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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><b style="font-size: 14px;">H) Provincial Energy:</b></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Toronto Star - Why Doug Ford’s Decisions Mean Ontario Can’t Cut Off Energy To The US As Threatened:</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/23-million-put-in-place-to-kickstart-housing-construction-in-northwest-waterloo/?">https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/03/06/23-million-put-in-place-to-kickstart-housing-construction-in-northwest-waterloo/?</a></div><div><br></div></div><div><div class="asset-masthead" data-lpos="asset|header" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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