 00:18 via cbc.ca
  
  The Alberta legislature wrapped up its spring sitting Thursday with politicians on both sides of the aisle test-driving insults and expected attack lines ahead of the scheduled May 29 provincial election.
  
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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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• 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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