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Montreal police, prosecutors launch project to better address strangulation cases
Montreal police and the Quebec prosecutor's office are launching a pilot project to help authorities better address domestic violence-related strangulations, which they say are among the strongest indicators a victim may eventually be killed by their abuser. Montreal police Cmdr. Anouk St-Onge said she got the idea for the project while attending a conference in the United States in 2021 on violence against women. There, she realized that what she thought she knew about strangulations — includin
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VideoCanadian insurer Intact Financial rolls out pilot to assist in wildfire home protection
Canadian insurance company Intact Financial announced Tuesday that it is rolling out a pilot project that will see eligible customers in B.C. and Alberta access a service providing wildfire loss prevention and suppression through a partnership with Montana's Wildfire Defense Services. As Sean Previl reports, the aim is to help mitigate potential damage homes could face as Canadians face an increased risk of wildfires.
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Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is appointing a new committee to look into ways to speed up reclamation of tailings ponds in the province's oilsands. The province says in a release that the committee will examine potential policies and options that would allow reclamation to happen as quickly and safely as possible. The six-member committee includes a United Conservative Party legislature member, an oilsands executive, an engineering professor, a former Conservative cabinet minister, a former
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Woman found dead in Oshawa home, police search for man
Durham police are searching for a man after a woman was found dead in her Oshawa home on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the home around 7 a.m. at Rideau Street and Saguenay Avenue for a wellness check, according to a news release on Tuesday. Officers breached the door and located the woman inside, said Const. Nicholas Gluckstein. The cause of death has not yet been determined, he added. Police are looking for a 31-year-old man who they say is associated with the woman and her residence.
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Dead fish found floating in High Park pond, city investigating
The city says it has begun to investigate the water in a High Park pond after scores of dead fish were found floating in its waters.In a statement on Monday, city spokesperson Nitish Bissonauth said the dead fish were Bluegill, a water-warm fish native to Ontario, and died in Grenadier Pond in mid-April. High Park is located in Toronto's west end, between Bloor Street West and The Queensway. It's bordered by Parkside Drive on its eastern side."We are currently working alongside the Toronto and R
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VideoScientists are learning the basic building blocks of sperm whale language after years of effort
Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them.
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UBC president says endowment fund doesn't directly own stocks targeted by protesters
VANCOUVER — The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn't directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment on the Vancouver campus. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says the targeted companies are instead part of "pooled funds and managed by external investment managers," making up 0.28 per cent of the endowment fund UBC says is worth about $2.8 billion. He says in a message posted online that
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