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Tim Hortons to stage theatrical production loosely based around 2010 Sarnia, Ont., snowstorm
In the last year, Tim Hortons has treated cottaging Canadians to a boat drive thru, revived its beloved Dutchie doughnut and launched flatbread pizzas. But perhaps its biggest surprise will come this summer, on the heels of its 60th anniversary on May 17, when it enters a realm so unexpected for a fast-food giant that even its executives expect some people's first reactions to be, "What?!"The head-scratcher will come in the form of The Last Timbit, a musical for which Tim Hortons has assembled a
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Canada opens personal-use mackerel bait fishery, extends commercial moratorium
Canada is opening a personal-use bait fishery for mackerel this spring while extending the moratorium on commercial mackerel fishing in Atlantic Canada and Quebec in 2024.Fish caught under a bait licence are intended for personal-use and cannot be sold, traded or bartered.The Department of Fisheries and Oceans said in a news release Thursday the bait fishery will help licence holders supply their other fisheries, such lobster, with bait without jeopardizing the ongoing rebuilding of the stock.Th
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Cuba says state airline cancelled flights after Argentina denied it fuel
Argentine jet fuel providers in Buenos Aires refused to service Cuban state airline Cubana this week citing concerns over U.S. trade sanctions on Cuba, the Havana-based carrier said late on Wednesday, prompting multiple unexpected flight cancellations. Cubana de Aviacion S.A., which operates flights within Cuba and to various cities internationally, said it had cancelled flights on April 23 and 24, as well as other flights contracted to partner airlines, forcing the company to rebook passengers
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P.E.I. shatters 1st-quarter record for housing starts
P.E.I. had its best first quarter ever for housing starts this year, and the province's housing minister is wondering why opposition parties have had no questions for him about it.The 394 housing starts in the first three months of 2024 is more than twice as many than any first quarter has shown since 1979. The previous record was set in 1978, with 237.Statistics Canada released the numbers on April 16. In the legislature on Tuesday, Housing Minister Rob Lantz chastised opposition parties for no
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Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza's Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight, killing at least six Palestinians, medics said on Thursday, after saying it would evacuate civilians from the Gaza border city and storm it despite allies' warnings this could cause mass casualties. In the seventh month of a devastating air and ground war against the Gaza Strip's ruling Islamist group Hamas, Israeli forces also resumed bombarding northern and central areas of the enclave, as well as east of Khan Younis in the south. Israeli warp
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Speed limit rising on another section of 401 in Chatham-Kent
Another stretch of Highway 401 in southwestern Ontario will be getting a new speed limit. The provincial government announced Wednesday that the 110 km/h zone from Windsor to Tilbury is getting extended by seven kilometres.The area is one of 10 sections on 400-series highways that will see speed limits go up by 10 km/h. Highway 403 from Woodstock to Brantford is also on the list.The provincial government started raising 401 speed limits in some areas about five years ago through pilot projects,
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VideoUkrainian drone unit near Bakhmut trying to plug gap left by ammunition shortages
As Ukrainian soldiers wait for more ammunition and air defence support from international allies, a drone team from Code 9.2 - part of 92nd brigade - arrives at a dugout near the eastern town of Bakhmut, which was seized by Russian forces last May. There, a drone operator who goes by the call-sign "Dvizh", stares at the screen showing images of Russian vehicles moving along a road. He aims, then drops an explosive onto the moving vehicle.
