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Red dresses installed in Potlotek First Nation serve as a continued call for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). The dresses have hung for over a year and some had signs attached. The MMIWG final report asked that all Canadians decolonize by learning the true history of Canada and the Indigenous history where they lived. OSCAR BAKER III/CAPE BRETON POST

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Jim Day
Updated Oct 02, 2017 at 10:51 a.m.

Health P.E.I. announced Tuesday that Island women will be able to access surgical abortions by the end of the month at Prince County Hospital in Summerside. Women can start calling the Women’s Wellness Program toll-free at 1-844-365-8258 for ...

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Finance Minister Ross Wiseman.The impending half-decade of deficits is in addition to the $916-million shortfall forecast for this year.A cabinet order from late January authorizes Wiseman to go to the bond market and raise up to $1 billion.Wiseman ...

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