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School cancellations around southern Manitoba on Thursday, April 20 – Winnipeg

By Sarah McCarthy Global News Posted April 20, 2023 6:52 am Updated April 20, 2023 8:56 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Here’s a list of school and other cancellations around Southern Manitoba for Thursday, April 20, 2023. Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning early Thursday morning …

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Quest for fire protection for rural Okanagan neighbourhood continues

A North Okanagan politician is hoping Lake Country, B.C., will agree to provide fire service to dozens of his constituents whose neighbourhood currently has no fire protection. After getting a no from the City of Vernon, Regional District of North Okanagan area director Bob Fleming has approached Lake Country about …

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Leafs look for answers after ugly Game 1 loss

TORONTO – Sheldon Keefe calmly went over strategy and tactics. The Maple Leafs head coach also put on his amateur psychologist’s hat in the wake of a disastrous playoff opening. Toronto not only fell flat in Game 1 of its first-round series with the battle-tested Tampa Bay Lightning — Keefe’s …

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Industry minister asks telecoms for cell service agreement outline in Toronto subway – Toronto

Canada’s industry minister is calling on the country’s major telecom companies to come to an agreement over wireless service in Toronto’s subway system. In a letter on Twitter, Francois-Philippe Champagne said he has taken note of Rogers Communications Inc.’s recent announcement that it’s buying the company that owns the wireless …

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Valour FC booted by semi-pro soccer team in first for Canadian Championship – Winnipeg

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 20, 2023 8:21 am Updated April 20, 2023 8:23 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Matteo Polisi scored twice as TSS Rovers FC, a semi-pro side that plays in League1 B.C., upset Winnipeg’s Valour FC of the Canadian Premier League …

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Alleged hate attacks in Montreal see 2 people assaulted, suspect sought

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal police are looking for a man who they say committed hate crimes in the city’s Outremont borough this past winter. Two members of the Hassidic community were violently attacked in separate incidents by the same suspect on the night of Jan. …

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Judge dismisses youth climate lawsuit over Ontario’s greenhouse gas targets

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 19, 2023 4:33 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed a constitutional challenge from seven youth activists who argued the province is discriminating against young people by setting greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets dangerously low, …

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12-year-old boy charged in series of sexual assaults on Toronto’s walking trails – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say a 12-year-old boy has been arrested in relation to a series of sexual assaults that were reported on walking trails in the city’s east end last year. In 2022, over the course of several months, victims had reported being …

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Migrants caught in freezing bog near Manitoba border are from Mexico, officials say – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size United States officials say at least seven of the nine men caught crossing the border this week from southeast Manitoba are Mexican citizens. RCMP were first alerted to the group when one of them called 911 early Tuesday suffering from the cold weather. The …

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Waterloo region won’t ask province to close controversial highway off-ramps

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The plan to ask the province to close the ramps between Highway 85 and Lancaster Street in Kitchener was voted down at Waterloo Regional Council on Tuesday night. The vote, which ended up in deadlock, was conducted after impassioned pleas from both …

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