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Essex County facing ‘transformational growth,’ warden says in State of the County address
Essex County is facing ‘transformational’ growth in the coming years, and it needs to be ready, its outgoing warden said in her State of the County address to the Windsor Essex Chamber of Commerce.
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Winnipeg-born author Jon Klassen wins nearly $750K Swedish prize for children’s literature
Jon Klassen, the Winnipeg-born children’s book author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, has won a Swedish book prize worth nearly $750,000.
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Dean Penney pledges ‘150% honesty’ to fake crime boss in interview played in court
The video played in Corner Brook Supreme Court, a four-plus hour long conversation, was started on Thursday afternoon.
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2 minutes in penalty box after unruly fans in Prince George disrupt WHL playoff game
It was the fans versus the referees in a tense and at times chaotic Western Hockey League playoff game in Prince George Wednesday night.
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Ontario man sentenced to 2 years in jail for ‘vile’ anti-semitic crimes
Before sentencing a 30-year-old LaSalle man to two years in jail, the Windsor judge described his antisemitic crimes as “vile, filth, disgusting.”
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Canada Post is beginning the work to axe home delivery. How will it affect Canadian residents and businesses?
For years, Canada Post Corp. has been drowning in debt amid rising operating costs, competition from private delivery giants and a drastic plunge in letter mail volumes. On Thursday, Canada’s biggest postal operator laid out its five-year plan to convert addresses that receive door-to-door delivery to community mailboxes and modernize its retail network by closing…
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After weeks of strife, both sides come to deal on snow crab pricing schedule
The Fish, Food and Allied Workers union and Association of Seafood Producers have agreed to a snow crab pricing schedule after a two-week long dispute.
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Dominic LeBlanc says Canada isn’t the ‘source of any delays’ on trade talks with U.S.
OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said that Canada “certainly won’t be the source of any delays” for the review of Canada’s trade deal with the United States, despite warnings from the U.S. trade representative that it might not meet the deadline. LeBlanc said that proposals and talks with the U.S. have been constructive…
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Red hair and thinning hair: Study of ancient DNA shows human evolution has accelerated over the past 10,000 years
Something happened around 4,000 years ago in West Eurasia that made red-haired people more common. But not just redheads. New research shows genetic variants linked to celiac disease, schizophrenia, light skin, a lower chance of male pattern baldness, and B blood type all arose and caught on quickly among prehistoric humans because they gave some…
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Former CEO of Alberta Health Services wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign
The former CEO of Alberta Health Services is asking a judge for legal protection and a contempt finding against two podcasters she alleges have run a campaign of harassment and intimidation against her in response to her ongoing legal action.