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Grist for the mill…

We grow a lot of wheat in Canada and export most of it. Could we do more value-added processing here? In central Alberta, that's the hope as a new flour mill gets built south of Red Deer.

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  Canadian MPs denied entry to West Bank

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  Jimmy Lai’s son; “This is a man who knows what is right.”

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  Meet the woman who climbed this enormous sheer cliff and made history

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  Orphaned polar bear cub finds new family to survive

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  The best cookbooks of 2025

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  The flu can turn deadly, get your shot, doctors warn

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  Why Zadie Smith loves Billie Eilish, clubbing and third-rate novels

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  Jamaican resilience after category 5 storm

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  She had anorexia as a teenager. She wants you to know it's more complicate…

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  What political chaos in Quebec means for Canada

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  Winter surfing in Canada's oceans and Great Lakes

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  Catch 22: A CBC documentary

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  The brightness and beauty of being indigenous

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  What we know about the Bondi Beach terror attack

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  Canada pushes for a “brain gain” amidst US turmoil

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  Mark Bittman's $15 fine dining experiment