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Manitoba NDP promise more beds at Winnipeg hospital if elected in October

WINNIPEG — Manitoba New Democrats are promising to reduce emergency room wait times by adding 12 more beds at Grace Hospital in Winnipeg if they are elected on Oct. 3.
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Gusty winds complicate B.C. wildfire fight, but human-caused blazes also a factor

Gusty winds complicate B.C. wildfire fight, but human-caused blazes also a factor

VANCOUVER — Gusty winds and unsettled weather in parts of British Columbia helped kick up several wildfires over the weekend, forcing a number of evacuation orders and alerts.
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Rogers urged minister to not turn off its customers' access to 5G network on TTC

Rogers urged minister to not turn off its customers' access to 5G network on TTC

TORONTO — Before Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne ruled Rogers Communications Inc.
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Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions in Wisconsin after more than a year

Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions in Wisconsin after more than a year

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood resumed offering abortion services in Wisconsin on Monday after halting them for more than a year since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade .
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US Rep. Wexton, a Democrat, won't seek reelection to Congress after new medical diagnosis

US Rep. Wexton, a Democrat, won't seek reelection to Congress after new medical diagnosis

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a Democrat, announced Monday she won't seek reelection in her competitive district in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington after learning she has a severe form of Parkinson's disease.
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Manitoba Tories promise $120 million to address health-care staffing shortages

Manitoba Tories promise $120 million to address health-care staffing shortages

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives are promising to put millions toward recruiting health-care workers if they are re-elected on Oct. 3.
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Ontario elementary teachers hold strike votes until Oct. 17

Ontario elementary teachers hold strike votes until Oct. 17

TORONTO — Monday marked the start of strike votes for Ontario's public elementary school teachers, with their union and others frustrated with the slow pace of more than a year of bargaining for a new contract.
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Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won , beating Democrat Joe Biden by just over a percentage point.
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Officers warned about harassment before former Saskatchewan police chief's exit: memo

Officers warned about harassment before former Saskatchewan police chief's exit: memo

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Officers with a beleaguered Saskatchewan police force were warned about harassing behaviour in the weeks before their police chief accused members of personal attacks and character assassination, internal documents show.
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Where the leaders are in the Manitoba election campaign

Here's where the leaders of Manitoba's political parties will be on Monday as they campaign for the Oct.
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