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Aug 4, 2026
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Shock, grief and a city on the edge as St. Catharines, Ont., deals with massive flooding
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Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3)
-0.70 · CENTER
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.284 · RIGHT
Ensemble
0.142 · CENTER
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Rolling outlet bias
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Article Excerpt
Amid a state of emergency from the fallout of two storms within a week, people in St. Catharines say they're in shock and grief as they deal with severe flooding in their homes and elsewhere in the city. Firefighters say their work has included rescuing some people trapped in cars by the waters.
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