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Julie H. Ferguson

@photosbypharos.bsky.social
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Serious #photographer, #traveller, #author, retired #physio and Naval Reserve officer, widow, gramma, lover of life! Owned by a tabby cat. Politically progressive in Canada. Home is in British Columbia's wine country — the South #Okanagan valley.

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Castanet.net @castanet.net · 11/10/2026
Transport Canada hikes parking fees at Penticton Regional Airport up to 500 per cent increase #Penticton
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Transport Canada hikes parking fees at Penticton Regional Airport up to 500 per cent increase - Penticton News
Transport Canada hikes parking fees at Penticton Regional Airport up to 500 per cent increase
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 11/10/2026
Opinion: Feds forging ahead with bulldoze nature bill, putting endangered orcas at risk www.hilltimes.com/2026/10/08/f...
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Feds forging ahead with bulldoze nature bill, putting endangered orcas at risk - The Hill Times
We are urging this government to abandon its extinction agenda. There is no undo button for ecological damage. Once the places and wildlife that we love are gone, we don’t get them back. And if they…
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 09/10/2026
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Routine childhood vaccination coverage remains below level needed for population immunity, report finds
Coverage rates fell during the COVID-19 pandemic and have not rebounded
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Jim Stanford @jimbostanford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is a good day to ponder what an amazing deal B.C. residents have enjoyed thanks to public auto insurance. Avg nominal premiums are no higher than 9 years ago when J.Horgan was elected Premier, vs 45% avg increase in Canada and 119% in next-door Alberta. Data from StatsCan. #bcpoli
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The Peak @thepeaknews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
U.S. border guards have more power to check Canadian travellers' cellphones. Here's what to know
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U.S. border guards have more power to check Canadian travellers' cellphones. Here's what to know
A legal expert explains how to prepare yourself for any travel to America.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...
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CIDRAP Op-Ed: One HPV vaccine dose may be enough, but how we get to that answer matters
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With HIV cases rising by 12-fold between 2010 and 2025, in mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency. Estimates are that there are upward of 9,000 cases; the country's health minister has announced that 1 in 60 adults are now living with HIV. www.npr.org/2026/09/26/g...
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Why this island paradise has the world's fastest-growing HIV epidemic
In mid-September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's crystal meth epidemic is a strong contributing factor.
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Dr Amanda Selk @dramandaselk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1 in 8 cancers in the world are caused by viruses. Number 2 is HPV and number 3 is hepatitis b. Guess what? We have vaccines for both and could prevent these cancers.
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Andrew Coyne @acoyne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My latest: The question is not whether we should slow down AI development. It’s whether we still can www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 25/09/2026
"So the real question is not, 'Will they get more intelligent than us?' but 'If they're more intelligent than us, will we have a way of making sure they don't want to take over?'" – Geoffrey Hinton Listen to a special episode of our podcast as we examine the topic of AI: bit.ly/4ct2cZw
Geoffrey Hinton, deep in thought, with his hand on his cheek, surrounded by an abstract illustration of neural networks and mathematical formulas. The background is softly blurred. Photo credit: Christopher Michel.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In a fragmented world, cooperation is not an ideal. It is a necessity.
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Julie H. Ferguson @photosbypharos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hmm!
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Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“A new brain imaging study led by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has uncovered what researchers describe as the strongest evidence so far that long COVID is associated with damage to dopamine-releasing neurons in the brain.” www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Brain scans reveal a possible cause of long COVID fatigue and brain fog
Researchers have found evidence that long COVID may damage dopamine releasing neurons in the brain, potentially explaining persistent fatigue, low motivation, slowed movement, and memory difficulties....
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 23/09/2026
Opinion: Building capacity is a long-term project www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/23/b...
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Building capacity is a long-term project - The Hill Times
Advanced expertise takes years to develop, and these capabilities cannot simply be created when a crisis emerges or a new priority appears.
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Global News @globalnews.ca · 23/09/2026
Over 3,000 women in Canada are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year. globalnews.ca/news/1206746...
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Doctors urge women to remove fallopian tubes to reduce ovarian cancer risk - National | Globalnews.ca
The procedure is quick and done on patients already undergoing surgery in the abdominal area and who don't want children or have finished having children.
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Emmerson Jull @emmersonj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tasting room closures, harvest losses and abandoned contracts plagued Okanagan wineries this summer. Now some are calling for freeing inter-provincial trade to help the wine industry recover—a measure that could bring $3.6b in industry growth over the next 15 years. For @nationalobserver.com
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BC wineries barely survived wildfires. Now comes a trade war and provincial barriers
An unforgiving climate and rocky trade relations have pushed producers in Canada’s second-largest wine region, the Okanagan, to the brink of survival.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Zimbabwe: U.S. Announces End to All Health Funding in Zimbabwe
AMERICA will, at the end of this month, stop funding all health programmes in Zimbabwe it has been involved in for more than 20 years, Ambassador Pamela Tremont has revealed.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Patient-facing generative artificial intelligence: interpretive influence and system-level evaluation - The Lancet Digital Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Patient-facing generative artificial intelligence: interpretive influence and system-level evaluation
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) marks a shift from information retrieval to interpretive synthesis, operating at a scale and fidelity previously confined to clinical reasoning. By synthesising...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/09/2026
Where is the US opening new military bases in Greenland? aje.news/96pptu
Where is the US opening new military bases in Greenland?
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The U.S. government is poised to take a share of revenue from some pharmaceutical sales in Canada and other countries under deals drug makers struck with the Trump administration, newly disclosed documents suggest, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... @theglobeandmail.com
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U.S. government can take share of Canadian drug sales under pricing deals, documents suggest
Canada one of eight countries targeted in agreements struck with Pfizer and Eli Lilly
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 21/09/2026
The Donald Trump: The U.S. is working on a “major deal” to buy Belarusian potash! Eat shit, Canada! Lukashenko, hours earlier: Belarus has no potash to spare for Western markets, “even if we wanted to.” news.zerkalo.io/economics/13...
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Лукашенко заявил, что Беларусь не смогла бы поставить на западные рынки калий, «даже если бы захотела»
«Насколько я информирован премьер-министром и правительством, нам удалось переориентироваться на восток. Свидетельством тому являются переговоры с американцами».
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 21/09/2026
Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
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Trump vows to punish Canada for EU alliance as soon as he finishes losing Iran war
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald J. Trump has pledged to extract terrible, systematic revenge on all of Canada for daring to enter talks with the European Union, just as soon as he finishes losing the war he started in Iran.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 21/09/2026
Opinion: A broken toilet flapper, a clogged bowl and a defective shut-off valve turned into a very expensive lesson for two Mississauga condo owners, writes Bob Aaron. 🚽
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Am I responsible for damages to other units if the problem started in my condo unit?
Ruling a reminder to check your plumbing, know your condo corporation's insurance deductible — and never skip tenant insurance.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Findlay Quits as Upheaval Brings BC to Brink of Election via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Findlay Quits as Upheaval Brings BC to Brink of Election | The Tyee
How Conservative disarray and speculation of a snap vote have quickly reshaped the province’s political landscape.
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 21/09/2026
Opinion: It’s time to tackle Canadians’ dependence on U.S. digital services www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/21/i...
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https://www.hilltimes.com/2026/09/21/its-time-to-tackle-canadians-dependence-on-u-s-digital-services/517496/
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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 21/09/2026
New York airports JFK and La Guardia have now been added to the list of airports ground stopped (flights to those airports are held on the ground at their origin) due to the FAA equipment outage. All airports affected now: JFK LGA EWR TEB PHL HPN
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
‘Warsaw Will Disappear in 2 or 3 Days’: Kremlin Threatens Poland - www.kyivpost.com/post/84548
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Putin’s Aide Threatens to Wipe Poland Out in ‘2 or 3 Days’
Nikolai Patrushev threatened to use Russia’s “entire arsenal” against Poland after Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said NATO could quickly defeat Moscow if attacked.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump’s ICE thugs shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez through his car window as he was delivering food yesterday in Austin, Texas. His wife and lawyer were reportedly denied access to see him in the hospital, and ICE is now trying to deport him. This violence must end. Abolish ICE.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Making a deal with Belarus is making a deal with Russia. This is where the US is headed. Russian State and ally. No other sane country will deal with them. #cdnpoli
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026
Aviation emissions can be reduced instantly on short routes by modal shifts. It is not as sexy as one-off future technology demonstrations but works in real life immediately. #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
💉Most promising medical technology in a generation 1. Sadly, Jay Bhattacharya & RFK Jr killed federal funding for mRNA vaccine R&D 2. RFK Jr has allowed kids to use sunbeds—he’s pro-melanoma Scientists move 1 step forwards—MAHA dudes pull us 2 steps back www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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A melanoma vaccine was hailed as a breakthrough. Which cancers are next?
Trials investigating mRNA vaccines for lung cancer, pancreatic cancer and other diseases are already underway.
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Abacus Data:🍁"Would you support closer integration between Canada & the European Union, while Canada remains outside the EU, including measures to make it easier to trade, travel, work, study, and cooperate on security?" 🟢81% Support 🔴10% Oppose www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...
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338 Sunday Update: Canadians Want Closer Ties With Europe
Associate E.U. member? To be determined. But as Canada explores closer ties with the European Union, new polling shows Canadians overwhelmingly favour greater integration with Europe.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Last year, one day after a radicalized anti-vaxxer shot up the CDC campus over mRNA vaccines, NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya called to end use of the platform. www.importantcontext.news/nih-director...
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NIH Director Spreads Vaccine Misinformation One Day After CDC Shooting
Jay Bhattacharya called to end the mRNA platform on Steve Bannon’s War Room.
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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Breaking: The United States has reached a security agreement with Denmark over Greenland that consists of exactly what the situation has been for the last eight decades and not a thing more
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Kavi Kat 🌬️ @katinthestars.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Best headline in a while.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft admitted LLMs are predatory tech built on “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said AI has created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...
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‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft
"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions."
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 18/09/2026
Analysis: We will not have forgotten about the border to the south that has so long defined our nation, but the political and economic shocks that emanate from America will start to feel less urgent and existential.
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Canadians can now see the plan for Mark Carney’s ‘moonshot’ European alliance
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Brad Takei @bradtakei.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There are several sci-fi films showing just how well self-regulation worked out.
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In the midst of a storm, Canada and the EU can anchor our ground.
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Gerald Butts @gmbutts.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Believe me when I tell you Mark Carney writes his own speeches. Today’s was a rhetorical work of art.
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Dr. Brian Goldman ER MD and Broadcaster @casinoshiftmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Would you take a pill to prevent dementia? I would since sister & mum had Alzheimer's. On #TheDoseCBC this week, the UK's Dr. Ramin Nilforooshan leads a new prevention trial of #trontinemab which quickly clears beta amyloid in the brain. Have a listen. www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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Would you take a drug that could prevent Alzheimer's? | The Dose | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
More than 750,000 Canadians live with dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Many more, like host Dr. Brian Goldman, worry they could develop it. Now, U.K. researchers are testing whether the drug trontinem...
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 17/09/2026
Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she is not stepping down despite BC Conservative Party mayhem, as a snap election looms.
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Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦 @deonandan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-ge...
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Few people with the flu isolate for the recommended period
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Glaciologist @matthias-huss.bsky.social shows that the centre of the Great Aletsch glacier in Switzerland (the biggest in the Alps) lost 6 meters(!) of thickness just this summer. "No words...", he adds on LinkedIn.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Older Canadians should all be eligible for free shingles vaccine. Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: All Canadians should be eligible for a free shingles vaccine
Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They racked up debt from going abroad for medical school. Was it worth it? Faced with competitive admissions, aspiring doctors in Canada are choosing instead to train abroad at a substantially higher cost, by Hannah Alper www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe... via @theglobeandmail.com
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They racked up debt from going abroad for medical school. Was it worth it?
Faced with competitive admissions, aspiring doctors in Canada are choosing instead to train abroad at a substantially higher cost
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Latest 🇨🇦 polls from active firms since end of trade negotiations: 🔴LPC +11, Ipsos 🔴LPC +14, Abacus Data 🔴LPC +14, Angus Reid 🔴LPC +14, Liaison Strategies 🔴LPC +16, Léger 🔴LPC +16, Nanos Research 338 Sunday Update: Carney Liberals Hit a New High www.338canada.ca/p/338-sunday...
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338 Sunday Update: Carney Liberals Hit a New High
With the U.S. trade dispute dominating the landscape, government approval jumps as the Liberals open their largest lead in the 338Canada aggregate.
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Philippe J. Fournier @338canada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
📊Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from Léger: 🔴LPC 49% 🔵CPC 33% ⚜️BQ 7% (29% in QC) 🟠NDP 6% 🟢GPC 3% → 338canada.com/20260906-leg... [Léger, September 5-7, 2026, n=1,538] #canpoli
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338Canada | Leger federal poll, September 2026
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