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CanadaA toxic drug, more powerful than fentanyl, hits AlbertaHow an Alberta professor’s good research was used to create an ultra-toxic drug, decades after he shelved it
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CanadaRachel Notley doesn’t understand the media—or martyrsThe best gift the Alberta NDP premier could ever give Ezra Levant was to try to ban The Rebel website
OttawaThe romantic or the killer: Which Trudeau will emerge?The romantic period will soon come to an end. Expectations will be dampened as deficits go up. The question is, who will Trudeau turn the blade on next?
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