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Grand chief hopeful $47.8B First Nations child welfare vote will be moved to October
OTTAWA - The grand chief of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council says she's optimistic that chiefs from French-speaking nations will get more time to review the landmark $47.8-billion child...
Aug 27, 2024
Utah mother and children's book author Kouri Richins to stand trial in husband's death, judge says
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - A Utah mother of three who published a children's book about grief after her husband's death and was later accused of fatally poisoning him will stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesd...
Aug 27, 2024
How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they've come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, w...
Aug 27, 2024
How much microplastic is in your coffee? New device by UBC researchers could tell you
VANCOUVER - Researchers at the University of British Columbia say they've come up with a portable device that can cheaply detect the amount of microplastics in drinks and other liquids. Tianxi Yang, w...
Aug 27, 2024
Auger-Aliassime eliminated at U.S. Open with first-round loss to Mensik
NEW YORK - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the U.S. Open after dropping a 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Czechia's Jakub Mensik in first-round action Tuesday. Mensik scored his sixth break in th...
Aug 27, 2024
Bye-bye to Banff pedestrian zone after Labour Day long weekend
BANFF, Alta. - It'll be one last hurrah for a pedestrian zone along the main downtown drag of Banff, Alta., this long weekend. The Rocky Mountain tourist town is telling businesses to take down outdoo...
Aug 27, 2024
Alouettes sign all-star wide receiver Austin Mack to four-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed all-star wide receiver Austin Mack to a four-year contract extension, the club announced Tuesday. The deal is set to keep the 26-year-old with the team th...
Aug 27, 2024
Redblacks quarterback Brown, Lions defensive lineman Covington net CFL weekly honours
TORONTO - Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dru Brown and tackle Christian Covington of the B.C. Lions were the top offensive and defesive players in the CFL honour roll Tuesday. Brown captured top offensi...
Aug 27, 2024
Ontario teen dies after falling off 50-metre cliff in popular Metro Vancouver park
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A 17-year-old from Ontario is dead after climbing over a fence and falling off the edge of a cliff in a popular park in North Vancouver, B.C. Dwayne Derban, assistant fire chie...
Aug 27, 2024
Quebec government says it's taking action to end illegal dumping in Mohawk territory
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it wants to put an end to illegal dumping in the Mohawk community of Kanesatake northwest of Montreal. The Environment Department says "field interventions" are p...
Aug 27, 2024
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