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         <title><![CDATA[Churchill Falls MOU 'not in the public interest,' says N.L. independent review committee]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Canada's annual inflation rate rose to 2.8% in April, thanks to soaring energy prices]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Beloved Montreal café celebrates 70 years of serving community in Little Italy]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[At a 'crucial' moment for pandemic preparedness, experts say the world isn't ready]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[PWHL adds expansion franchise in San Jose, bringing league to 12 teams]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[My service dog has given me my life back. Distracting him can take that away]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Flight disruptions and rising costs are upending summer travel plans. Here's what Canadians can do]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Robert K. Irving, prominent Canadian businessman who led J.D. Irving Ltd. and Cavendish Farms, dead at 71]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Trump is gunning for Republican Thomas Massie, who defied him on Epstein files]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Last call will be pushed later in Ontario during FIFA World Cup]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Agnico Eagle to go ahead with Hope Bay gold mine project in Nunavut]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Undercover police coerced Dean Penney into confession, defence says at 1st-degree murder trial]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Montreal F1 stripper strike part of fight to legitimize and decriminalize sex work]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA['It's appalling': Halifax women condemn 15-month wait for mammograms]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[3 off-duty Toronto police officers arrested, 2 accused of sexual assault in Spain: Spanish police]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Canadiens advance to Eastern Conference final with OT win over Sabres in Game 7]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[How should Canada handle Alberta separatism?]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Irish councillor proposes 'smallest statue' for mosquito that killed Oliver Cromwell]]></title>
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