No 'warnings or second chances' for illegal activity on Canada Day: Ottawa mayor
Ottawa's mayor is warning the city won't tolerate any illegal activity downtown during Canada Day festivities this year, as the city prepares for possible protests.
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No 'warnings or second chances' for illegal activity on Canada Day: Ottawa mayor
Ottawa's mayor is warning the city won't tolerate any illegal activity downtown during Canada Day festivities this year, as the city prepares for possible protests.
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Manitoba First Nation facing $300M in flooding damage: chief
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Federal government signs $221-million agreement with Quebec for long-term care homes
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Woman trampled, killed by horses in central Alberta stampede: RCMP
A 30-year-old woman is dead after falling off a horse at the Ponoka Stampede on Sunday.
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Newfoundland RCMP officer arrested for crimes including possession, breach of trust
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Solar-powered umbrella sold at Costco recalled due to fire hazard risks
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World
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Michigan mother charged with murdering toddler son whose body was in freezer
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Queen Elizabeth II travels to Scotland for week of events
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Politics
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Canada issues new sanctions against 74 people and businesses in Russia, Belarus
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Health
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WHO panel: Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage'
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Sci-Tech
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Explorers find Second World War Navy destroyer, deepest wreck discovered
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Mummified baby woolly mammoth discovered in Yukon 'most complete' find in North America: officials
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NASA's Psyche mission to an unexplored metal world comes to a halt
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Entertainment
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Billie Joe Armstrong says he'll renounce his U.S. citizenship over Roe v. Wade reversal
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Business
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EU countries adopt mandatory gas storage amid Russia's cuts
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Sri Lanka sends 2 ministers to Russia for oil amid crisis
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New tunnel and platform provides unprecedented view of Niagara Falls
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U.S. Supreme Court sides with coach who sought to pray after game
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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner appears in Russian court
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Autos
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Toyota recalls electric car for faulty wheel that may detach
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