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Collaros was sacked seven times, Argos snapped Bombers – Winnipeg win streak

For the first time since July, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have tasted defeat. Zach Collaros was sacked seven times by a ruthless Toronto Argonauts defense as the Bombers fell 14-11 on Friday night, ending their eight-game winning streak. Winnipeg fell to 10-7 on the season and was unable to take first place in the West, but could do so this …

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Edmonton police officer, woman injured during arrest after call of rocks thrown into traffic – Edmonton

Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article Alberta’s police watchdog is investigating an incident in which an Edmonton police officer and a woman were both injured on the north side Thursday morning. Police responded just after 9:30 a.m. to reports of rocks being thrown at vehicles near 127th Avenue and 97th Street. Edmonton …

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‘Could have been fatal’: Large rock lands in Halifax man’s driveway due to explosions – Halifax

Residents in the Spryfield area of ​​Halifax are speaking out about the ongoing explosions from two construction sites along Herring Cove Road — with one neighbor saying a “close call” with a rock could have killed someone. Thiago Andrade, who lives across the street from the explosion at the Green Acres construction site, said he was working at home on …

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Cap hammers international student enrollment as Ontario colleges brace for more changes

The Ontario government and its public colleges are both sounding the alarm about a looming labor shortage as the impact of a cap on international students begins to ripple through the province’s post-secondary sector. Early this year, as part of a plan to reduce the number of temporary residents, the Trudeau government introduced a strict cap on the number of …

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Vancouver will remove a fraction of the 160,000 Stanley Park trees originally estimated – B.C

The City of Vancouver has significantly lowered its estimate of the number of trees to be removed from Stanely Park. In November 2023, the Vancouver Park Board estimated that up to 160,000 trees killed by hemlock swale infestation would need to be cut down for safety reasons. 4:55 Legal attempt to stop tree removal in Stanley Park fails But according …

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From RVs to tires and trash: BC community cleans up abandoned homeless camp – BC

A group of concerned residents of Hope, BC, recently gathered to participate in a major community cleanup. For two days, more than 50 volunteers and more than a dozen businesses worked together to clear homeless encampments that the RCMP had cleared on Silver Skagit Road, south of Hope. They used their hands and heavy equipment to remove everything they could. …

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Diddy’s Lawyers Accuse US Government of Leaking Cassie Attack Video – National

REMARK: The following article contains disturbing content. Read it at your own discretion. Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have accused federal authorities of leaking the video of Combs’ physical attack on his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, denying Combs a fair jury trial. In the legal filing filed Wednesday, Combs’ attorneys said U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents facilitated a “series …

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Tornadoes, flooding and risk of storm surge as Hurricane Milton hits Florida

Key points Milton has weakened further and is now a Category 1 hurricane. It could hit the Tampa Bay area with a life-threatening wave of seawater. About two million people have been ordered to evacuate. Hurricane Milton marched through central Florida after making landfall on the state’s west coast hours earlier, spawning deadly tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power …

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Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Public Security Denies Approval for Delaying an Espionage Warrant – National

OTTAWA — A former chief of staff to a Liberal public safety minister has denied suggestions that she worked to delay the approval of a spy agency order in early 2021 because it directly affected the Trudeau government’s activities. Zita Astravas called the accusation “categorically false” during testimony late Wednesday during a federal investigation into foreign interference. The investigation found …

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Florida was hit by rain, tornadoes and tropical storm force winds before Milton arrived

Hurricane Milton hurled rain, tornadoes and tropical storm force winds toward the U.S. coast on Wednesday, as time ran out for residents to evacuate from the storm’s potentially catastrophic path toward Florida. The U.S. National Hurricane Center stressed that it was unsure where the center of Milton would make landfall Wednesday evening because the storm’s path could “wobble,” but that …

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