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City councillors in Winnipeg approved a $10,000 rebate for condo purchasers in the Exchange District; an Alberta MLA caught in a prostitution sting in Minnesota quits PC caucus; the Tourism Industry Association of Canada estimates that striking foreign service workers that process visitor visas have cost the country $280 million in lost tourism revenue; the 2013 Grey Cup in Regina has sold out out four months in advance and an informal committee in Saskatoon is discussing ways to exhibit Joni Mitchell artifacts. Read More

Sun Media closes 11 newspapers across Canada and terminates 360 positions; Alberta Health Services announce nearly 200 layoffs for nurses across the province; details on dubious government-funded experiments on aboriginals during Second World War have been revealed; Loblaws buys Shoppers Drug Mart for $12.4 billion and police have let media into the Lac-Megantic explosion for the first time. Read More

Calgary's state of local emergency will continue for at least another week; residents in High River are still unable to return home; Winnipeg's second phase of rapid transit grows in scope and cost; a Saskatoon seniors home throws a 1940s-themed prom for residents who missed out from the war and former Winnipeggers give first their Canadian interview about their daughter killed in Newtown. Read More

Power has been restored in half of Downtown Calgary; Northern SK flood evacuees have arrived in Saskatoon; Creswin Properties has unveiled their plans for a 28-storey tower north of Portage and Main in Winnipeg; a Winnipeg student has come forward about a harrowing, unprovoked attack on his life and Laurent Blanchard has been selected as Montreal's new interim mayor. Read More

Calgary begins flood clean up; AB premier Alison Redford pledges $1 billion in relief funding; SK prepares for floodwater moving east; a Winnipeg committee has approved traffic changes in downtown to accommodate proposed tower and Rob Ford attends his first Pride event after three years in office. Read More

The bar at the Albert in Winnipeg closes yet again; a state of emergency has been issued in Calgary and Canmore due to flooding; Saskatoon make plans for core neighbourhoods; Disney Canada partners with the Calgary Stampede to promote the upcoming film, The Lone Ranger and an explosion at a fireworks factory in Quebec kills at least two. Read More