Friday, 31 May 2019

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Quebec woman faked being a nurse for 20 years


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A woman who worked as a nurse at the Jonquière hospital for 20 years has turned out not to be a nurse at all, according to Quebec's Order of Nurses. 

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Alberta evacuee numbers nearly double in last 24 hours to 10,000 due to wildfires


Paddle Prairie

Another 4,500 people were forced from their homes over the previous 24-hour period due to smoke from fires in northern Alberta, government officials said Thursday.

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Ontario forest firefighters focus on pushing blaze away from Pikangikum First Nation


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Wildfire officials in northern Ontario say fire crews are focusing on the western flank of a 3,000-hectare blaze that has caused a state of emergency on Pikangikum First Nation.

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CAFA ceremony celebrates Canadian fashion's fresh faces and veterans


Coco Rocha CAFA Awards 2019

At this year's Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards in Toronto last night, wins from Tasha Tilberg, Krow Kian and Aurora James showcase how the design landscape is changing.

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Scripps spelling bee ends in 8-way championship tie


APTOPIX Spelling Bee

The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broken Thursday night, brought to its knees by eight spellers who were too poised, too prepared and too savvy for any word thrown their way.

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China tells Canada of 'consequences' of helping U.S. with Huawei case


South China Sea Watch

China says Canada needs to be aware of the consequences of aiding the United States in a case involving the Chinese tech giant Huawei that is believed to have sparked the detentions of two Canadians in China.

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Canada partly to blame for trash fracas with Philippines, say environmentalists


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The federal government says it’s pursuing all legal options against the now-defunct company that shipped tons of garbage to the Philippines, but experts say Canada bears part of the blame.

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Postcards from Juno Beach dispatched 75 years later in memory of fallen Canadian soldiers


Fred Barnard

Residents across Canada have been receiving some unusual postcards stamped with a bit of personal history of the veterans who once shared an address with the recipients. Its part of an initiative commemorating the hundreds of Canadians killed in the Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944.

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Canadian brands winning over Chinese consumers despite Canada-China spat


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While Canada and China are in the midst of tense diplomacy over the apprehension of a Huawei executive, Canadian brands like Tim Hortons and Canada Goose have captured the imagination of Chinese consumers, Saša Petricic writes.

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This is not your father's gay blood ban era. We're overdue for a comprehensive reassessment


Blood donations

Discrimination to protect the health of blood recipients is fair only if it is based in legitimate protections, rather than biased assumptions.

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Why the Canadian economy seems divorced from traditional signals: Don Pittis


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Boosted by fossil fuels and a housing market on fire, Canada rode out the depths of the U.S. recesssion. So as those two decline, why is the economy still strong?

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Planting more trees 'one of the best things we can do' to reduce carbon in the air


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In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we examine the climate strikes happening around the world, trees as a carbon capture "technology" and reader suggestions on sustainable living.

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New tools, stiffer penalties needed to police big tech companies, says competition watchdog


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The federal government should boost the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour to more effectively regulate tech giants and the digital economy, says Canada's competition watchdog.

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What's happening to Jupiter's Great Red Spot? Astronomers see unravelling of 400-year-old storm


Jupiter Great Red Spot

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is dying. Over the past week, amateur astronomers around the world have seen some unusual activity around the solar system's largest and longest-lasting storm.

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Thursday, 30 May 2019

Raptors relish home court in historic Game 1 win


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The Toronto Raptors didn’t look like a team appearing in its first-ever NBA Finals game on Thursday night. Toronto picked apart the back-to-back defending champion Golden State Warriors to take Game 1 by a final score of 118-109.

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The National for May 30, 2019


The National for May 30, 2019

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Raptors put a bow on historic Finals opener with impressive win over Warriors


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The Toronto Raptors stunned the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 118-109 in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.

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Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico if it does not stem flow of migrants into the U.S.


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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will slap a five per cent tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the border.

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Canadian garbage will soon be on its way from Philippines to Vancouver


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Sixty-nine shipping containers of fetid Canadian trash are being loaded onto a container ship in the Philippine port of Subic. They are expected to arrive in B.C. in a month.

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