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Ottawa (Rajeev Sharma): Newly released documents from the United States Justice Department reveal that the Canadian government denied convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein permission to enter the country in 2018 because of his criminal record. The documents, part of a massive release of around 3.5 million pages made public on Friday, include email correspondence between Epstein and Canadian officials. Epstein had approached the Canadian consulate in Los Angeles seeking a temporary resident permit for a visit to Vancouver from April 11 to 13, 2018, where he planned to attend a TED conference. According to the records, the Consulate General of…