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Former Manitoba MP Inky Mark facing more charges after hundreds of guns, explosives seized

A former long-serving Manitoba member of Parliament is facing more gun charges after police found hundreds of weapons and almost 27 kilograms of explosives at his home.

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Former Canadian Alliance MP Inky Mark pauses as he responds to a questions as he talks with the media at the Progressive Conservative convention in Edmonton, Thursday Aug. 22, 2002. (CP PHOTO/Adrian Wyld)
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Canada's last captive dolphins leave Marineland

Canada's last captive dolphins are leaving Marineland for a new home in Spain. Trainers worked over several hours Wednesday morning at Marineland to load four dolphins and two belugas into tanks on transport trucks that are en route to Toronto Pearson International Airport for the journey to Oceanografic Valencia in Spain. Echo, Lida, Marina and Tsunami are the dolphins leaving Canada on Wednesday. They will be joined by belugas Cleopatra and Jelly Bean.

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Morning Update: Ottawa bites back

Good morning. Ottawa has responded to U.S. tariffs, including with dollar-for-dollar retaliation. More on that below, along with a deeper look at an exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and a goodbye to Dolly Parton.

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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne speaks at a roofing company in Ottawa on Tuesday.
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Auction to own one of Toronto’s FIFA beavers closes with more than $170,000 in total bids

The bid to own one of the FIFA World Cup-themed beaver statues sprawled across an eastern downtown Toronto neighbourhood has officially closed.

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A beaver featuring a maple leaf pattern in fall colours, one of 52 hand-painted beaver statues representing different countries in the FIFA World Cup, is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Old Town Toronto BIA (Mandatory Credit)
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Morning Update: A new trade deal remains in the cards

Good morning. We’ve reached the tit-for-tat phase of the trade war. More on that below, along with Ukraine’s Independence Day and Iran’s so-called “economic D-Day.”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about the trade dispute at the Davie Shipyard in Levis, Que. on Aug 24.
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