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• Quebec woman mauled in dog attack wins $460K civil case against small town and owner

  17-05-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A woman who was mauled by dogs in 2019 has won her civil case against the dogs' owner and the Town of Potton. A Quebec Superior Court judge ordered the town and Alan Barnes to pay her nearly $460,000.
  
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• Victoria Day 2024: What’s open and closed in Toronto

  17-05-2024 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  The unofficial start of summer is here. Here is what you can expect to be open and closed during the Victoria Day holiday Monday in Toronto.
  
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• Meet the ‘snowballs’: Snow leopard at Toronto Zoo gives birth to 2 cubs

  17-05-2024 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  When Jita's pregnancy was announced, the Toronto Zoo expressed some caution given that first-time pregnancies present challenges with large carnivores like snow leopards.
  
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• Wildfires cast smoky shadow over tourism industry ahead of unofficial start of summer

  17-05-2024 14:49 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca
  
  At Andrew Lake Lodge — a remote camp in the extreme northeast corner of Alberta — owner Dan Wettlaufer is looking forward to welcoming the first of this year's crop of tourists this weekend.
  
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• Ontario child under 5 dies of measles, provincial health agency says

  17-05-2024 13:29 via cbc.ca
  
  In a report published Thursday, Public Health Ontario said the child was not vaccinated against the highly infectious respiratory virus. It did not indicate when or where the child died, or their specific age.
  
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• 'Ugly produce': One way Canadians are shrinking rising grocery bills

  17-05-2024 12:16 via ctvnews.ca
  
  As the cost of food in Canada has risen, grocery shoppers are looking at ways to reduce their grocery bill, and more are choosing price over beauty, turning to companies that deliver so-called 'misfit' produce at a fraction of the cost.
  
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• Saskatchewan teachers vote to renew job sanctions mandate

  17-05-2024 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  On Thursday night the vote was announced, with a 95 per cent of voters supporting further sanctions, if needed.
  
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• Shoppers Drug Mart 'volunteer' job posting was an error: Loblaw

  17-05-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy in downtown Toronto is facing backlash over a now-deleted job posting for a “volunteer” position in the store. The job posting on LinkedIn listed duties including assisting customers, restocking shelves, and organizing inventory — all for zero compensation.
  
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• Message found in bottle in New Brunswick begs finder to ‘let me out’

  17-05-2024 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two Irishtown, N.B., neighbours are looking for whoever penned a message in a bottle that's sat for four decades waiting to be discovered.
  
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• Intelligence chief warns Canadians that China can use TikTok to spy on them

  17-05-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In some of his most hawkish comments to date, the head of Canada's intelligence agency is warning Canadians — including teenagers — against using the wildly popular video app TikTok.
  
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• Heading out for the May long weekend? Here’s what to expect for gas prices

  17-05-2024 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fuel price analysts say there's unlikely to be much change at the gas pump this May long weekend, with most Canadians likely to see a one to two cent rise or drop on average.
  
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• Fire-proofing an entire city: How Yukon is working to protect its capital

  17-05-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Work began in 2020 on a massive fuel break south of Whitehorse, intended to help protect the city from any encroaching wildfire from the south. Some residents wonder if it's enough.
  
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• Canadian Taylor Swift fans are flying to Europe for cheaper concert tickets

  17-05-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian fans are tallying up the cost of a flight, hotel and ticket, and are finding that travelling to Europe to see Taylor Swift in concert may be better bang for their buck than seeing the show on Canadian soil.
  
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• B.C. imposes new rules on boaters to stop spread of parasite

  17-05-2024 04:34 via cbc.ca
  
  British Columbia's chief veterinarian has issued an order making it illegal to transport boats or other watercraft without removing the drain plug to prevent the spread of whirling disease.
  
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• Mother, stepfather sentenced to 15 years in prison for horrific death of 6-year-old son

  17-05-2024 04:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Rykel Charleson, mother of deceased Dontay Lucas, and stepfather Mitchell Frank pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a case that has advocates wanting for answers for failures in the child protection system.
  
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• 'Another pair of eyes watching over me:' How a B.C. woman's guide dog saved her from drowning

  17-05-2024 03:09 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A B.C. woman says her guide dog pulled her from a lake moments before she had a seizure, saving her life.
  
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• Campfires OK for long weekend, but Category 2 fires banned in Okanagan

  17-05-2024 03:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The ban on Category 2 open fires will start Friday at noon and will remain in place until Oct. 11.
  
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• Multiple health enforcement orders issued to Lethbridge apartment complex

  17-05-2024 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some Lethbridge renters are in limbo after Alberta Health Services issued multiple closure and work orders for an apartment complex.
  
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• Hells Angels promote clubhouse just outside Peterborough. Ontario police are watching

  17-05-2024 02:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  OPP and Peterborough police say they are monitoring activity at the newly labelled Hells Angels clubhouse on Lily Lake Road on the north outskirts of the city in Selwyn Township.
  
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• Police issue Canada-wide warrant for Regina homicide suspect

  17-05-2024 02:18 via regina.ctvnews.ca
  
  Police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a man wanted in a homicide which occurred in Regina on May 12.
  
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• City and province squabble over Calgarian’s encampment cleanup request

  17-05-2024 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to the City of Calgary, the cleanup has been referred to the Alberta government because the encampment is on land owned by the province.
  
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• Edmonton police commission meeting goes virtual, citing safety concerns

  17-05-2024 01:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Days after Edmonton police took down encampments at a pro-Palestine rally at the University of Alberta, the chief appeared at the Edmonton Police Commission meeting.
  
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• FirstOntario redevelopment begins, hopes to be ‘relief valve’ for entertainers touring GTA

  17-05-2024 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  An official groundbreaking ceremony with shiny hard hats and mallets marked the start of a $280-million private sector renovation of the 39-year-old Hamilton venue.
  
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• The latest advice for expecting parents? Sign up for childcare as soon as you're pregnant

  17-05-2024 01:11 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Canada's new $10-a-day child care program is expanding, but there's growing evidence that demand for the program is rising even faster, leaving many parents on the outside looking in.
  
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• The latest advice for expecting parents? Sign up for child care as soon as you're pregnant

  17-05-2024 01:11 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Canada's new $10-a-day child care program is expanding, but there's growing evidence that demand for the program is rising even faster, leaving many parents on the outside looking in.
  
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• Trees trimmed near power lines in Okanagan raising safety concerns

  17-05-2024 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Naramata resident said one tree near his home wound up crashing down onto his deck five months five months after it was trimmed.
  
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• Canada’s largest Afro-Canadian cultural centre to see light of day in Montreal

  17-05-2024 00:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  There was laughter and tears at a Montreal press conference Thursday, following news that a new cultural centre for Black communities across Canada is to be opened in the city.
  
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• B.C. parents sentenced to 15 years for death of 6-year-old boy

  17-05-2024 00:37 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has sentenced the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy who died from blunt-force trauma in 2018 to 15 years in prison.
  
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• Road repair work blitz in West Island begins

  17-05-2024 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some cities and towns across the West Island have already begun rebuilding and fixing their streets and sidewalks. But finding the funds to pay for it all is a looming challenge.
  
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• Summer McIntosh breaks world record in women's 400m IM at Canadian swimming trials

  17-05-2024 00:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh has broken her own world record in the women's 400-metre individual medley with a time of four minutes 24.38 seconds at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials.
  
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