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François Gamache knew that getting his passport in Montreal would be almost impossible. He went to Chicoutimi, 200 miles north of Quebec City, on the advice of a Transportation Canada agent, where he waited 30 hours. No luck. He then decided to drive to downtown New Brunswick, where he eventually got a passport to Fredericton …

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IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY Some difficult decisions will have to be made over the next 12 months, but you are tough enough to make them and smart enough to make sure they are the right decisions for you personally. As one of the cardinal signs of the zodiac, you enjoy a challenge. ARIES (March …

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One carrier says its out-of-pocket costs for delivering packages along its rural route have doubled due to the sharp rise in gas prices and the cost of living that many Canadians experience. “The stress is exhausting,” said Jennifer Henson, a mother of two in Calgary and one of 11,000 rural and suburban postmen delivering letters …

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A toaster-sized probe will soon cover a special orbit around the Moon, the path planned for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station. The Gateway, which will be launched later this decade, will be a staging point for astronauts and the team that will travel as part of NASA’s Artemis lunar program. The launch of this small …

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Earlier this spring, a woman filed a statement detailing an alleged sexual assault that took place in June 2018 at an event hosted by Hockey Canada, the country’s national sports governing body. He said in the statement that he had been forced for hours to perform sexual acts against his will for eight men, including …

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The first case of rare disease has been identified in SA. There is currently a major outbreak of the disease, worldwide that has been marked by the World Health Organization. Monkeypox, however, is very different from Covid-19 and is not highly transmissible. Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla confirmed on Thursday that the first case of …

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Four crucial pages of Mountie senior notes were missing the first time the Federal Department of Justice sent them to public investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting. The key section included allegations that the head of the RCMP promised politicians that the force would publish information on the weapons used during the April 2020 …

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A toaster-sized probe will soon cover a special orbit around the Moon, the path planned for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station. The Gateway, which will be launched later this decade, will be a staging point for astronauts and the team that will travel as part of NASA’s Artemis lunar program. The launch of this small …

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(Photo via Colorado Twitter Avalanche.) The most important match of Alex Newhook’s young career takes place tonight as the Colorado Avalanche seeks to win the Stanley Cup. The Avalanche won the fourth game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday night, securing a 3-1 series advantage over the two-time Stanley Cup defenders. A victory tonight …

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It was more about when, more than if, the remaining Ukrainian units in the eastern city of Severodonetsk would be withdrawn. Over the past few weeks, Russian forces have simply destroyed all the defensive positions the Ukrainians have taken, pushing them to a few square islands in and around the city’s chemical plant Nitrogen. Ukrainian …

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