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A list of NNA winners and finalists; Globe and Mail nabs seven
TORONTO — The National Newspaper Awards were handed out in Toronto on Friday night. Here is the complete list of the winners and finalists: Arts and Entertainment: Winner: Matt Simmons, Cara McKenna and Marty Clemens, IndigiNews and The Narwhal, for their feature about the return of a stolen totem pole to Nisga’a Nation after almost a century. Finalists: Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail, for her stories on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s celebrated Group of Seven oil sketches that turned out to be fa
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Globe wins seven newspaper awards; CP recognized for CSIS investigation
TORONTO — The Globe and Mail was the top winner at the National Newspaper Awards, which were handed out on Friday night. The Globe won nods in seven of the 23 regular categories. La Presse and the Toronto Star both won three awards, and the Brandon Sun and the Narwhal each had two. Thirteen other news outlets received one award each, including The Canadian Press, which was recognized in the investigations category for a project examining workplace abuse at Canada’s spy agency. Friday marked the
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Orca's escape from B.C. lagoon will be talked about for 'generations,' say nations
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — An orphan killer whale calf escaped from a remote Vancouver Island tidal lagoon Friday where it had been trapped for more than a month, immediately swimming towards the open ocean and making calls for its extended family members, say overjoyed rescue officials. The young orca's bid for freedom occurred at a high tide early Friday and involved swimming through a swift-moving, narrow channel and underneath a bridge, with Esperanza Inlet in the near distance. "It's been a joyful da
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'Breathe': Milla Jovovich, Jennifer Hudson and Quvenzhané Wallis tap into climate change fears in post-apocalyptic film
In Breathe, Jennifer Hudson, Quvenzhané Wallis and Milla Jovovich are in the year 2039, when the earth is left with an uninhabitable level of oxygen.
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Muggy air, storm risk build in southern Ontario this weekend
Temperatures and humidity are on the rise across southern Ontario as unsettled weather pushes into the region
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Ice, snow possible as storms sweep Manitoba, northern Ontario
An active storm track parked over the western Great Lakes will keep unsettled weather around as we close out April
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B.C. premier says public use rules should have been in place before decriminalization
VANCOUVER — British Columbia is preparing to ban most public drug use, a change to parts of its decriminalization pilot project that the premier says should have been in place all along. The province has made an "urgent" request to Health Canada to make amendments to B.C.'s exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to give police the power to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, including inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. Premier David Eby said during a
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