a major hydrocarbon release
No injuries but Hibernia oil spill posed threat of deadly blast and fire: regulator
ST. JOHN'S - The agency that oversees Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore energy sector says a recent oil spill and gas leak aboard the Hibernia oil platform could have caused a deadly explosion and fire.The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator says the spill on May 12 was contained on the platfo...
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'we are 26'
Fans ready to rally as Canada takes on South Africa in FIFA World Cup knockout stage
Canadian soccer fans will rally behind their team today as the nation heads into its first FIFA World Cup knockout stage match, taking on South Africa in a highly anticipated showdown.Canada will face the South Africans in Los Angeles after the latter team upset South Korea 1-0 in Mexico City on Wednesday.Canada advanc...
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Saskatchewan
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A frightened young emu escaped a farm in Luseland. Now its owner is racing to bring it home
Kim Sheppard-Lee watched the young emu squeeze through a small gap in a fence the Wednesday before last and disappear across an alfalfa field just hours after it arrived at her hobby farm in Luseland."I actually saw him do it," she recalled. "By the time that I could get the fence undone and get out to h...
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USask researchers discover new, fifth way human bones regenerate
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Special water ceremony at Manitou Lake immerses participants in healing
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Photo speed enforcement hits speed bump in Saskatchewan
It appears that some - or possibly all - of the speed camera boxes in Saskatchewan are currently sitting empty.Redflex Traffic Systems, operating as Verra Mobility Systems, was the vendor for the province's photo speed cameras. It entered into a contract with SGI in 2020 to lease the cameras to the Crown corporation, i...
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The perpetrator of the Concordia massacre dies in prison at 86
MONTREAL - Valery Fabrikant, who shot four people dead at Concordia University in 1992, died in a Quebec prison on Saturday. Correctional Service Canada put out a news release on Sunday stating he had died of apparent natural causes at the age of 86. F...
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Poilievre asks Parliament to probe B.C. 'condo bailout' blocking 'a price correction'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Parliament to probe Ottawa's proposal to convert unsold condominium units in British Columbia into affordable housing. In a letter to the House ethics committee, Poilievre says a program to po...
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Montreal family to be separated after mother's asylum claim was refused
MONTREAL - Arminda Casanova said her son never learned to write in his mother tongue of Spanish after attending several years of school in French in Montreal. The mother and her son came to Canada from Mexico as asylum seekers in 2022 to reunite with h...
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No injuries but Hibernia oil spill posed threat of deadly blast and fire: regulator
ST. JOHN'S - The agency that oversees Newfoundland and Labrador's offshore energy sector says a recent oil spill and gas leak aboard the Hibernia oil platform could have caused a deadly explosion and fire. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore ...
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Pride Parade marching through Toronto today; PM Mark Carney set to attend
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After more than 150 years, the RCMP's Musical Ride is still a living symbol of Canada
OTTAWA - The RCMP's celebrated Musical Ride is almost as old as Canada itself. Speaking at the RCMP stables east of downtown Ottawa last week, RCMP Chief Instructor Sgt. Derek Quilley said the show is a living, breathing symbol of the country. The spec...
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