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Roughriders look for better execution against Argos as they try to end six-game skid

Roughriders look for better execution against Argos as they try to end six-game skid

REGINA — Regardless of where they are in the CFL playoff picture, the Saskatchewan Roughriders know they need their execution to be better on Saturday to get out of their current funk.
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B.C. and Washington state to collaborate on flood-risk and salmon habitat initiative

B.C. and Washington state to collaborate on flood-risk and salmon habitat initiative

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it has finalized an agreement with Washington state and several First Nations to work together on flood-risk mitigation and salmon habitat restoration for the Nooksak and Sumas watersheds on the Canada-
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Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain must be 'material', prospective bidder says

Indigenous ownership of Trans Mountain must be 'material', prospective bidder says

CALGARY — As the federal government begins its efforts to sell the Trans Mountain pipeline, the director of one of the groups seeking to buy a stake says nothing less than "material" ownership by Indigenous people is acceptable if Ottawa is serious a
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Montreal police say hate crimes rising, most targeting Jews, amid Israel-Hamas war

Montreal police say hate crimes rising, most targeting Jews, amid Israel-Hamas war

Montreal police say they've received reports of 16 hate crimes, mostly targeting Jewish people, since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7.
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Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (19,115.64, down 233.17 points): Royal Bank of Canada. (TSX:RY). Finance. Down $2.02, or 1.79 per cent, to $111.01 on 9.3 million shares.
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Bond yields, uncertainty send markets lower Friday on both sides of the border

Bond yields, uncertainty send markets lower Friday on both sides of the border

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index was down more than one per cent Friday with broad-based losses led by financial, telecom and base metal stocks, while U.S. markets also fell to close the week. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 233.
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Canada's Deschamps wins World Cup big air opener with top qualifying score

CHUR, Switzerland — Canada's Dylan Deschamps was awarded the men's gold medal at the opening big air freestyle skiing World Cup stop of the season after Friday's runs were cancelled due to wet weather.
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New Brunswick premier blames federal Liberals for affordability crisis

New Brunswick premier blames federal Liberals for affordability crisis

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says federal policy is to blame for the cost of living crisis and any provincial measures to address the situation would only be "Band-Aids" on a much bigger problem.
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Canadian military preparing for possible evacuation from Lebanon

Canadian military preparing for possible evacuation from Lebanon

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces said Friday it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon, as Israel began evacuating a large town near its own northern border with that country.
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Argos president Manning has plenty to be happy with, on and off the football field

Argos president Manning has plenty to be happy with, on and off the football field

TORONTO — President Bill Manning has plenty to be happy about regarding the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (14-2) boasts the CFL's best record and could tie the league's single-season record by winning its final two regular-season contests.
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