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'Seeing is believing': VR project immerses viewers in climate change on Yukon island
HERSCHEL ISLAND, YUKON - Surrounded by chirping birds, buzzing mosquitoes and waves gently lapping on the shore, viewers travel through time, witnessing a permafrost thaw slump, rising floodwaters and...
Jul 11, 2023
First Nations chiefs gather in Halifax to hear from new interim chief after ousting
HALIFAX - Hundreds of Indigenous leaders are gathering today in Halifax for the start of the Assembly of First Nations annual general assembly, where they will hear from their new interim national chi...
Jul 11, 2023
Corporate ethics czar starting human-rights probes around Canadian imports from China
Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog is set to announce multiple investigations into whether Canadian companies are importing products made through human-rights abuses in China, a move advocates have so...
Jul 11, 2023
Helicopter with 6 on board including foreign tourists is missing near Mount Everest in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A helicopter carrying foreign tourists went missing Tuesday in the Mount Everest area of Nepal and contact was lost with the aircraft. The helicopter was returning to the capit...
Jul 11, 2023
Julio RodrÃguez hit a record 41 homers in the Home Run Derby's first round to beat Pete Alonso
SEATTLE (AP) - Mariners star Julio Rodrguez hit a record 41 homers in the first round before his hometown fans, advancing to the semifinals of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night along with Ta...
Jul 10, 2023
Julio RodrÃguez hit a record 41 homers in the Home Run Derby's first round to beat Pete Alonso
SEATTLE (AP) - Mariners star Julio Rodrguez hit a record 41 homers in the first round before his hometown fans, advancing to the semifinals of the All-Star Home Run Derby on Monday night along with Ta...
Jul 10, 2023
Staff at lodge for LNG workers approve strike, potentially disrupting Kitimat project
KITIMAT, B.C. - Employees at a lodge housing workers for LNG Canada's gas facility in Kitimat, B.C., have authorized strike action, potentially disrupting construction of the massive project. The unio...
Jul 10, 2023
Blue Jays select Canadians O'Halloran, Shaw on Day 2 of MLB draft
The Toronto Blue Jays selected two Canadians on the second day of the Major League Baseball Draft. Toronto took University of Michigan left-hander Connor O'Halloran, from Mississauga, Ont., in the fif...
Jul 10, 2023
Fourth-place win for Fraser, Robinson in Yukon River Quest
La Ronge's Ragnar Robinson and his canoeing partner Scott Fraser, of Regina, placed fourth in the Yukon River Quest last week.A 715-kilometre race from Whitehouse to Dawson City, the Yukon River Quest...
Jul 10, 2023
Blue Jays reinstate Springer from paternity list
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have reinstated outfielder George Springer from the paternity list, the team announced Monday. Springer had missed Toronto's last two games against the Detroit Tigers a...
Jul 10, 2023