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Bridge Creek’s trees near 100 Mile House show their fall colours as leaves fall into the water. (Patrick Davies photo)
Autumn equinox is Saturday, Sept. 23, marking the start of the fall season
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recognize Yaroslav Hunka, who was in attendance and fought with the First Ukrainian Division in World War II before later immigrating to Canada, in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle

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A police road block is seen on Glen Drive after a shooting involving RCMP officers in Coquitlam B.C. on Friday, September 22, 2023. The death of a Metro Vancouver RCMP officer who was shot dead while executing a search warrant is reverberating with law enforcement officials across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

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Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care

Oregon launches legal psilocybin access amid high demand and hopes for improved mental health care
This Dec.14, 2018, handout image shows the asteroid Bennu in a composite of 12 images taken by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s PolyCam imager from a distance of 24 kilometres. Seven years after it blasted into space to snag a sample of the asteroid, a spacecraft is set to deliver its rare cargo on Sunday – and Canada is getting a piece of the interstellar bounty. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Canada to get rare asteroid sample after OSIRIS-REx drops cargo to Earth

FILE - A woman is consoled as people mourn Sikh community leader and temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar during Antim Darshan, the first part of day-long funeral services for him, in Surrey, British Columbia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Nijjar was gunned down in his vehicle while leaving the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib parking lot. The September 2023 accusation by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that India may have been behind the assassination of Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, has raised several complex questions about the nature of Sikh activism in the North American diaspora. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

India-Canada tensions highlight complexities of Sikh activism in the diaspora
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, walks past Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they take part in a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s cremation site, during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Sikh groups ask Canadian political parties to hold ‘united front’ against India
A young mule deer buck walks across a lawn in 100 Mile House. In B.C.’s Southern Interior, poop samples taken from mule deer show their stress levels increased during wildfires. (Patrick Davies/100 Mile Free Press)

B.C. mule deer stressed by wildfire, but still much to learn about impacts
Tamara Lich arrives for her trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Lich and fellow Freedom Convoy organizer Chris Barber are charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

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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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Logs are piled up at West Fraser Timber in Quesnel, B.C., Tuesday, April 21, 2009. West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell two pulp mills in Western Canada to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

West Fraser selling two pulp mills to Atlas Holdings for US$120 million

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. has signed a deal to sell two…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to business leaders at the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Smith told the conference that despite her concerns with the federal Liberal government there was some cabinet ministers she can work with. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Smith says despite difficulty with Ottawa, Alberta has allies in Trudeau cabinet

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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. Canada’s women’s volleyball team scored a 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-17) win over Mexico on Saturday, but fell short in its bid to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Norceca, Mathieu Belanger

Canadian women’s volleyball team beats Mexico but fails to clinch Olympic spot

Only the top 2 teams in the pool will qualify

FILE - Edmonton Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell skates off the ice after allowing an overtime goal by Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen in an NHL hockey game Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Denver. The Oilers open training camp with the spotlight squarely on goalies. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Edmonton Oilers open camp with spotlight squarely on goalies

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Stettler resident’s Sharon Fischer and Kate Syson recently completed their PhD Educational Doctorate degrees. (Malcolm Fischer photo)

Current, former Stettler Elementary principals earn doctorates

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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

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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

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