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Former Green leadership hopeful Dimitri Lascaris backs out of contest, calls for May to step away from process

Plus, the University of Ottawa has set up a new entrance scholarship in honour of the late Ontario Senator Josée Forest-Niesing, and professor Donald Savoie has a new book out this month.

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