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Estimate puts hurricane Fiona insured damages at $660 million

Estimate puts hurricane Fiona insured damages at $660 million

An initial estimate by Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. suggests hurricane Fiona caused $660 million in insured damage.
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B.C. Mountie killed and U.N. to vote on Haiti resolution: In The News for Oct. 19

B.C. Mountie killed and U.N. to vote on Haiti resolution: In The News for Oct. 19

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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B.C. RCMP officer, 31, who worked with homeless, 'died bravely': commissioner

B.C. RCMP officer, 31, who worked with homeless, 'died bravely': commissioner

BURNABY, B.C. — An RCMP mental health and homeless outreach officer stabbed to death in Burnaby, B.C., "died bravely," her superior said. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said 31-year-old Const.
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First COVID, now drought, B.C. brewery takes water-use restrictions in stride

First COVID, now drought, B.C. brewery takes water-use restrictions in stride

SECHELT, B.C. — Staff at Batch 44 Brewery and Kitchen in Sechelt, B.C., know how to weather a storm without falling flat.
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Groups want planned handgun freeze exemption to include wider range of sport shooters

Groups want planned handgun freeze exemption to include wider range of sport shooters

OTTAWA — MPs are coming under pressure to broaden an exemption to a planned federal handgun freeze to include a wider range of sport shooters — an idea prominent firearm-control advocates firmly oppose.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith apologizes for past comments about invasion of Ukraine

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith apologizes for past comments about invasion of Ukraine

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is apologizing for what she calls "ill-informed comments on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Trudeau says he will guarantee that Canada will meet its emissions targets, this time

Trudeau says he will guarantee that Canada will meet its emissions targets, this time

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he will guarantee that Canada is going to meet its latest climate target, because this time it's accompanied by a plan that shows how to get there.
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Irish republican party Sinn Fein asks Canada to halt trade talks with U.K.

Irish republican party Sinn Fein asks Canada to halt trade talks with U.K.

OTTAWA — An Irish political party pushing to unify the island of Ireland wants Ottawa to halt post-Brexit trade talks with Britain, arguing that London is undermining the agreement that brokered peace between Catholics and Protestants.
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Mendicino 'concerned' RCMP withheld badge numbers of officers who cleared protest

Mendicino 'concerned' RCMP withheld badge numbers of officers who cleared protest

OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he's concerned the RCMP chose not to the release the badge numbers of officers who cleared "Freedom Convoy" protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter.
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Ottawa mayor, PM accused Ford of shirking responsibility on 'Freedom Convoy' response

Ottawa mayor, PM accused Ford of shirking responsibility on 'Freedom Convoy' response

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson both accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of shirking his duty in response to the "Freedom Convoy" that paralyzed the national capital's downtown core, a public inquiry heard Tuesday.
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