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'We have very different needs': Thunder Bay, Ont., wants a say in granting of international study permits

Post-secondary schools and councillors in Thunder Bay, Ont., want more consultation with the federal government over the new two-year cap on study permits for international students, while students say those already studying in Canada…

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Cannabis traffickers used cryptocurrency, 'barrels of honey or maple syrup' to cover tracks: Manitoba RCMP

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Scientists found 46,000-year-old roundworms alive beneath the Arctic ice

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Nunavik's courts are struggling to deliver justice to Inuit populations

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Storm walloping parts of Newfoundland, with St. John's getting up to 85 cm of snow

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This teen died by suicide in 2021. His mother is fighting with the school district to include him in the yearbook

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Federal government looked into airlifts to bring 12,000 Afghans to Canada after Kabul fell

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'We have very different needs': Thunder Bay, Ont., wants a say in granting of international study permits

Cannabis traffickers used cryptocurrency, 'barrels of honey or maple syrup' to cover tracks: Manitoba RCMP

Scientists found 46,000-year-old roundworms alive beneath the Arctic ice