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GOOD MORNING Canadians are asked not to fake their travel plans to skip passport application lines, a man dies in a B.C. town while waiting for health care, and Statistics Canada releases its inflation data for July. Here's what you need to know to start your day. | | | | Cheating the queue Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Karina Gould is discouraging people from making fake travel plans just to skip the line of those waiting for passports. |
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| | | Inflation reading Canada’s year-over-year inflation rate dropped to 7.6 per cent in July, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada. |
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| | | 'We've been abandoned' For the second time in less than a month, a resident of Ashcroft, B.C. died while waiting for health care. |
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| | | Traveller discrimination According to a recent survey, one-quarter of front-line workers at Canada’s border agency said they witnessed a colleague discriminate against a traveller within the last two years. |
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| | | War focuses on Crimea Massive explosions hit a military depot in Russia-annexed Crimea on Tuesday, forcing more than 3,000 people to evacuate. |
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| | MUST-SEE VIDEO | Heather Wright reports on Canada’s home prices and sales falling again in July, with figures reaching pre-COVID-19 levels. | |
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| | ONE MORE THING | While Canada is a “metric” nation, many Canadians still use imperial measurements in their daily lives, a new poll shows. | |
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