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The Notre Dame Cougars scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Sylvan Lake Lakers on Thursday at Setters Place. (Photo by Ian Gustafson/ Advocate staff)
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives a keynote address at the the LNG2023 conference in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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FILE - Actor Michael Gambon arrives in Trafalgar Square, in central London, for the World Premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the last film in the series, Thursday, July 7, 2011. Actor Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore in the later Harry Potter films, has died at age 82, his publicist says. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

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Canadian pot companies cheer as Senate committee advances cannabis finance reforms

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In this photograph taken with a drone, workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. A B.C. First Nation is asking the Canada Energy Regulator to release its reasons as soon as possible for allowing a modification of the Trans Mountain pipeline's route.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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A person holds a sign during a pride rally in Saskatoon on Thursday, June 1, 2023. A Saskatchewan judge has granted an injunction over a government policy that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to go by different names and pronouns at school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce in Edmonton on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Smith says she will use her province’s sovereignty act as a last resort to challenge any attempt by the federal government to impost a net-zero electricity grid by 2035. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

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The Supreme Court of Canada has voided convictions against a Red Deer man in connection with a home invasion near Morningside in 2017. (File photo by The Canadian Press)

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Politicians and others who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say they are about including parents in the lives of their children. Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, the executive director of the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Owusu-Akyeeah, in her role as a commissioner for the Ottawa People’s Commission on the Convoy Occupation, speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

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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>

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Two demonstrators pick up signs outside the Paramount Pictures Studio in Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Negotiations between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios have resumed and will continue Thursday, the latest attempt to bring an end to pickets that have brought film and television productions to a halt. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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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

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