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Latest scale aims to weigh if chubby endangered B.C. marmots have more babies
Vancouver Island marmots can be a little shy when it comes to revealing their weight. Technicians and researchers with Vancouver Island University and the Wilder Institute are ready to deploy their la...
Feb 07, 2025
Booing of The Star-Spangled Banner reignites debate on national anthems in sports
It's been a decades-long tradition in North America, but a Canadian professor of sport management says it might be time to re-examine the legitimacy of national anthems being played before games. Last...
Feb 07, 2025
Flying Fathers Hockey Club to visit RDCRS next week
The Flying Fathers Hockey Club will be touring Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools next week.On Tuesday, Feb. 11, the Flying Fathers, a group of Catholic priests who have been playing hockey and sharin...
Feb 07, 2025
Capitals are one of just 2 NHL teams without a player in the 4 Nations Face-Off. It could help them
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Cruising to the top of the NHL standings by winning 36 of their first 54 games and losing just 11 in regulation, the Washington Capitals solidified themselves as a team to watch ...
Feb 07, 2025
Canada invests $72 million in satellite constellation to monitor active wildfires
LONGUEUIL, Que. - Canada is investing $72 million on a novel satellite constellation that will monitor active forest fires across the country. Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault made the a...
Feb 07, 2025
CF Montreal beefs up defence with additions of Petrasso, Craig
MONTREAL - CF Montral has beefed up its defence ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The team announced Friday that it has added Canadian defender Luca Petrasso and American defender Brandan Craig...
Feb 07, 2025
As Ottawa explores new uses for AI in the public service, experts call for caution
OTTAWA - As the federal government explores new ways to use artificial intelligence, it's also being warned to keep the technology away from criminal justice, policy-making and hiring. Then-president ...
Feb 07, 2025
Three men in Quebec accused of smuggling people from the U.S. into Canada
MONTREAL - The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. During two separate events last year, the three men were intercepted in ...
Feb 07, 2025
Jays GM says Max Scherzer's arrival raises the bar for everyone in the organization
TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins says having veteran pitcher Max Scherzer, with his experience and compete level, raises the bar for the whole organization. Scherzer is coming off an in...
Feb 07, 2025
Ford urges Ottawa to move faster to satisfy U.S. border security demands
OTTAWA - Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is criticizing the federal government over the time it's taking to appoint what he calls a border czar. Ford says the Trump administration ha...
Feb 07, 2025