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'It came from the sky:' Saskatchewan farmer finds hunk of space junk in field
May 14, 2024 - 9:00 PM

Barry Sawchuk doesn’t usually concern himself with space or the final frontier.
Great white tagging program off N.S. stirs debate over treatment of sharks
October 14, 2019 - 8:00 PM

LUNENBURG, N.S. - Enthusiastic scientists aboard the research vessel MV Ocearch pumped their fists as a voice crackled over the radio announcing the expedition had hooked its 11th great white shark this fall off Nova Scotia.
UPDATE: Elizabeth May seeks to blow past political pack with platform rollout
September 16, 2019 - 1:48 PM

OTTAWA - Green Leader Elizabeth May pushed past the political pack Monday by introducing a wide-ranging set of new policy promises while her rivals were recycling or expanding on old ideas.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of February 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jo

'No rationale': BC pub fined $7,000 for customer drinking beer in its bowling alley
A BC pub has been fined $7,000 after a customer took a beer from the bar to its bowling alley. According to a Jan. 16 BC Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch decision, the Victoria bar argued the rule was difficult to manage because custom

France targets traffickers and recreational drug users as minister warns of a 'tsunami of cocaine'
PARIS (AP) — “Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy.” Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France’s millions of recreational drug u

Kelowna rental property manager gets licence cancelled
The managing broker of a Kelowna property management company whose clients complained they hadn't gotten their money has been suspended. According to a Feb. 10 BC Financial Services Authority decision, Tao Guo, who goes by Terry Guo, ha

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'It came from the sky:' Saskatchewan farmer finds hunk of space junk in field

Great white tagging program off N.S. stirs debate over treatment of sharks

UPDATE: Elizabeth May seeks to blow past political pack with platform rollout

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