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P.E.I. potato exports to Puerto Rico could resume
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada -- The federal agriculture minister is optimistic the United States could approve the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to the key market of Puerto Rico within weeks. By Kevin Bissett. Words: 599, Photos: 1
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Standards would track youth mental health: experts
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Concern about the mental health challenges of young Canadians has been growing during the nearly two years of disruptions and repeated isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Erika Ibrahim. Words: 784, Photos: 1
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COVID-19: Nearly 50,000 Quebec students absent
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Nearly 50,000 elementary and high school students were absent from Quebec schools due to COVID-19 less than two weeks after in-person classes resumed. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 270, Photos: 1
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Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations decline by 62
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Quebec is reporting a drop in COVID-19-related hospitalizations for the fifth straight day. Words: 144, Photos: 1
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Vaccinated Inuit entered into snowmobile draw
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada -- Inuit in Nunavut who get a COVID-19 vaccine could end up with a brand new ride. By Emma Tranter. Words: 393, Photos: 1
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Bodies of migrant family from India identified
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A family of four Indian nationals was only in Canada for a week before their bodies were found frozen in Manitoba near the Canada-U. S. border, RCMP said Thursday as new details emerged about the deaths believed to be linked to a human smuggling operation. By Brittany Hobson and Hina Alam. Words: 688, Photos: 1
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N.B. to loosen some public health restrictions
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada -- The New Brunswick government announced Thursday it is ready to lift some COVID-19 restrictions as of Saturday and have students return to class next week. Words: 409, Photos: 1
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Four dead in B.C. home from one family, police say
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Richmond, British Columbia, Canada -- Police say two men and two women who were found dead at a home after a shooting in Richmond, B.C., were from the same family. By Brieanna Charlebois. Words: 331, Photos: 1
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Not extending review of takeover a mistake: expert
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- An intelligence expert said the federal government's decision not to conduct a formal national security review on the takeover of a Canadian lithium mining company by a Chinese state-owned company was a "mistake." By Erika Ibrahim. Words: 362, Photos: 1
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Harsh reality of human smuggling business
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Police in a western state of India have begun delving deeper into the deaths of four Indian migrants whose bodies were found in Manitoba just short of the Canada-U. S. border. By Hina Alam, Fakiha Baig and Brittany Hobson. Words: 785, Photos: 1
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P.E.I. students to go back to class next week
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Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada -- Residents of Prince Edward Island will see public health measures begin to ease next week, including a return to in-class learning for the province's students, officials announced Wednesday. Words: 450, Photos: 1
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Ontarians wait for surgeries delayed due to COVID
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The waiting has become excruciating for Shelley Brownlee and her partner, Jonathan Clow. By Noushin Ziafati. Words: 998, Photos: 1
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Quebec death toll due to booster delay: experts
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- January isn't over, but with 1,144 COVID-19 deaths reported this month in Quebec, it's already the fifth deadliest month of the COVID-19 pandemic in the province. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 798, Photos: 1
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First Nation seeking review into logging practices
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -- A First Nation in Manitoba says it has not been properly included in sustainable forest management practices and is asking for a judicial review into commercial logging in a provincial park. By Brittany Hobson. Words: 449, Photos: 1
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N.S. RCMP investigate shots fired at fishing boat
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Martinique, Nova Scotia, Canada -- Police in Nova Scotia are asking the public for information as they continue to investigate a report of shots fired at a fishing boat near Martinique on Cape Breton Island. Words: 164, Photos: 1
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More mental health support needed for paramedics
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Vancouver, , -- Groups representing Canada's paramedics are calling for improved mental health services as staff shortages and unprecedented call volumes fuelled by the pandemic and the overdose crisis take a toll on workers. By Brieanna Charlebois. Words: 752, Photos: 1
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Mystery shrouds identities in border tragedy
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Fargo, North Dakota, United States -- Efforts to identify four family members who died at the edge of Canada's frigid hinterland plodded along Monday as a U.S. judge released the man at the centre of what investigators say was an organized human-smuggling enterprise. By James McCarten. Words: 856, Photos: 1
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Trucker convoy garners millions in support
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A group of truckers has garnered millions in fundraising dollars from droves of supporters as it drives across the country to protest vaccine mandates, despite the vast majority of big-riggers having been jabbed and one expert warning of ties to conspiracy theories. By Christopher Reynolds and Erika Ibrahim. Words: 957, Photos: 1
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Nunavut signs child-care deal with Ottawa
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada -- Nunavut has become the latest jurisdiction to sign onto the federal government's $10-a-day child-care program. By Emma Tranter. Words: 518, Photos: 1
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N.S. reports five new deaths related to COVID-19
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -- Nova Scotia reported an additional five COVID-19-related deaths today, as well as 15 new hospital admissions due to the disease. Words: 164, Photos: 1
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Women, LGBTQ military vets lack targeted support
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -- Halifax artist Jessica Wiebe served eight years in the Canadian Armed Forces as an artillery gunner, often the lone woman in a male-dominated environment. Now she draws on that experience, and her mental and physical struggles after leaving the military, to create her art. By Danielle Edwards. Words: 731, Photos: 1
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