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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    'City within a city': Montreal announces new plan for 20,000 housing units

    MONTREAL — The City of Montreal has announced a new vision for an old racetrack that the mayor says will be home to as many as 40,000 people. The federal and provincial governments, as well as the city will each pitch in $2 million for technical studies on the 95 hectares of land, part of which used to host the Hippodrome. The land hasn't been used for 14 years and doesn't have a water distribution system, and the studies will analyze what it will cost to connect the area to city infrastructure

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    Person rushed away on a stretcher after fire extinguished outside Trump hush money trial

    Person rushed away on a stretcher after fire extinguished outside Trump hush money trial

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  • NewsYahoo News

    Trump’s hush money trial jury is set. Here’s why we won’t learn much about them.

    The jury that will decide whether Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records is made up of seven men and five women who live in Manhattan.

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  • NewsCBC

    Major zoning shift would axe minimum parking, allow denser housing, save trees

    The City of Ottawa is looking to eliminate minimum parking rules, save space for trees and allow more neighbourhood-based businesses through a major rewrite of its zoning bylaw.It's only a first draft that must now go through about a year and a half of public consultation, redrafting and voting at council and its committees, but Coun. Jeff Leiper said it goes a long way to meeting the city's development goals."This zoning bylaw obviously allows considerably more density right across the city," s

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  • ScienceThe Weather Network

    Watch for Lyrid fireballs to light up the sky Sunday night

    One of the oldest known meteor showers peaks Sunday night. Check your weather forecast and find somewhere dark to watch for fireballs streaking across the sky.

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Canada urges halt to escalating violence as Israel suspected of airstrike on Iran

    OTTAWA — The prime minister is urging de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East, though he stopped short Friday of condemning Israel for a suspected retaliatory strike in Iran that Canada had counselled against. Justin Trudeau said Canada condemns Iran's "absolutely irresponsible" missile attack on Israel over the weekend, saying it created the danger of more escalation. He once again called for more humanitarian aid to flow into the Gaza Strip and for the militant group Hamas to lay down its

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  • NewsYahoo News Canada

    'Love at first sight': Toronto Zoo's white leopard Jita pregnant for first time

    The Toronto Zoo announced Friday "there might be a little snow in the spring forecast this year," going on to say that 3-year-old snow leopard Jita is pregnant for the first time.

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