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The Central Alberta Mopar Association's hosted its 28th annual car show in the St. Joseph High School parking lot Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Sean McIntosh/Advocate staff)

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Cpl. Owen Donovan of the Cape Breton Highlanders removes brush under the direction of Nova Scotia Power officials along Steeles Hill Road in Glace Bay, N.S., Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Justin Trudeau is scheduled to travel today to P.E.I. and Nova Scotia, where he will meet with residents and inspect the extensive damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vaughan Merchant

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Five Stars Movement leader Giuseppe Conte speaks during a press conference at his electoral headquarters in Rome, early Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Italians voted in a national election that might yield the nation's first government led by the far right since the end of World War II. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)

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Jennifer and Art Snoek are the new owners of Sylvan Star Cheese Farm. Art is a 6th generation cheesemaker who grew up in the city of Gouda in the Netherlands.

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