{"id":22938,"date":"2026-10-15T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T19:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/article\/new-cms-concludes-another-successful-clmc\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:28:08","slug":"new-cms-concludes-another-successful-clmc","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/article\/new-cms-concludes-another-successful-clmc\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: CMS Concludes Another Successful CLMC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22938\" class=\"elementor elementor-22938\" data-elementor-post-type=\"article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f3bf57c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f3bf57c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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