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Severe weather, late-season heat pushes into northwest Ontario

The autumnal equinox is only days away, but the weather across northwestern Ontario is still behaving in ways that are more reminiscent of mid-summer...

Montreal West Island’s 1st Pride event helps to heal past wounds

Theo Wouters was delighted to see how much things had changed in Pointe-Claire, Que., as residents gathered for the municipality's first ever Pride event...

Sask. mother calls for action to address daycare shortage for neurodivergent children

A Saskatoon mother and the owners of a daycare for neurodivergent children are calling for the provincial government to do more to increase child...

A stormy setup on the Prairies this week will feel like déjà vu

This week is going to feel like a touch of déjà vu across the Prairies as a developing pattern brings a near-repeat of the...

Will B.C.’s massive new Site C dam on the Peace River have downstream impacts on Alberta?

At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia is the...

New bilingual sign requirement stirs uproar in N.B. community, prompting mayor to quit

Beausoleil protested the new rule outside the municipal office on Tuesday evening. (Radio-Canada)A similar bylaw was passed there in March, except it has a...

N.B. naturalists optimistic about increase in monarch butterfly numbers

Monarch butterflies worried naturalists last year with a shockingly low presence in the province, but a team of butterfly taggers say this year the...

Monarch resurgence on P.E.I. gives environmental group butterflies

A P.E.I. environmental group is excited and relieved by the number of monarch butterflies it's been able to tag this year.The Bedeque Bay Environmental Management...

The strange and dark tale of the other Nova Scotian Alexander Keith

While Alexander Keith became famous as a Halifax brewer and politician, his namesake nephew became notorious for his life of deceit and crime.Alexander Keith...

MUN scientists’ discovery of 570-million-year-old fossil provides a glimpse of jellyfish history

A visual representation of what Mamsetia manunis may have looked like when alive. (Submitted by Rod Taylor)"It's like taking a modern form and sending...

N.L. ‘happy to play a part’ in taking in asylum seekers with federal support: Furey

Andrew Furey said Friday the PC opposition is 'playing politics with vulnerable people.' (Mike Simms/CBC)In response to a recent national newspaper report, Newfoundland and...

Missile fired from Yemen set off sirens in central Israel, military says

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A surface-to-surface missile fired at central Israel from Yemen hit an unpopulated area, causing no injuries, Israel's military said on Sunday.Moments earlier,...

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