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Federal party leaders address gun violence after weekend shooting near Toronto

Federal party leaders address gun violence after weekend shooting near Toronto

OTTAWA — What police were calling an "ambush-style" shooting in the Toronto area that left one teenager dead and five other people injured saw federal party leaders swiftly move to offer condolences Sunday but little in the way of new ideas to addres
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Teen killed in 'ambush' shooting an innocent victim, says police chief

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police are searching for at least seven suspects who they say descended on an apartment complex west of Toronto on Saturday evening, firing indiscriminately and killing a teen described as an innocent bystander.
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Conservatives promise tax cut that they say will address Liberal increases

Conservatives promise tax cut that they say will address Liberal increases

SURREY, B.C. — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer continued making a pitch to voters via their pocketbooks Sunday with the promise of a new tax cut. Scheer says the cut would apply to the lowest income bracket, slicing the rate from 15 per cent to 13.
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Premier Doug Ford filmed Ontario News Now videos at least 100 times

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford took time out of his work days to film taxpayer-funded videos that have been criticized as partisan propaganda on at least 100 occasions during his first year in power.
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No winning ticket for Saturday night's $5 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a ticket holder in Quebec. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Sept.
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Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry

Fewer trees, higher costs blamed for devastating downturn in B.C. forestry

VANCOUVER — High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in British Columbia's forestry industry that has devastated communities and kneecapped the provincial economy, observers say.
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One dead, five injured in Saturday evening shooting in Mississauga, Ont.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police in Mississauga, Ont., were looking for multiple suspects after a Saturday night shooting in the city west of Toronto left one person dead and five others wounded.
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Two students dead, several seriously injured in Vancouver Island bus rollover

Two students dead, several seriously injured in Vancouver Island bus rollover

Two University of Victoria students died and more than a dozen other people were injured Friday after a bus on its way to a marine research centre rolled over on a narrow gravel road on Vancouver Island.
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Federal food safety watchdog says batch of baby formula recalled

OTTAWA — The federal food safety watchdog says a batch of powdered baby formula has been recalled due to rancidity.
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Intelligence official charged seemed to be 'exemplar of discretion': former colleague

An RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law seemed to be an "exemplar of discretion," a professor who once worked with him said Saturday.
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