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Michael Kovrig urges unity against hostage diplomacy, as Canada helps craft rules

Michael Kovrig urges unity against hostage diplomacy, as Canada helps craft rules

OTTAWA — A Canadian man who was held in China for nearly three years is calling on governments around the world to co-ordinate sanctions and travel bans on states that arrest foreigners for political reasons.
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Watchdog to probe Toronto policy to direct shelter-seeking refugee claimants to feds

Watchdog to probe Toronto policy to direct shelter-seeking refugee claimants to feds

Toronto's ombudsman announced an investigation Thursday into the city's decision to deny refugee claimants certain shelter beds and instead direct them to federal programs.
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Manitoba Liberals promise funds for seniors to make homes more accessible

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Liberal Party is promising help for seniors who want to make their homes more accessible if it is elected on Oct. 3.
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Manitoba Progressive Conservatives promise more money for addiction spaces

Manitoba Progressive Conservatives promise more money for addiction spaces

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives are promising to fund more treatment spaces across the province for people living with addictions. The Tories say if re-elected on Oct.
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Canada's high court won't hear appeal of B.C. developer's extradition to South Korea

Canada's high court won't hear appeal of B.C. developer's extradition to South Korea

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to consider an appeal from a South Korean man who was fighting extradition to his home country where he is wanted for fraud related to a Metro Vancouver property development.
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Candidates in Kentucky governor’s race preview debates on tax cuts, education, and abortion

Candidates in Kentucky governor’s race preview debates on tax cuts, education, and abortion

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov.
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A third party signed up 15,000 voters in Arizona. Democrats worry that's enough for a Biden spoiler

A third party signed up 15,000 voters in Arizona. Democrats worry that's enough for a Biden spoiler

PHOENIX (AP) — More than 15,000 people in Arizona have registered to join a new political party floating a possible bipartisan “unity ticket” against Joe Biden and Donald Trump .
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Texas AG Ken Paxton attacks rivals, doesn't rule out US Senate run in first remarks since acquittal

Texas AG Ken Paxton attacks rivals, doesn't rule out US Senate run in first remarks since acquittal

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attacked his Republican rivals and displayed an openness to challenging U.S. Sen.
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Cross-country rallies against 'gender ideology' in schools meet with counter-protests

Cross-country rallies against 'gender ideology' in schools meet with counter-protests

Thousands of people gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday for competing protests, yelling and chanting at each other about the way schools instruct sexuality and gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender youth.
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Trump launches his fall push in Iowa to lock in his lead before the first Republican caucuses

Trump launches his fall push in Iowa to lock in his lead before the first Republican caucuses

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump began a fall press Wednesday to lock in thousands of Republican caucusgoers in early-voting Iowa, where the former president faces sky-high expectations in his campaign for a White House comeback.
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