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These Ontario musicians hope to score by getting song Beautiful Game played at soccer World Cup

Wed, 2025-03-12 09:59

A group of London musicians collaborated on an original song, Beautiful Game, which celebrates soccer and the FIFA World Cup. Now, the artists have set their own goal: to make it the theme song at the first-ever World Cup game in Canada next year.

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Northvolt declares bankruptcy in Sweden, raising concerns about Quebec battery plant's future

Wed, 2025-03-12 07:01

Northvolt has declared bankruptcy in Sweden, but says its North American operations are solvent. The company is building a large battery factory on Montreal's South Shore.

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Craft distilleries say steep markups are keeping their products off B.C. Liquor Store shelves

Wed, 2025-03-12 05:00

B.C. craft liquor manufacturers say that the province should remove barriers to their products being sold in provincial liquor stores, as interest grows in homegrown alcohol due to U.S. tariffs.

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Judge rejects request to review Crown decision not to prosecute Edmonton police officer who kicked Indigenous teen

Wed, 2025-03-12 05:00

A judge has denied a bid to review the decision not to prosecute an Edmonton police officer who seriously injured a young Indigenous man with a kick to the head.

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U.S. states rely on B.C. to export thermal coal. Should the shipments be taxed?

Wed, 2025-03-12 04:00

As President Donald Trump's tariff threats continue to hang over Canada, B.C. Premier David Eby wants the federal government to impose a tax on U.S. thermal coal shipped out of the province as a way to pressure the White House.

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UBC creates 'basketball festival' by combining men's, women's U Sports championships

Wed, 2025-03-12 01:00

U Sports is ramping up its own March madness. For the first time, Canada’s university men’s and women’s basketball championships will be played alongside one another on the Point Grey campus at the University of British Columbia.

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Ontario developer accused of extracting $18M from home buyers

Wed, 2025-03-12 01:00

An Ontario developer is accused of coercing 142 purchasers of pre-construction projects to pay more money for the same homes they purchased up to two years earlier — claims that are now the subject of a disciplinary committee hearing referred by the province's regulatory authority.

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Why Ottawa's biggest school board is blowing up boundaries

Wed, 2025-03-12 01:00

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is in the midst of its biggest overhaul since two boards amalgamated back in 1998.

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Texas-bound: Canadian politicians slam U.S. tariffs (politely) during visit to Lone Star state

Wed, 2025-03-12 01:00

Amid an increasingly heated game of tariff-related chicken, Canadian politicians are in Houston telling Americans they're peeved — in the most stereotypically Canadian way possible.

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Decades after he was hanged for murder in Quebec, family hopes his name can finally be cleared

Wed, 2025-03-12 01:00

Wilbert Coffin became the sole suspect for the death of an American tourist in the 50s and was one of the last people to be hanged for murder in Canada. A jack of all trades and a prospector who knew the Gaspé woods like the back of his hand, advocates continue to cast doubt on his guilt and urge for his exoneration.

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Snowbirds must soon submit fingerprints for U.S. travel under new Homeland Security rules

Tue, 2025-03-11 17:20

Canadians and other foreign nationals who plan to stay in the U.S. for 30 days or longer will soon be required to apply for registration and fingerprinting with the Department of Homeland Security.

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Canadian brewery selling pack of 1,461 beers to cope with Trump's presidency

Tue, 2025-03-11 16:39

A Canadian brewer hopes a massive crate of beer will help customers deal with the exhausting news cycle under U.S. President Donald Trump. Moosehead's Presidential Pack contains 1,461 beers, in 473-millilitre cans — marketed as "just enough Canadian lagers to get through a full presidential term."

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B.C. aims to poach U.S. doctors and nurses by highlighting 'uncertainty and chaos' south of the border

Tue, 2025-03-11 15:30

The province says it is also celebrating the recruitment of 1,001 new family doctors in two years under a new payment model.

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Canada has one of the best women's rugby teams in the world. Why they're asking for your money

Tue, 2025-03-11 14:46

The Canadian women's rugby team is heading to the 2025 Rugby World Cup with the goal of unseating England to become the best team in the world. But in order to achieve that goal, they say they need the financial support of Canadians.

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Pilot error likely caused Nashville plane crash that killed Ontario family, NTSB says

Tue, 2025-03-11 13:00

A fiery small plane crash in Tennessee last year that killed a Canadian family of five was most likely the result of an error by the father who was piloting the plane, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released this week.

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In the 'steel city of Canada,' Trump's tariff threats generate 'fear and confusion'

Tue, 2025-03-11 12:25

The U.S. president on Tuesday escalated tariff threats against Canada, vowing to boost them on steel and aluminum. "It scares us, it scares families," says Hamilton union president Frank Crowder. By Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. said the 25 per cent tariff, not 50 per cent, would begin Wednesday.

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DNA analysis confirms remains as Mission, B.C., teen missing since 2007

Tue, 2025-03-11 12:20

Mounties says DNA testing has confirmed remains that washed ashore in Washington state almost 17 years ago are those of a teenager who went missing from Mission, B.C., more than a year earlier.

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RCMP brass accused of sending 'inflammatory' email about officers in code of conduct hearing

Tue, 2025-03-11 12:05

A lawyer for one of three B.C. Mounties facing code of conduct proceedings for making racist and sexist comments accused the leadership of their detachment of sending out an "inflammatory" email Tuesday commenting on their evidence.

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