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Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election

Alberta expecting another gusher in budget ahead of provincial election

EDMONTON — Alberta is scheduled to introduce its budget Tuesday — the last before a spring provincial election — with political observerswondering what the province will do with all its billions of extra petrodollars.
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Ukrainians welcomed in workplace, but still finding jobs below their qualifications

Ukrainians welcomed in workplace, but still finding jobs below their qualifications

Viacheslav Samsonenko would need at least two years of experience to work as a professional engineer in Canada. So, like many newcomers, he signed up for a job below his qualifications and is working hard to move up.
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Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average

Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average

MONTREAL — Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec's Nunavik region. At the jail in Amos, Que.
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Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents

Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents

OTTAWA — It has long been known that the RCMP Security Service took a keen interest in Roosevelt "Rosie" Douglas, a Black rights activist who attended school in Canada and would go on to be prime minister of Dominica.
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B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget

B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrat government has been tackling some of the province's fundamental deficits in recent months by spending billions in surplus dollars, says Premier David Eby.
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Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, who starred in 'Away From Her,' has died at 92

Canadian actor Gordon Pinsent, who starred in 'Away From Her,' has died at 92

Gordon Pinsent, the adored Canadian actor whose career hit its peak well into his 70s with an award-winning performance as the heartbroken husband in “Away From Her,” has died.
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'We need action': One dead, two unaccounted for after Pikangikum First Nation fire

'We need action': One dead, two unaccounted for after Pikangikum First Nation fire

A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation lacked the facilities to extinguish a house fire that left one dead and two others missing, two local leaders said as they implored the federal government for help bolstering fire services.
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B.C. Premier David Eby announces more cost-of-living supports

B.C. Premier David Eby announces more cost-of-living supports

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia Premier David Eby announced another round of the BC Affordability Credit on Saturday to help offset inflation costs as he marked 100 days at the province's helm.
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Climate change could leave Yukon plants with nowhere to go: study

Climate change could leave Yukon plants with nowhere to go: study

WHITEHORSE — As climate change pushes some plants northward, a new study suggests several unique species in Yukon and Alaska could have nowhere to go.
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B.C. First Nation aims to reclaim narrative from shadows of residential school

B.C. First Nation aims to reclaim narrative from shadows of residential school

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Once it was the site of a building for the former Alberni Indian Residential School, one of the most notorious such institutions in British Columbia and a place linked to suffering and abuse of Indigenous children.
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