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Rain-stricken Ontario will see more wet weather as soggy April presses on
Get ready for more rain, southern Ontario, as more systems make their way into the region this week, keeping the trend of a soggy April going strong
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Orphaned B.C. orca may be eating fish, vet says, as rescuers plan new strategy
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A Vancouver Aquarium expert who has been involved in attempts to rescue an orphaned orca says the calf may be feeding on fish in the B.C. lagoon where she has been trapped for more than three weeks. Veterinarian Martin Haulena said he got a good look at the calf during Friday's failed attempt to corral the whale, and it was possible she had been foraging, "based on her body condition being maintained." Haulena said there were salmon, perch, ling cod and rockfish in the Vancouver
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La Niña will make a comeback this summer as El Niño finally fades
The revised forecasts issued by scientists have been revealed, and the verdict is clear: La Niña will make a comeback
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Season rewind in Alberta as snow, cold temperatures invade Alberta
Snowfall warnings and special weather statements are in effect for parts of southern Alberta as a swath of wintry impacts will push through, likely to disrupt travel
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Canada belatedly lays Sudan sanctions as ex-envoy seeks pathway to end year-long war
OTTAWA — As the federal government belatedly laid sanctions Monday against those it blames for perpetuating a year-long civil war in Sudan, the country's former ambassador in Ottawa said Canada can help lay the pathway for peace. "The world should be appalled by the unmatched calamity happening in Sudan," said Tarig Abusalih, its most recent ambassador to Canada. A year ago, a long-standing political feud between branches of Sudan's military broke into armed conflict that caused Western countrie
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Wild turkey breaks into Quebec long-term care home, a sign of 'exploding' population
MONTREAL — A break-in by a wild turkey at a long-term care home south of Quebec City over the weekend is a sign that the range and population of the birds are expanding in Quebec, bringing them closer to people. The wild turkey smashed through the third-floor window of the care home Saturday morning in Beauceville, Que., the local health authority said in an email. The office it entered was empty at the time, and fast-acting staff members at the care home closed the office door to prevent the bi
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Singh defends NDP carbon price position — without directly supporting a consumer levy
OTTAWA — The federal leader of the New Democrats spent Monday insisting his party's position on carbon pricing remains unchanged. But Jagmeet Singh refused to say explicitly whether he supports the consumer levy, and Canadians having to pay it on everyday items like gasoline. "Our position is not changed — at all," he told reporters. "We absolutely support a price on pollution. We've always supported it." Singh faced reporters for the first time since a speech last week at the annual Progress Su
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