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Hobbled Redblacks look to clinch playoff spot with win over league-leading Alouettes

Hobbled Redblacks look to clinch playoff spot with win over league-leading Alouettes

OTTAWA — Playoff hopes are on the line as the Ottawa Redblacks host the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday.
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South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years

South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

BEYOND LOCAL: Food items that got more expensive in August, and which ones saw prices go down

Overall annual inflation was two per cent in August, the slowest pace since February 2021
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Joly says about 45,000 Canadians in Lebanon; she's concerned about pager explosions

Joly says about 45,000 Canadians in Lebanon; she's concerned about pager explosions

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon, months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further.
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Jeeno Thitikul goes on a late birdie run to catch Lydia Ko in LPGA

MAINEVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Lydia Ko set an early target and Jeeno Thitikul zoomed right past her Friday afternoon with three birdies over her last four holes for another 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead over Ko in the Kroger Queen City Championship.
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B.C. NDP Leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early in key battleground

B.C. NDP Leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early in key battleground

SURREY, B.C. — New Democrat Leader David Eby kicked off his British Columbia election campaign a day early on Friday, pointing the party's campaign bus straight to the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey, where both the New Democrats and B.C.
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Calgary's mayor asks province to salvage parts of halted Green Line transit project

Calgary's mayor asks province to salvage parts of halted Green Line transit project

EDMONTON — Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is urging the Alberta government to salvage pieces of the massive discontinued Green Line transit project, and the province says it's open to working together. City council voted this week to wind down the $6.
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RCMP officers face firing for 'atrocious' racist behaviour, harassment, documents say

RCMP officers face firing for 'atrocious' racist behaviour, harassment, documents say

VANCOUVER — Three RCMP members from a Metro Vancouver detachment could be fired over alleged "atrocious," "racist" and "horrible" behaviour detailed by a fellow officer, including text chats that bragged about "Tasering unarmed black people," court d
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Three men injured after man enters Montreal-area mosque bearing a knife

Three men injured after man enters Montreal-area mosque bearing a knife

MONTREAL — Three men have been injured after a 24-year-old man entered a mosque southwest of Montreal armed with a knife. Police in Châteauguay, Que.
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Joly, women foreign ministers say it's time a woman leads the United Nations

Joly, women foreign ministers say it's time a woman leads the United Nations

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it's time for a woman to lead the United Nations, a call echoed by 14 other female foreign ministers Friday.
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