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Danielle Smith, big government's unlikely fan
When Premier Danielle Smith put forth the ambition of building a multi-city passenger train network to link Banff, Calgary, Edmonton and many other points, the questions came quick: are you setting up Alberta taxpayers for a multibillion-dollar boondoggle or two?Her answer wasn't typical fare from a conservative politician, let alone one with a libertarian symbol tattooed on her arm. Smith replied with a strong defence of government intervention."This is why people elect governments: to do the t
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Fungal disease ends tulip season for local farm
A local farm in Ottawa is calling it quits on its spring season after a fungal disease destroyed 500,000 tulips. The disease, called tulip fire, is devastating for farmers as the spores remain in the soil for years and cause tulip leaves to wither, twist and appear scorched."Seeing the tractor turning the tulips over was heartbreaking," said Manja Bastian, the co-owner of Green Corners Farm, as she watched her tulip fields being ripped up. Bastian and her husband Allan Groen bought the 13 acre f
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Remembering Pat Rowe, longtime firefighter in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., who had 'zest for life'
Owen Rowe has a story about his beloved cousin, Pat Rowe, the longtime contractor and community volunteer in Fort Simpson, N.W.T., who died last weekend at 64.It was about a dozen years ago, when Pat had been diagnosed with brain cancer. At an appointment not long after his diagnosis, the doctor shared some relatively positive news: it didn't appear as though the cancer had moved anywhere else in Pat's body."Pat gets up and starts jumping around and cheering," Owen recalled."The doctor finally g
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How realistic are campus protestors' divestment demands?
Some University of Ottawa students who have settled into an "indefinite" encampment on campus are pushing for the school to divest from companies they say have ties to Israel and the conflict in Gaza, but some experts say it isn't so simple.Pro-Palestinian activists have set up encampments at university campuses across the U.S. and Canada, demanding school administrators disclose investments and pull funding from companies contributing to the Israeli military.The student-led human rights advocac
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Toronto-area drivers stopped by OPP will have to give breath sample
All drivers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area who are pulled over by Ontario Provincial Police highway safety officers will now be asked to provide a breath sample — no matter what they're stopped for.Officers will be conducting "mandatory alcohol screening" at every routine traffic stop as part of a new enforcement policy taking aim at drinking and driving, even if there is no reason to suspect a driver is impaired, the OPP said this week."The OPP have always had officers use their discr
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Fans won't cool you down when temperature goes up, new study finds
A new study has found exactly how inefficient electric fans are when used to keep us cool in extreme heat. Rob Meade, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, led the study. "Fans do improve sweat evaporation, but this effect is not strong enough to significantly lower your body's internal temperature when it's already really hot," Meade said. The study found fans are good at providing air circulation and may cool us down in moderate temperatures, but are not as effective in extreme he
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Indigenous singers 'sound like Hän stars' in 1st studio-recorded album
An Indigenous singing group in Dawson City, Yukon finished recording their first studio album last weekend. The Hän Singers have been performing at local events in the community in Hän, the traditional language of the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation, since forming in the early 90s. Allison Anderson, a lead member, said the process of recording an album started last fall when the group was approached by the executive director of the Dawson City Music Festival Association (DCMF). "Corbin [Murdoch]
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