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Cycling deaths investigated by OPP up 400% since this time last year

It’s been a deadly year so far for cyclists as Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve seen a 400 per cent increase in deaths so far compared to this time in 2021.  Sgt. Kerry Schmidt reported in a Twitter video posted Tuesday that the OPP have investigated eight cyclist deaths since January, while …

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‘Frustrated’ veteran Mitchell to back up Maier for Stampeders against Blue Bombers

This game will be different for Jake Maier right from the start, but he’s trying not to think about it that way. The Calgary Stampeders’ second-year backup quarterback will get the start Thursday in Winnipeg against the 9-1 Blue Bombers with healthy veteran Bo Levi Mitchell still on the depth …

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Ojibway father of 7 identified as man who died after being shot by police bean bag gun in Vancouver

The man who died Monday morning after being shot multiple times with a bean bag gun by Vancouver police has been identified by family members as 42-year-old father of seven, Chris Amyotte of Winnipeg. Amyotte’s cousin Samantha Wilson told CBC that he was in Vancouver visiting family, including two of his children. …

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More than 1.3 million immigration applications still in backlog

Canada’s immigration minister now projects it will only take a few months longer than originally hoped to get application wait times back on track, even though the crisis in Ukraine and other “external” events have worsened the backlogs. In January, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser vowed to eliminate backlogs caused by …

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More kids hospitalized for cannabis poisonings after edibles legalized, study finds

The average number of kids hospitalized for unintentional cannabis poisonings spiked in some provinces after they legalized edibles, according to a new study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The Ontario-based researchers also found that three such provinces — Alberta, B.C. and Ontario — saw twice the increase in pediatric …

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Ukrainians gather to celebrate Independence Day but it’s bittersweet amid war with Russia

Ukrainians in Toronto gathered to celebrate their country’s Independence Day on Wednesday, but the occasion was bittersweet because it also marked sixth months since the Russians invaded. For Tetyana Barylko, who owns the Barrel House Korchma restaurant with her family, Independence Day was special this year due to the war with Russia. She said …

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Northern crayfish continues its Alberta invasion, this time, in the mountain parks

If you haven’t spotted a northern crayfish in Alberta already, there’s now one more spot where you might see one swimming about.  Parks Canada recently caught one of the mini-lobster looking critters near a stream flowing into Bow Lake in Banff National Park.  It’s the first time they’ve seen the …

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Doug McCallum’s vision of a 60,000-seat stadium in Surrey ‘a tall order,’ says Rogers Arena builder

It’s a campaign promise that’s quickly become the talk of Surrey’s election.  “We are going to build a 60,000-person arena in Surrey. It’ll be a multi-use arena for all sports,” Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum said Wednesday, during an event marking the start of construction on a new Cloverdale Arena. McCallum followed up …

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