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Budding friendship with teammate has Marco Arop 'reinvigorated' entering Grand Slam Track

Fri, 2025-04-04 01:00

Coming off an Olympic silver medal, Canada's Marco Arop will open his outdoor season this weekend in Jamaica at the Grand Slam Track in the 800 metres and a newer distance, the 1,500. “Marco has great race instincts, no matter the distance," says coach Chris Woods.

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This Montreal musician's fight with sarcoma taught others to cherish life

Fri, 2025-04-04 01:00

Kevin 'BK' Brooks, the lead singer of Montreal hardcore punk band Maxxpower, died within a year of being diagnosed with sarcoma. Tonight, artists are gathering to celebrate his music, life and perseverance.

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Ontario wine agents say it's 'unfair' province's grocery stores still selling California wines

Fri, 2025-04-04 01:00

Ontario wine agents are accusing the LCBO's 'unfair policies' after California wines were pulled from shelves almost a month ago due to ongoing trade dispute with the U.S., but grocery stores and retail giants like Costco and Loblaws are still allowed to sell the products.

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Family denied Jordan's Principle funds for Thunder Bay, Ont., girl's autism therapy fears she'll stop talking

Fri, 2025-04-04 01:00

A Thunder Bay, Ont., family says they're appealing Indigenous Services Canada's decision to deny their funding request to cover applied behaviour analysis therapy for their four-year-old daughter, who has autism. The family says the lack of federal coverage and the years-long waitlist to get into provincial programming are putting their daughter at risk of regression.

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'Where's my girl?' 20 years on, Burlington, Ont., woman learns cherished ashes aren't of her cat

Fri, 2025-04-04 01:00

Valerie Stevenson's cat was playing around when her pet knocked the urn containing the ashes of her beloved cat Jewels off her dresser. The Burlington, Ont., resident soon learned the ashes she had kept for 20 years were not those of Jewels, but of a dog named Sparky.

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A reprieve for snowbirds? Trump administration sued over traveller registration requirement

Fri, 2025-04-04 01:00

Immigration advocates are suing the Trump administration over its coming registration requirement for non-U.S. citizens staying longer than 29 days, offering a possible reprieve for Canadian snowbirds.

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What we learned from Radio-Canada's 'Cinq chefs' party leader interviews

Thu, 2025-04-03 21:05

French-speaking Canadians got a first taste of how the five main federal party leaders defend their platforms beyond U.S. tariff threats in the span of two hours Thursday night on Radio-Canada's Cinq chefs, une élection program.

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'They make me always feel at home,' says patient as Toronto’s SickKids Hospital marks 150 years

Thu, 2025-04-03 16:35

Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children celebrated its 150th birthday on Thursday with current and former patients, families, staff and elected officials.

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Untangling Mark Carney's father's ties to Fort Smith, N.W.T., Indian day school

Thu, 2025-04-03 15:27

Mark Carney’s father Robert Carney was a federal Indian day school principal in the Northwest Territories in the 1960s, at a place where residential school boarders also attended. Yet three historians are urging caution when approaching that complicated legacy. Here's why.

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These best friends have sent each other the same birthday card for over 80 years

Thu, 2025-04-03 15:26

Pat DeReamer and Mary Wheaton-Kroger exchange the same card every year to celebrate each other's birthday — a tradition they've kept for the past 81 years.

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'I need to do something': Man who subdued murder suspect shares harrowing tale

Thu, 2025-04-03 13:54

On Tuesday, Luis Santiago was about to pick up his kids in Lowertown when he suddenly found himself locked in a violent struggle with a man accused of stabbing a woman to death.

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Burnaby, B.C., spa employee who offered vaginal-tightening guilty on 7 counts of sexual assault

Thu, 2025-04-03 13:23

Crown prosecutors argued that Farshad Khojsteh Kashani sexually assaulted seven complainants during vaginal-tightening treatments at Fab Skin Care on Kingsway.

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B.C. premier wants to bring in more U.S. immigrants, denounces talk of western separatism

Thu, 2025-04-03 13:17

David Eby said immigrants from the United States could help bolster the local economy. He said he will be meeting with Mark Carney next week to discuss issues facing the province.

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Lawsuit dropped against Quebec teacher accused of selling students' artwork online

Thu, 2025-04-03 12:35

In a statement Wednesday, Lester B. Pearson School Board says it investigated the allegations and concluded that the teacher had committed an error in good faith, adding that it imposed a disciplinary sanction against him.

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First LNG carrier arrives in Kitimat, B.C., as $40B liquefied natural gas plant prepares to start

Thu, 2025-04-03 11:28

LNG Canada is the "largest single private sector investment" in Canadian history, according to the federal government.

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How eliminating underground parking is helping the climate

Thu, 2025-04-03 11:00

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we see what happens when cities drop rules about how many parking spaces developers need to build, see how the north and south poles are breaking records together, and learn why a Quebec town is taxing people who don't have a tree in their yard.

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Poilievre promotes unity after ex-Reform leader Preston Manning warns a Carney win will fuel Western secession

Thu, 2025-04-03 10:20

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre promoted national unity while distancing himself from former Reform Party leader Preston Manning, who recently argued a vote for Mark Carney's Liberals is a vote for Western secession.

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Some 175,000 Ontarians without power after weekend ice storm, strong winds

Thu, 2025-04-03 09:44

Premier Doug Ford said Thursday that he plans to visit some areas affected by prolonged power outages since a powerful ice storm hit central and northern Ontario over the weekend. Hydro One said that of the approximately 175,000 customers without power as of late Thursday afternoon, nearly 45,000 lost power in the previous 24 hours.

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Massive Site C dam work camp — complete with gym and movie theatre — could be headed to a B.C. landfill

Thu, 2025-04-03 05:00

B.C. Hydro still looking for someone to take "mini town" work camp as construction on electric dam comes to a close.

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How Ontario's forgotten Farmerettes helped feed the nation during WW II

Thu, 2025-04-03 03:52

During and after the Second World War, thousands of Ontario girls became Farmerettes, taking on the work to support Canada’s food supply. Their contributions were largely forgotten — until now. The new documentary We Lend a Hand premieres in Sudbury on Friday, and features first-hand accounts from surviving women.

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