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2 dead following shooting in Brampton, Ont., schoolyard, police say
Two people are dead after a shooting in a Brampton elementary schoolyard late Friday, according to Peel police.
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CFIA announces recalls for salads, cheeses and meal kits over listeria concerns
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced recalls due to possible listeria contamination affecting products including salads, cheese and meal kits.
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Hunting for a cause: National Service Dogs hosts an Easter egg hunt for dogs
For three decades, National Service Dogs, a charity that trains service dogs, has turned the classic Easter egg hunt into a powerhouse fundraiser. Every hidden egg helps pair life-changing companions with those who need them most.
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Parks Canada reintroducing at-risk species of fish in Banff National Park
Parks Canada staff in its Lake Louise, Yoho, Kootenay field unit will add westslope cutthroat trout to Margaret Lake and other locations this spring.
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Five people critically injured in apartment building fire in London, Ont.
Nine people, including an infant, were taken to the hospital after a fire at a London apartment building Saturday morning, according to first responders.
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Forget bilingual status for hospitals, we want access to Ontario care, western Quebecers say
As the health authority in Quebec’s Abitibi-Témiscamingue region pushes for official bilingual status for its southernmost health facilities to improve access for English speakers, residents say bigger accessibility issues stem from a policy change implemented last year that created a barrier to accessing health care in Ontario.
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Alberta’s water reckoning: conservation is now an economic imperative
Alberta has always valued water. Rivers have been harnessed to build irrigation districts, power industry, support energy development and sustain communities across some of the most arid parts of Canada. But what once felt abundant is becoming scarce and less predictable. From the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to the plains fed by the Bow…
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Astronaut Jeremy Hansen shares message of Canadian pride and ambition as Artemis II nears the moon
More than 200,000 kilometres from Earth, Jeremy Hansen spoke to Canadians back home: “I am so proud of our country,” he said from inside the Orion spacecraft early Saturday morning. “If we can send a human around the moon in 2026, just imagine what we’re capable of doing next,” he added. Hansen was speaking during…
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Gunter: Federal NDP doomed after abandoning traditional, big-tent labour roots
Don Davies, the Vancouver New Democrat MP who served as his party’s interim leader until the election of Avi Lewis last weekend, cautioned party members last December that if the NDP wanted to avoid another drubbing at the polls, it should focus on working people’s issues instead of becoming obsessed with identity politics. The party…
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Can B.C.’s second-largest city bridge its north-south divide?
Rosalie Cataghal, a semi-retired hair stylist who lives and works in South Surrey, says she settled there because she likes the middle-class nature of the neighbourhood. She cites homelessness and crime — the 2007 Surrey Six murders in Whalley left a lingering bad taste — as reasons she hardly ever ventures into the city’s north…