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[published_date] The Municipality of Jasper and Parks Canada are taking firmer measures to protect the park from wildfires, after a massive wildfire destroyed 30 per cent of the townsite in July 2024.  The measures will ensure that homes are built with non-combustible roofs and siding instead of highly flammable material like cedar shingles, which had been a popular…

[published_date] The Toronto Zoo will soon become home to a blind baby moose who was rescued near Ottawa earlier this month. The two-month-old baby moose, now named Cedar, was found by an animal rescue group on a rural road in Hawkesbury, Ont. Cedar was brought to Holly's Haven Wildlife Rescue, where he spent the last…

[published_date] Canada's Simone Leathead captured the first world championship medal of her career on Saturday in Singapore, winning silver in the women's 20 metre high dive. The Montreal native moved from fourth place into second on her final dive, an inward three somersaults ½ twist pike, which scored 90 points. WATCH | Leathead captures silver medal in Singapore:…

[published_date] When Shawn Underhill worked as an ironworker, it was his job to check the fit-for-duty box for the crew, a standard part of the daily safety paperwork. "It was a lie," said Underhill, explaining that he and other members of his crew weren't always sober. For decades, Underhill struggled with mental health and addiction,…

[published_date] The Ontario government's plan to hand parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park over to the local town for tourism development could set an "awful precedent" for other provincially owned parks, environmental advocates say. Premier Doug Ford announced in May that his government would give $38 million to Wasaga Beach to help revitalize the town's…

[published_date] Former prime minister Justin Trudeau upended 150 years of Canadian parliamentary tradition when he dumped Liberal senators, named Independents to the upper house and generally stripped the place of partisan elements. The experiment produced mixed reviews, with some old-guard senators — those who were there well before Trudeau — arguing the Senate is now irrelevant, slower, less…

[published_date] An independent review ordered last June into the delayed and over-budget North Shore wastewater treatment plant has been put on hold by Metro Vancouver's board of directors in deference to a legal dispute between the regional government and the original contractor. "After careful consideration, the board has decided the public interest is best served…

[published_date] Investigators were in a Maple Ridge, B.C., neighbourhood Friday morning as residents came to terms with a violent incident that claimed three lives Wednesday night. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says RCMP found two people — a man and woman in their 60s — and a dog dead inside a home on 239th Street. Officers found…

[published_date] Asylum seekers staying in federally-funded hotels will soon have to check out as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) says that funding will end in September.  A spokesperson for IRCC told CBC News via email that as of Thursday, the federal government was housing 485 asylum seekers in five hotels in Ontario and Quebec, noting it…

[published_date] When Aret Oymakas started selling diamonds years ago, engagement ring shoppers came in looking for one thing for their brides-to-be: a real, mined diamond. "It was just a diamond," said Oymakas, owner of Livia Diamonds in Toronto. "And you got what you were able to get … in terms of design and budget." These days,…

[published_date] For the last number of years Canadian swimming teenage superstar Summer McIntosh has been racking up international medals, breaking national and world records and rewriting history. Her star continues to rise at a meteoric clip, something that doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.  It's the expectation now that when McIntosh is swimming,…

[published_date] The Boston Fleet have hired Kris Sparre as the second head coach in the Professional Women's Hockey League franchise's history. Sparre, a 38-year-old veteran assistant with no experience in the women's game, replaces Courtney Kessel, who had a 27-19-8 record and a Walter Cup Finals appearance before leaving to take over at Princeton. Her departure…