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Saskatoon teacher who helped student lit on fire out of hospital

Saskatoon teacher who helped student lit on fire out of hospital

SASKATOON, Sask. — A Saskatoon teacher who helped a 15-year-old student after she was lit on fire by a classmate last week has been released from hospital.
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Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

Ontario autism services enrolments decline in some weeks despite large waitlist: docs

TORONTO — Ontario's progress in giving children with autism access to government-funded core therapy has slowed so significantly that at times the number of kids enrolled is actually declining, despite a ballooning wait-list, according to documents o
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Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan

Gunmen kill a polio worker and a policeman during a vaccination campaign in Pakistan

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Wednesday on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan, killing an officer and a polio worker, police said.
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Gunmen on motorcycles kill a Pakistani policeman and a polio worker during a vaccination campaign

Gunmen on motorcycles kill a Pakistani policeman and a polio worker during a vaccination campaign

KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Wednesday on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in northwestern Pakistan, killing an officer and a polio worker, police said.
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Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia

Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden gave bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage this summer, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity — a failure, even — on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box.
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Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to a city that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants

Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to a city that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight.
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Alberta premier Smith defends sharing public policy plans at members-only UCP events

Alberta premier Smith defends sharing public policy plans at members-only UCP events

EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith is defending recent policy announcements at private party events, saying Albertans are kept in the know and shouldn't be caught off guard by her agenda.
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Cuomo defends COVID-19 nursing home decisions in combative House committee hearing

Cuomo defends COVID-19 nursing home decisions in combative House committee hearing

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced blistering criticism in an often combative congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic during the time when the virus was spreading through nursing homes.
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Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to city inundated with Haitian migrants

Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to city inundated with Haitian migrants

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight.
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Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition

Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
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