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  • BusinessThe Weather Network

    Canada faces a fickle April as winter wanes and summer teases

    All eyes are on the April 8 solar eclipse, but a slew of changeable weather lies in wait for the rest of the month across Canada

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    New study says fireworks have small effect on air quality, but doctors not impressed

    MONTREAL — Almost a year after smog from wildfires led officials in Montreal to cancel two major fireworks shows, groups representing pyrotechnics companies have released a study that concludes the displays have a small effect on air quality. But doctors and an environmental health specialist warn the fireworks can still pose dangers to human health. The study published Wednesday was commissioned by the Regroupement des événements pyrotechniques du Québec and carried out by the company AtkinsRéa

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Half of Canadians support TikTok ban, with U.S. concerns 'trickling' north: poll

    OTTAWA — A new poll indicates 51 per cent of Canadians support banning the social media app TikTok, after a U.S. bill aiming to do just that passed in the House of Representatives. Canada has ordered its own national security review of TikTok, something the Liberal government revealed following passage of the U.S. bill earlier this month. Just under a third of respondents, 28 per cent, said they would oppose a ban, according to the Leger poll of 1,605 Canadians conducted March 23 to 25. The poll

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  • NewsThe Weather Network

    Heavy rains persist as tropical moisture washes over East Coast

    Downpours and gusty winds will sweep the East Coast into the start of the weekend, bringing a risk for localized flooding and scattered power outages

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Four Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok

    TORONTO — Four of Ontario's largest school boards are suing the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning, contributing to a mental health crisis and leaving educators to manage the fallout. The Toronto District School Board, the Peel District School Board, the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board filed four separate but similar cases in Ontario's Superior Court

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Killer whale rescue team puts boats back in lagoon in effort to entice calf to ocean

    ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A flotilla of up to 10 vessels, taking advantage of the best tidal flows in days, was on the waters of a remote lagoon off northern Vancouver Island Thursday in an effort to coax a young killer whale back to the open ocean, but "a successful outcome is not guaranteed." Six days of efforts to entice a two-year-old orca calf out of the lagoon and back to the ocean following the death of its mother last weekend have included the use of recorded killer whale calls, specialized direc

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    B.C. First Nation, Catholic Church announce 'Sacred Covenant' to be signed on Easter

    KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Vancouver's Catholic archdiocese is marking Easter with a commitment towards reconciliation with First Nations in B.C., Archbishop J. Michael Miller says. The church and the chief of the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc announced Thursday that a "Sacred Covenant" agreement has been reached between the church and the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C. The covenant comes three years after the First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., announced the discovery of what it believed were the remains of more th

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