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The future of renewables was the focus of the ninth annual Indigenous Clean Energy Forum at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on Wednesday.
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Concordia students send Starsailor rocket flying and enter the history books
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Florence and the Machine were right: The dog days (of summer) are over, at least for this year
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