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'Fire in the sky:' Canadian family in Israel says it's business as usual after attack

'Fire in the sky:' Canadian family in Israel says it's business as usual after attack

The rumbles and tremors rattling Leah Appel's Jerusalem apartment building jolted her from sleep around 1:45 on Sunday morning.
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Insurance is high on frequently stolen vehicles. Here's how to reduce your premiums

Insurance is high on frequently stolen vehicles. Here's how to reduce your premiums

TORONTO — Looking for a break on car insurance premiums is often top of mind for drivers. And finding ways to reduce that figure is especially important now, when rampant thefts have led to higher insurance costs.
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Iran's attack risks provoking 'uncontrollable regional escalation,' G7 countries warn

Iran's attack risks provoking 'uncontrollable regional escalation,' G7 countries warn

OTTAWA — Iran's weekend attack on Israel marks a further step toward destabilization of the Middle East and risks provoking "an uncontrollable regional escalation," leaders from Canada and the other G7 countries said Sunday after convening by video c
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Eight years since B.C. declared public health emergency, toxic drug crisis rages on

Eight years since B.C. declared public health emergency, toxic drug crisis rages on

VANCOUVER — In the dozen years she's worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she's seen succumb to British Columbia's toxic drug crisis.
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'Everybody should be in Love': Saskatchewan village embraces name with new chapel

'Everybody should be in Love': Saskatchewan village embraces name with new chapel

LOVE, SASK. — A small Saskatchewan village is looking to put Love on the map by becoming a unique wedding destination.
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Quebec zoo examined animal behaviour during last week's total solar eclipse

Quebec zoo examined animal behaviour during last week's total solar eclipse

MONTREAL — As darkness settled during last week's total solar eclipse, Japanese macaques turned their backs to the sun and red crowned cranes went uncharacteristically quiet. But the Himalayan black bears just slept as if nothing was happening.
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Why is Montreal a stolen car export hub? Jurisdiction limits and size, officials say

Why is Montreal a stolen car export hub? Jurisdiction limits and size, officials say

MONTREAL — Between mid-December and the end of March, police inspected about 400 shipping containers at the Port of Montreal and found nearly 600 stolen vehicles, most of them from the Toronto area.
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After countrywide pre-budget tour, Liberals reveal Tuesday how they'll pay for it all

After countrywide pre-budget tour, Liberals reveal Tuesday how they'll pay for it all

OTTAWA — With Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland promising to keep the federal deficit from ballooning in Tuesday's federal budget, all eyes will be on the Liberals' plan to pay for their agenda — and whether that could include new taxes on the wealt
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Iran's attacks on Israel

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemns Iran's attacks on Israel

OTTAWA — Canada "unequivocally condemns" Iran's attacks on Israel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday evening as tensions boiled over between the two countries and pushed the Middle East closer to a region-wide war.
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Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province

Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province

MONTREAL — Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the labour group's leadership.
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