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Transportation advocates say passenger rail service in the Maritimes is doomed if no investments are made. Prince Edward County subsidizes a popular ride sharing company. Five thousand three hundred rides completed in 2022. In Québec, Loisir Sports Outaouais offers free skis and snowshoes to sports enthusiasts. In B.C., Paige Pierce, age 21, is appointed to the position of Youth Poet Laureate by the Nanaimo city council. And after a clampdown on homeless camps, the Edmonton city council declares, “housing and houselessness emergency? In Québec, new rent-increase guidelines worry Quebec’s tenants” groups.
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