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Historic Scouts Canada camp lodge burns to ground in Quebec's Laurentians
Former scout leader Micheal Reid has fond memories of Camp Tamaracouta."I learned how to cook there. I learned how to track animals. It was really just an eye-opening experience," he said.Over the weekend, the main lodge was destroyed by fire. It was the second fire on the campground in a month. The camp, Tamaracouta Scout Reserve (TSR), was built in 1911 in Mille-Isles, Que., about 80 kilometres northwest of Montreal in the Laurentians.Six years ago, the camp closed and Scouts Canada has been t
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Columbia Law voices confidence in grads in face of conservative judges' boycott
The head of Columbia Law School backed its graduates on Tuesday, saying they were "consistently sought out" as it responded to an announcement by 13 conservative federal judges that they would not hire students from the Ivy League university. The judges announced the boycott on Monday, citing the university's handling of pro-Palestinian protests and calling the Manhattan campus an "incubator of bigotry" in a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester. Lester said
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TTC increasing service on 24 bus routes, starting next week
The TTC is bolstering bus service with the new efforts primarily focused on routes that serve riders in the city's suburbs, officials announced Tuesday.Overall ridership levels are still about 77 per cent of what they were pre-pandemic, but TTC CEO Rick Leary said some routes are currently well above maximum capacity."We've had a few weekend days where we're at 118 percent of pre-pandemic levels," Leary told reporters at a news conference.In response, the TTC is adding buses to 24 routes that ma
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Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to make public drug use illegal again
OTTAWA — Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot. The change represents a major policy climbdown for the provincial NDP government more than a year into the three-year pilot program with Ottawa that is aimed at tackling the deadly overdose crisis. But Ya'ara Saks, Canada's mental health and addictions minister, dismissed any notion the shift is an admission
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UPEI nursing grads eager to 'make a difference' in health care
They know nursing can be terribly stressful. They've heard all about staff shortages and burnout. And the hours are … not great.But the 77 nursing grads from UPEI's class of 2024 are optimistic and ready to work. "It's definitely an exciting time for all of us," said Jessica Watts, one of 77 graduating nurses who gathered Monday night for the traditional pinning ceremony."It's a profession where you get a really good opportunity to make a difference in times that are not always positive — and th
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$300K worth of product stolen from several LCBO stores across the province, 2 men arrested
Two men found sleeping in a stolen car in St. Catharines, Ont., have been arrested as part of an investigation into more than 100 thefts from LCBO stores across the province.Police say more than $300,000 worth of product was taken in more than 100 thefts from LCBO stores, including some located in Guelph.Arrests were made on Sunday afternoon, when Guelph Police found the men sleeping inside a stolen car in St. Catharines. With help from Niagara police, they blocked in the car with the sleeping m
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'Long overdue': Inuvik, N.W.T., looks to rename street that commemorates residential school priest
A street in Inuvik, N.W.T., might soon have a new name.Ruyant Crescent is a short residential loop in the town's west end, named after Father Max Ruyant, a Catholic priest who ran Grollier Hall for more than 20 years. The hall was a government-funded boarding facility, established in the 1950s for children from the Sahtu, Beaufort Delta and Kitikmeot regions in the N.W.T and Nunavut.Grollier Hall, which closed in the '90s, was the site of "many acts of sexual and psychological abuse," according
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