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Ontario students brace for ‘vast amount’ of debt amid OSAP changes, tuition increasesAs of Aug. 1, the proportion of non-repayable grants a student can receive through OSAP has been reduced from 85 per cent to a maximum of 25 per cent, with the rest given in loans.PoliticsAug 25
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Recovery Alberta closes Edmonton addiction treatment program, drops hundreds from wait listFor hundreds of Albertans on the waiting list at the Henwood Treatment Centre, the loss of the program means they are back to square one in their search for addiction treatment.PoliticsAug 25
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Feds award design contract for $267-million countermeasures lab in WinnipegThe federal government says it is moving forward on a $267 million laboratory in Winnipeg to better prepare for future disease outbreaks.CanadaAug 5
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Canada gave contracts to Iran VP’s son while investigating role in regime missile programThe RCMP and Canadian military were among the agencies that hired companies run by Edmonton resident 'Sal Ghafouri,' a Global News investigation has found.CanadaSep 2
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Siemens expansion expected to bring 100 jobs to SaskatoonSiemens Canada is expanding its Saskatoon operations at Saskatchewan's research and technology park, expected to create 100 new jobs over the next two years.CanadaJul 15
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Deep sinkhole opens up in north Edmonton after weekend thunderstormsThe City of Edmonton and EPCOR say Mother Nature has pushed the wastewater system to its limits in recent weeks, as several thunderstorms have dumped massive amounts of rain.WeatherJul 13
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How do wildfires create lightning, pyro tornadoes and thunderstorms?The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre states that there are 919 active wildfires in Canada, with 3,891 total year-to-date wildfires.WeatherJul 20
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Jeffrey Rath fought for First Nations. Now former clients are fighting himJeffrey Rath built a career winning settlements for First Nations. But court records show former clients are challenging the lawyer's fees, conduct and control of settlement funds.InvestigationsJul 14
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Provincial AI strategy could protect residents, scale Sask. workforce: advocatesAdvocates in Saskatchewan say a provincial artificial intelligence strategy could help protect residents and strengthen the workforce.CanadaJun 19
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The legacy of Saskatoon philanthropist Irene DubéAs a businesswoman, philanthropist and mother of three, Irene Dubé, who died Tuesday, shaped much of what Saskatoon has become today.CanadaJun 12
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Saskatoon’s VIDO expecting high containment lab certification next yearThe University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) will be the first educational institution in Canada to have Containment Level 4 labs.CanadaJun 9
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What are AI data centres? A closer look as Canada eyes ‘large-scale’ pushOttawa's AI strategy includes plans to build out data centres, which many Canadians have pushed back against because of the environmental and community impacts.CanadaJun 4
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Are Ebola travel restrictions necessary? PHAC, health experts disagreeHealth officials have cited the FIFA World Cup as justification, but some infectious disease experts are siding with the WHO in saying travel restrictions will have little effect.HealthMay 28
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Federal committee calls for reversal of Lacombe agricultural research centre closureAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada said earlier this year it's closing three research and development centres, including the one in Lacombe, plus four satellite research farms.ScienceMay 12
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7 more in Ontario told to isolate, considered ‘low-risk’ hantavirus contactsAnother six are isolating in Alberta and British Columbia, and remain asymptomatic for hantavirus, according to provincial health officials.HealthMay 12
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Canada has a new searchable flood risk tool. You just can’t search it yet.Canada's new searchable flood risk tool will only be available in provinces and territories that opt in to the program, a move that's frustrated some flood risk experts.EnvironmentMay 5
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‘Who we are’: Albertans remember Fort McMurray wildfire 10 years laterThick, blackened and maimed tree stumps dot nearly every major road in the hilly community enveloped by some of Canada's largest oil reserves.CanadaMay 1
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Man found dead in Lake Ontario in 1992 identified as Saskatchewan man: policeA DNA profile led police to people believed to be the man's relatives in Western Canada, allowing them to collect a sample from a close relative to confirm his identity.CanadaApr 14
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Alberta nurses union wants weapons screening, more officers at hospitals due to violenceThe United Nurses of Alberta is also calling on the Alberta government to acknowledge violence in emergency departments is linked to overcrowding and lack of capacity.HealthApr 9
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Not just balloons: Why the Iran war could cause a global helium shortageHelium, which is considered a critical mineral, is under pressure as the Strait of Hormuz has remained impassable throughout the conflict.EconomyMar 11