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After trying everything from remote-controlled hazing vehicles to strobing sleep-deprivation devices, a Moncton official says the city has finally landed on something that is working to control the population of Canada geese in Centennial Park. The city is using a practice called addling to prevent goose eggs from hatching, said …

Mushers and former board members say the Yukon Quest is cancelled this year, because there is no one left to organize the iconic sled dog race. “Unfortunately the board is not active right now and so there will not be a Yukon Quest race in the Yukon this year,” said …

Brown says that when E.M.’s mom found her crying in the shower, E.M. realized she needed to tell a story about people doing “bad things” to her, rather than “take responsibility for the bad choices she made.” Brown argues E.M. wanted to save her relationship with her boyfriend, and knew …

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Plant biologist Marcus Samuel has been working for more than a decade to improve the climate resilience of crops. At his research greenhouse at the University of Calgary, he uses cutting-edge gene editing techniques to produce hardier varieties of plants able to withstand temperature fluctuations, floods and frosts. But while …

If Bobby Dubeau of Delta, B.C., executes his game plan to a tee, he’ll fly, eat, watch and cheer his way to a Guinness World Record on the afternoon of Sunday, July 9. The BC Lions season ticket holder began his quest to complete a visit of all nine CFL …

A North Okanagan politician is hoping Lake Country, B.C., will agree to provide fire service to dozens of his constituents whose neighbourhood currently has no fire protection. After getting a no from the City of Vernon, Regional District of North Okanagan area director Bob Fleming has approached Lake Country about …

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. will double down on its quest for profitability and larger clients after reporting a loss of US$814.8-million in its latest quarter. “We are going after the more sophisticated segment, we are going after the more established segment…so we will not be going after the entire market,” said …

Even as the world debates whether we are or are not in a recession, a persistent shortage of workers has business leaders and economists struggling to understand one of Canada’s most intractable, and some say most crucial, economic problems. Despite the slowing effect of rising interest rates intended to fight soaring …

Artisanal baking is undergoing a resurgence around the world — and that includes Israel. Hagay Ben Yehuda is one of a small number of Israeli bakers who stick close to the old ways, working by hand with organic ingredients to produce healthier, tastier bread. He is a fifth-generation baker, working at …