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Once thought too cold for the marsupials, Montreal home to growing number of opossums
MONTREAL - One evening last fall, Robert Carrire was putting away some gardening tools when he saw something scurry out from under the shed. At first, he thought it was a big rat. Then he thought mayb...
Jun 28, 2024
Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday made it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge that also has been brought against former President Donald Trump. The justices...
Jun 28, 2024
Reports: Immanuel Quickley signs five-year, US$175 million deal to stay with Raptors
TORONTO - Immanuel Quickley will sign a five-year contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors, according to multiple reports. Quickley intends to ink the US$175 million contract when free agency officia...
Jun 28, 2024
Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court decided on Friday that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outdoors in West Coast areas where shelter space is lacking. The case is the most signifi...
Jun 28, 2024
Halifax shipyard cutting steel as navy aims for first new destroyer operating by 2035
HALIFAX - The Irving shipyard in Halifax is cutting steel for Canada's new destroyers, though the navy says it will be about a decade before the first 8,000-tonne vessel joins military operations. At ...
Jun 28, 2024
Iowa’s Supreme Court tells lower court to let strict abortion law go into effect
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a lower court ruling that put a temporary block on the state's strict abortion law, and is telling the lower court to let the law take effec...
Jun 28, 2024
Cache in on Dino Discovery VR Exhibit opens at Grande Cache Tourism Centre
A new tourist attraction opened at the Grande Cache Tourism Centre this week to give attendees the opportunity to walk with dinosaurs.The Cache in on Dino Discovery VR Exhibit utilizes VR technology t...
Jun 28, 2024
Canada's Leylah Fernandez moves into final at Eastbourne
EASTBOURNE - Canada's Leylah Fernandez has advanced to the final of the Rothesay International grass-court tennis tournament. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., defeated defending champion Madison Keys 6-3, 3...
Jun 28, 2024
Different schools of thought on why Canada drapes itself with red and white
FREDERICTON - Canada's unofficial national colours will be on full display Monday as Canadians don patriotic T-shirts, wave hand-held flags and hang bunting to celebrate their country. But while the r...
Jun 28, 2024
When heat waves strike, Environment Canada can link it to climate change — fast
TORONTO - The heat wave that gripped Eastern Canada last week brought stifling conditions, put pressure on the electricity grid and broke several temperature records as residents sweltered. While the ...
Jun 28, 2024