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Global National

A Competition Bureau assessment fuelled by ever-increasing prices at Canadian grocery stores links this inflation to a lack of competition in the industry. Meanwhile, the federal government is planning to spend more than $1.5 billion over the next five years to help protect the nation against extreme weather events, including major storms and wildfires. To help fireproof homes in the future, a pilot project in Banff, Alta., is offering sprinklers to residents at risk, too. Additionally, there are developments on the Wagner Group’s failed mutiny of Russia and what will happen to the mercenary troops with their leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, now banished to Belarus.