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B.C. wolf allegedly found choking on tracking collar in rural Alberta

WARNING: Some details of this story may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. B.C.’s controversial wolf management program is under fire again with some troubling news from Alberta. Shane Ramstead lives in the city of Spruce Grove, a bedroom community just west of Edmonton, and is a former …

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Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government’s unmarked graves contract

An Indigenous political organization representing 39 Ontario First Nations says it is “confounded” by a federal decision to hire an international organization to provide advice on unmarked graves. The Anishinabek Nation released a statement today expressing its leadership’s “bewilderment” over Ottawa’s $2-million contract with the Netherlands-based International Commission on Missing …

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1 suspect arrested, another outstanding after ‘violent’ break in at Toronto apartment: police – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police are seeking to identify a suspect wanted after a violent break and enter in Toronto. Toronto police said on Saturday, two suspects attended an apartment building in the Queen Street West and Jameson Avenue area and allegedly broke the door to …

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After arriving in Manitoba, Ukrainian family reflects on first anniversary of invasion – Winnipeg

The view outside Lesia Yaroshenko’s home looks much different nearly a year since Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine ripped her family’s life out of place. A horizon filled with deciduous trees dusted by a recent February snowfall now stretches beyond her Winnipeg balcony. “I just had a normal, let’s say, …

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CFB Kingston employee contracts Legionnaires disease at base warehouse – Kingston

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It was early December last year that it became known that a CFB Kingston employee had contracted Legionnaires disease. Legionella is a bacteria that is commonly found in water. Stagnant water is one of the factors that can provide conditions for the …

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Siakam leads Raptors past Pelicans 115-110

TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors made the most of the all-star break without losing any of their momentum. Pascal Siakam, Toronto’s only all-star this season, scored 26 points to help the Raptors fend off the New Orleans Pelicans 115-110 on Thursday as both teams returned from the break. It was …

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Niagara couple ‘lucky to be alive’ after giant tree crashes into bedroom of Fort Erie, Ont. home

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Robyn Voyce says it started with a “big bang” and then the whole roof fell in. A Fort Erie, Ont., couple say they’re “lucky to be alive” after a giant tree covered in ice crashed into their Crystal Beach home around midnight …

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Hamilton Tiger Cats deal veteran quarterback Dane Evans to B.C. Lions

Dane Evans’s CFL career will continue on the West Coast. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded Evans to the B.C. Lions on Thursday for a conditional 2024 fourth-round draft pick. Evans was the Ticats’ starter for their two Grey Cup losses to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2019, 2021). The move comes just …

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Lytton, B.C. woman says insurance at risk over delays to rebuild fire-ravaged village

A Lytton, B.C., woman is calling on the province for help as she faces the potential loss of an insurance settlement over the loss of her home in the fire that razed the village to the ground. Tiffany Callewaert Haugan’s home was among the scores of properties destroyed when a …

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ਬਠਿੰਡਾ: ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਤੇਲ ਸੋਧਕ ਕਾਰਖਾਨੇ ’ਚ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਅੱਗ ਲੱਗੀ

ਹੁਸ਼ਿਆਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਘਟੌੜਾ ਰਾਮਾਂ ਮੰਡੀ, 24 ਫਰਵਰੀ ਇਥੋਂ ਨੇੜਲੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਫੁੱਲੋ ਖਾਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ ਤੇਲ ਸੋਧਕ ਕਾਰਖਾਨੇ ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ ਨਵੇਂ ਬਣੇ ਪਲਾਂਟ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੱਜ ਸਵੇਰੇ 6 ਵਜੇ ਤੇਲ ਦਾ ਪੰਪ ਲੀਕ ਹੋਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਅੱਗ ਲੱਗ ਗਈ। ਕਾਰਖਾਨੇ ਦੇ ਮੀਡੀਆ ਇੰਚਾਰਜ ਪੰਕਜ ਵਿਨਾਇਕ ਨੇ ਦੱਸਿਆ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਅੱਗ ‘ਤੇ …

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