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Bank of Canada worried jumbo rate cut would send sign of ‘economic trouble’ | EnvoyPost
The Bank of Canada’s governing council worried that the 50-basis-point rate cut would spark concern about the health of the…
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Fatality inquiry into Alberta boxer Tim Hague’s knockout death recommends better oversight | EnvoyPost
Tim Hague competed in a boxing match licensed by the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission in June 2017 when his opponent,…
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Tim Hortons sales holding up despite ‘difficult’ environment for parent firm | EnvoyPost
Many consumers are now clinging to the deal-seeking behaviours they adopted when inflation was much higher and letting value menus…
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‘Hold on to that hope’: Daughter of missing Manitoba woman still searching | EnvoyPost
Ywanna (Jean) Backman was first reported missing on Oct. 19, 2023, after RCMP were called to check on her well-being…
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Cole Harbour, N.S. deaths result of intimate partner violence, RCMP say | EnvoyPost
RCMP in Nova Scotia say the deaths of two people in their 70s this week in Cole Harbour was an…
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2 overdose deaths in Montreal lead to call for action among Indigenous community | EnvoyPost
Two deaths on the streets of Montreal have advocates calling attention to the overdose crisis and are also raising questions…
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Canada Post, union still at odds as strike looms. What are the sticking points? | EnvoyPost
While both parties are still negotiating, the union says ‘if there is no real movement at the bargaining table, we…
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N.B. mother waits for answers 7 months after son dies in prison mental health unit | EnvoyPost
Landon LeBlanc, 21, died at the Shepody Healing Centre — a security facility at Dorchester Penitentiary for male offenders with…
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Nova Scotia monument honours eight brothers who fought in Second World War | EnvoyPost
The Harvie brothers from Gormanville, N.S., all served in Europe — six returned home, while two died and are buried…
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Mysterious beach blobs in Newfoundland identified. What scientists found | EnvoyPost
A Memorial University scientist says the mysterious white blobs washing up on Newfoundland beaches are actually gobs of plastic —…
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