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Keeping it halal: How two friends are making it easier for Muslims to find a place to eat in Calgary
Their idea started out as a conversation, two friends looking for a place to eat on a night off. Very quickly, it became something much bigger than they expected.Within a week of launching Maaza, a user-created Google map that shows more than 100 restaurants offering halal food in Calgary, Usman Cokar and Fazal Khan have already seen thousands respond to their data set.Halal is an Arabic word that roughly translates to "permissible" in English. In the Islamic faith, there's a widely accepted bel
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Each Yellowstone guest's carbon footprint equal to the weight of a grand piano
“These topics both have major economic and environmental repercussions. Managers and decision-makers need a complete perspective on how tourism to parks contributes to a vulnerable global climate system.”
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Lack of housing in Dawson City, Yukon putting some long-term residents in a tough spot
People who live in Dawson City, Yukon say it's the best place to live.Residents are friendly. Business opportunities are endless. And the landscape is top-notch.That's what drew Lydia Soulliere to the North seven years ago.Since moving to Dawson, she met her love Ross Cockburn, and the two have started numerous businesses. One of those is the former, and very popular Annabelle's Noodle House, which offered an alternative option to pizza and pub food in town.But now, she and her partner are in a
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Liberals pledge $9B in new money for Indigenous communities in 2024 budget
The Trudeau government is promising $9 billion in new cash for Indigenous communities over the next five years, a smaller spend than some past budgets but one the government says builds on past investments and maintains an upward trend.With no single big-ticket item for Indigenous Peoples this year, ongoing Liberal commitments and previous pledges figure prominently in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's latest federal budget."Spending on Indigenous priorities has increased significantly since
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Doctor testifies on erectile dysfunction at lawyer's trial in defence attempt to cast doubt on allegations
Warning: The content in this story involves alleged sexual assault and the details may be disturbing to some.Jerome Kennedy presented Dr. Douglas Drover with a series of hypothetical scenarios Tuesday in Supreme Court in St. John's in an effort to determine whether his client could have possibly done what he's accused of doing. The former health authority chief of staff and urologist took the stand as an expert witness in the trial of Robert Regular, 72, Tuesday.He was the third witness called b
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Fredericton bridge repair will push final work on Regent Street to 2025
Construction on the Princess Margaret Bridge by the province this summer will mean more work on Regent Street in downtown Fredericton next year.The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure project will close the Princess Margaret, one of the two bridges connecting the city's north and south sides, for five weeks starting in May. Melissa Steeves, assistant manager of engineering, design and construction, said the city wants to avoid closing a section of Regent Street during the anticipated
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VideoReport details several areas for response improvement following last year's Hawaii wildfires
Fire officials in Maui County discuss an external agency review of their performance during the 2023 Hawaii wildfires that destroyed more than 3,900 buildings and displaced thousands of people
