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Smoke from Canada eases as backup arrives to help fight ongoing wildfires
A contingent of 100 French firefighters landed in Canada and were en route to the fire region Friday. Hundreds more are expected to arrive from the U.S., Portugal an Spain in the coming days, and there should be about 1,200 people fighting fires in Quebec by Monday.
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Canada Spent ‘Clean Air Day’ Choking On Climate Failure
Wildfires are just one example of our governments’ collective failure to face down massive systemic challenges.
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Teammates for life: Canadian women's hockey players Poulin, Stacey announce engagement
Olympic gold medallists. World champions. Engaged. Canadian women's hockey teammates Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey announced their engagement in an Instagram post on Friday. "So... This happened," wrote Poulin, alongside pictures from Hawaii that show the couple both wearing engagement rings. "Best question I ever asked... She said OUI."
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Canadian wildfire smoke is prompting air quality warnings in the western U.S.
Thick plumes of smoke from blazes in the Canadian province of Alberta crossed into nearby states including Montana, Colorado, Idaho and Utah.
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Canada's Competition Bureau sues Cineplex for allegedly advertising misleading ticket prices | CBC News
The bureau alleged in a Thursday media release that Cineplex is breaking the law after an investigation found consumers can't buy movie tickets online at advertised prices because there is an additional mandatory fee of $1.50 for booking online.
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Canada wildfires force shutdown of oil and gas production
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and oil production has fallen amid early season wildfires in Canada's Alberta province. Within days, 90 blazes were seen burning across the region, with 23 considered out of control.
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Suuns - 2020
From the album Images Du Futur (2013). Instant obsession when I discovered this gem half an hour ago. I love the internet.
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Canada unveils new crown with snowflake and maple leaves instead of religious symbols
The new design replaces the religious symbols with Canadian symbolism, trading crosses and fleur-de-lis for maple leaves and a snowflake
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Out-of-control wildfires 'unprecedented crisis', says Alberta premier
Wildfires continue to rage in north and central Alberta and the list of evacuation orders are growing.
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Controversial bill to regulate online streaming becomes law
A controversial government bill to overhaul Canadian broadcasting laws to regulate streaming services has passed the final hurdle in the Senate and received royal assent Thursday evening.
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Black bear breaks into vehicle, guzzles 69 cans of pop | CBC News
A woman on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast awoke to a sticky situation last Thursday when she found a bear with a sweet tooth had broken into her car and crushed dozens of cans of soda she had left there overnight.
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Porn sites would have to verify users are over 18 under federal online safety plans
Ottawa is planning to introduce an online safety bill later this year and it is expected the bill will impose a duty of care on platforms to protect children from harm
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27 writers from across Canada make the 2023 CBC Short Story Prize longlist | CBC Books
The winner will receive $6,000, attend a two-week writing residency and have their work published on CBC Books. The shortlist will be revealed on April 12, 2023.
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B.C. vertical farming company says it could produce up to 6 million bags of salad greens a year | CBC News
UP Vertical Farms is growing leafy greens on shelves stacked atop one another on a piece of land a fraction of the size needed for traditional farming.
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Rupa Subramanya: Work-from-home is the new normal in Canada. Just accept it
Be careful what you wish for: you might actually get it. In the spring of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, governments around the world, including Canada, pushed harsh measures that have rarely been used in peacetime, including lockdowns and the closing of offices and businesses, except the most essential services.
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10 Best Canadian Cities To Live In - A Piece of Travel
From the Atlantic provinces to Central Canada and the Rocky Mountains, you can enjoy many different experiences in these Canadian cities.
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Right to repair, universal charging port mandates eyed to save Canadians money
Canada's newly released budget considers consumers' wallets and e-waste.
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Meta & Google shouldn't be allowed to bully their way out of paying for news
Journalism has been nearly destroyed by Google and Facebook stealing news — and they should not be allowed to use threats to escape regulation demanding that they pay for profiting from it. Canadian lawmakers are debating whether to charge online platforms for news they post, but Meta says it won't pay a dime — and Google is already looking at just blocking news in the country.
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B.C. parent launches class-action lawsuit against makers of Fortnite
The proposed class-action lawsuit alleges the game is designed to be "as addictive as possible" for children. Find out more.
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Canadian Space Agency Quietly Releases New Logo
There was no press release, no hoopla, just some social media posts. That’s how the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) approached releasing its new branding. Perhaps it’s just me, but I would have thought the CSA would have made a bigger deal of it. When contacted they pointed me to a web page. The new branding isn’t even on their home page. They did however create the 24 second video below.
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