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Wab Kinew pledges free tuition for kids aging out of care system
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Sexual assault trial involving two former U of O hockey players delayed again
The trial’s new date is set for February 2018.
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Two Fredericton universities establish first Canadian research chairs in cannabis
St. Thomas and the University of New Brunswick plan to fill new positions in 2018.
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Innovative science research in Canada is dying a silent death
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