Illustrative stock image. Photo by Lucas Kepner on Unsplash. Cropped and resized by West Island Blog; not a photograph of the reported site or event.
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The value of Canadian building permits rose 8.8% to $13.6 billion in August, led by multi-unit residential construction.
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Preliminary air and automobile arrivals totalled 5.3 million, led by a 17.2% rise in U.S.-resident trips.
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The Halloween issue features three hand-carved characters and is available in a six-stamp booklet.
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The planned 680-metre Prince Edward Island trail would connect a new subdivision with a future sports complex.
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A Nature Conservancy of Canada project south of Kapuskasing has secured more than 81,400 hectares, backed by federal and partner funding.
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The signed agreement would enable secure exchanges of classified information and expand access to security-sensitive work once in force.
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The five-year expansion brings total federal funding for the Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative to $700 million.
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Federal support includes a $219-million planning loan for Mactaquac rehabilitation and $50 million for a grid-stability project.
Archive photo of a CBSA border-inspection sign; it does not show one of the affected crossings. Photo: Hermes Rivera / Unsplash, Unsplash Licence. Cropped and resized.
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Four Alberta and 13 Manitoba land crossings will change hours on November 1 as Canada keeps permanent daylight time and the United States changes clocks.
Archive photo of HMCS Haida; it is not HMCS Ottawa. Photo: Denley Photography / Unsplash, Unsplash Licence. Cropped and resized.
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HMCS Ottawa has returned to Esquimalt after more than four months on Indo-Pacific and North American West Arctic operations.
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International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu will lead nearly 300 delegates to Mumbai and Bengaluru from October 12 to 17.
Illustrative fish photo; it does not identify a population in the federal proposal. Photo: Janko Ferlič / Unsplash, Unsplash Licence. Cropped and resized.
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The federal government is seeking comments on proposed Species at Risk Act additions or reclassifications affecting 15 aquatic populations.
