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Lacombe Ford donates an E -Transit to Echo Food Rescue

Darren Gagnon, left, shakes hands with Christina Sturgeon of Echo Foord Rescue in front of their new all-electric transit van, provided by Lacombe Ford. This is the second vehicle Lacombe Ford has provided to the organization and the first fully electric one. Sturgeon says this vehicle can hold a lot more food, and just recently picked up 1,000 lbs. of carrots without any problem. Megan Roth photo

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Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children. Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Owusu-Akyeeah, in her role as a commissioner for the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation, speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Canada made a return to the win a column and handed host China its first loss in an Olympic women’s qualification volleyball tournament on Wednesday. Canada’s Kiera Van Ryk spikes the ball in her team’s bronze medal victory over Cuba in the 2023 NORCECA Senior Women’s Volleyball Continental Championship, in Quebec City in a Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Norceca, Mathieu Belanger)

Canada tops host China in Olympic women’s volleyball qualifier

by The Canadian Press

Kim Ayotte, General Manager of Emergency and Protective Services at the City of Ottawa, arrives at the courthouse in Ottawa where he will appear as a witness at the trial of Freedom Convoy organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The testimony of Ottawa's emergency services manager is expected to continue today in the criminal trial of two "Freedom Convoy" organizers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Emergency lane along Parliament lost during ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest, court hears

by The Canadian Press

The economic roller-coaster of an Ontario town fuelled by chocolate and cannabis

The economic roller-coaster of an Ontario town fuelled by chocolate and cannabis

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A new federal report predicts Russian intelligence services and police will help cybercriminals operate with "near impunity" against their targets — including Canadians — in coming months. A woman uses her computer keyboard to type in North Vancouver, B.C., on December 19, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

1 in 4 adolescents have been cyberbullied, StatCan says

by The Canadian Press

People hold signs during a demonstration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Protests and counter-protests for and against Canada's trans and LGBTQ community are being planned across Canada on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Cross-country rallies against ‘gender ideology’ in schools met with counter-protests

by The Canadian Press

Author Angela Sterritt is shown in a handout photo. Books on wildfires, racism, and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls are among the finalists this year for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The Writers' Trust of Canada announced the short list for the $75,000 prize on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Writers' Trust of Canada **MANDATORY CREDIT**

Books on wildfires, race among finalists for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize

by The Canadian Press

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, right, speaks to the media about an E. coli outbreak at several Calgary daycares as Dr. Mark Joffe, Alberta chief medical officer of health, looks on in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. There are now 348 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli involving numerous Calgary daycares, and officials say the outbreak appears to have peaked. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Calgary E. coli cases tied to daycares up slightly to 348; hospitalizations down

by The Canadian Press

<div>The CEO of Canada's second-largest airline says the global push to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 will lead to a major increase in ticket prices unless governments step in to offer support. A WestJet Encore Bombardier Q400 twin-engined turboprop aircraft is prepared for a flight in Kamloops, Saturday, June 3, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh</div>

Aviation will need significant government support to decarbonize: WestJet CEO

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Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology will impact learning and academic integrity. Grade 3 teacher Catherine Rioux-Tache leads her students into class at Sainte-Cecile elementary school on their first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

School boards grappling with AI use in classroom, but formal policies still elusive

<div>Beijing and Ottawa are in talks over how to increase flights between Canada and China, following an American deal in June. A passenger checks her phone as an Air China passenger jet taxis past at the Beijing Capital International airport in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ng Han Guan</div>

China wants more Canada flights after COVID-19 turbulence, despite tour-group ban

<div>Transportation authorities in the Northwest Territories say the highway out of a community near the Alberta boundary that's being evacuated due to wildfires has now closed. The Northwest Territories provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>

City of Yellowknife declares state of local emergency due to wildfires

FILE - Director Martin Scorsese, left, and Robbie Robertson attend the 31st Cannes International Film Festival, in Cannes, France, where they will present "Last Waltz" on May 29, 1978. Robertson, the lead guitarist and songwriter for The Band, whose classics include “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” has died at 80, according to a statement from his manager. (AP Photo, File)

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80

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Severe summer storms in Alberta and the Prairies this year resulted in over $300 million in insured losses, according to the initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. Sukh Singh, 22, sweeps up broken glass from his car as cleanup begins in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, June 14, 2020, after a major hail storm. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Insured damages from summer storms in Alberta top $300M, estimate shows

Severe storms in Alberta and the Prairies this summer resulted in more…

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RCMP can improve on safety, accountability and procedures when driving, report finds

An inquiry report into the 2016 death of a pedestrian struck twice…

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<div>Canada suffered its first defeat in an Olympic women’s qualification volleyball tournament, falling in five sets to the Dominican Republic on Sunday. Canada’s Kiera Van Ryk spikes the ball in her team’s bronze medal victory over Cuba in the the 2023 NORCECA Senior Women’s Volleyball Continental Championship, in Quebec City in a Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Norceca, Mathieu Belanger, *MANDATORY CREDIT*</div>

Canadian women take loss at Olympic volleyball qualifier to Dominican Republic

Top 2 teams at end of qualifier will automatically go to Olympics

by The Canadian Press

<div>Canada’s Marco Arop set a national record and personal best in a second-place finish in the men’s 800 metres at the Diamond League final on Sunday. Arop celebrates winning the gold medal ahead in the Men’s 800-meters final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Martin Meissner</div>

Canada’s Arop sets national record in 2nd-place finish in Diamond League final

24-year-old ran 800 metres in one minute and 42.85 seconds

by The Canadian Press

Obituaries

Ruth Abigail Hoppus (nee Davies)

Aug 24th, 2023

Kathleen ‘Kay’ Winterhalt (Fernie, née Danser)

Aug 13th, 2023

Ronald (Ron) Brand

Aug 11th, 2023

John Larry Samson

Aug 6th, 2023

David Ree

Jul 21st, 2023

Irene Pearson

Jul 15th, 2023

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FILE - Drew Barrymore attends the Time100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, April 26, 2023, in New York. The National Book Awards dropped Barrymore as the host for this year’s ceremony, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, a day after her talk show taped its first episode since the Hollywood writers strike began. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Drew Barrymore postpones her show’s new season launch until after strikes

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FILE - A view of the stage at the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, is seen Sept. 22, 2019. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Missing the Emmys? What’s happening with the strike-delayed celebration of T.V.

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Quebecor headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Quebecor Inc. says its purchase of Freedom Mobile drove a big boost in earnings last quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile purchase pushes it to big earnings gains

Quebecor Inc. says it added more than 1.8 million subscribers through its…

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This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." Cineplex Inc. says it reaped the rewards of a strong slate of films at the box office last quarter, with smash hits Barbie and Oppenheimer leading the charge since. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Warner Bros. Pictures via AP, File

Barbie, Oppenheimer ‘leading the charge’ to big profits for Cineplex: CEO

Cineplex Inc.’s net income mushroomed to $176.5 million in its second quarter…

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