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  • EntertainmentYahoo News Canada

    'We Were the Lucky Ones' stars experienced 'overwhelming feelings of emotion' filming Holocaust survival show

    Georgia Hunter's novel "We Were the Lucky Ones," has been adapted into a limited series, now on Disney+ in Canada, with Joey King and Logan Lerman.

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  • NewsCBC

    University of Sask. officially launches Canada's freshwater monitoring network

    Water is becoming a scarce resource and, unless carefully managed, the Prairies could be even drier than they are now, but a project officially announced Wednesday at the University of Saskatchewan is meant to help monitor our waterways, act as an early warning system and point the way to water sustainability.The Global Water Futures Observatories (GWFO) network is a collaboration between nine universities, along with water experts and government officials.Data is collected from 64 water observa

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    Boil-water advisory issued in Longueuil, Que., affects Saint-Hubert, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville

    Longueuil, Que., has issued a boil-water advisory for a portion of the Saint-Hubert borough as well as for the municipality of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.A map is available online to see exactly which areas are affected.For those sectors affected, the city recommends boiling water for at least one minute before consumption, until further notice. The boil-water advisory is for a minimum of 24 hours, the city says in a statement.All water used to wash and prepare food, to make ice cubes and to bru

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  • NewsThe Weather Network

    How to safely coexist with grizzlies as encounters increase in Canada

    A spike in grizzly bear sightings leads to question of how to coexist

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    Residents, leaders welcome Ottawa's plan to make former HMCS Hunter property available for housing

    The federal government's announcement to make the former HMCS Hunter naval reserve building available for housing development is getting a thumbs up from area residents and leaders.Liberal MP for Windsor-Tecumseh Irek Kusmierczyk, the CEO of the Windsor-Essex Community Housing Corporation Cynthia Summers, former city councillor Rino Bortolin and Downtown Windsor BIA chair and developer Chris MacLeod have all welcomed the budget announcement, saying it's a great move to get more housing in Windso

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Here's more about Ottawa's plan to turn post offices, historic armouries into housing

    OTTAWA — A 1970s Canada Post building in Alberta and stone Quebec City army barracks dating back to 1856 are just some of the public lands the Liberal government plans to turn into homes. The idea, outlined in the federal budget released Tuesday, is to use federally owned sites across the country to help ease the Canada-wide housing crunch. Here's what to know. How many properties are on the list? The federal government is Canada's largest landowner. The budget lists six Canada Post properties i

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  • EntertainmentCBC

    Calgary re-branded as the 'Blue Sky City'

    Calgary: Blue Sky City.That's the new city slogan unveiled by Calgary Economic Development and Tourism Calgary on Wednesday, replacing "Be Part of the Energy," marking the start of a new era of branding. Strategists with the groups say this new brand is a nod to innovation — Calgary being a city of blue-sky thinking — and one that reflects all Calgarians.The new slogan is also a nod to Calgary being one of the sunniest cities in Canada, which Tourism Calgary CEO Cindy Ady said reflects an import

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