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Quebec eyed as prime spot to suck carbon from atmosphere (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
A Quebec-based company is hoping to become a leader in direct air capture, where carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere. But questions remain about whether the technology is the best use of limited public funds and resources as the world seeks to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
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Handwritten contract for home sale is legally binding: B.C. court (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
The bungled sale of a $2.89 million Richmond, B.C., home under a Chinese-language contract was the subject of a recent B.C. Supreme Court decision, with the court ruling the one-page handwritten document outlining the deal is legally binding.
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CRA paid out $37M to tax scammers, unsealed affidavit alleges (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
A once-sealed affidavit filed with the Tax Court of Canada and obtained by The Fifth Estate details how alleged scammers tricked the Canada Revenue Agency and made off with $37 million of taxpayers' money.
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Regina-born punter Jon Ryan signs 1-day contract to retire as a Seattle Seahawk (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)
Longtime punter Jon Ryan signed a one-day contract with the Seattle Seahawks to retire as a member of the team for which he played 10 seasons.
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WATCH | N.B. tiny home village complete after ‘cranking out’ a house a week for 2 years (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)
The final home is in place at a tiny house community in Fredericton, where a local entrepreneur backed a project designed to give people access to their own affordable — and safe — housing.
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Quebec successfully pushes back against rise in measles cases (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
Quebec appears to be winning its battle against the rising tide of measles after 45 cases were confirmed province-wide this year.
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For its next trick, Ottawa must unload the $34B Trans Mountain pipeline. It won't be easy (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
The federal government bought the project when the proposed pipeline was on the verge of falling apart before there was ever a shovel in the ground in the face of legal, political, and regulatory challenges. 
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Profs call Ford government bill 'political interference' on campus (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
Some Ontario academics are waging a campaign against new legislation from Premier Doug Ford’s government that they say would pave the way for political interference on campus.
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What you need to know about criminal charges linked to Thunder Bay, Ont., police (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
Thunder Bay's police service is back under the microscope after Ontario Provincial Police laid charges against several people linked to the force. Here's a history of the longtime concerns as well as more about the charges and those facing them, including from court documents obtained by CBC News.
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St. John's museum exhibit referring to Beothuk as 'Indians' unchanged years after promised review (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)
Changes still haven't been made to an exhibit at Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial museum in St. John's that describes the Beothuk as "Indians," despite a promise that The Rooms's CEO made almost five years ago.
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Capital gains tax change draws ire from some Canadian entrepreneurs worried it will worsen brain drain (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
Canadian entrepreneurs and investors are blasting the federal government's budget for expanding a tax on the rich that they say will worsen brain drain and further degrade productivity. The government estimates the change will impact 0.13 per cent of Canadians in any given year, and 307,000 Canadian companies.
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Ontario wraps up its wildland firefighter recruitment as the threat of a new fire season looms (Thu, 18 Apr 2024)
The province has hired about 600 forest firefighters this year, which is similar to last year. The Ford government rolled out incentive programs earlier this month to attract and retain more fire staff.
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Courtroom drama adjourns hearing for B.C. man who killed his 3 children (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)
A hearing to decide whether a B.C. man who killed his three children can continue to go out in public unescorted ended abruptly and without a decision on Wednesday, after the man shouted at members of the B.C. Review Board and his lawyer quit the case.
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2 Air Canada employees played key roles in $22.5M Pearson airport gold heist, police allege (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)
Police say they have arrested multiple people and laid 19 charges in connection with what investigators are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history.
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Good Samaritan who stopped theft has $2,000 medical bill waived (Wed, 17 Apr 2024)
International student Meraj Ahmed suffered a sliced tendon in his left hand when he was stabbed while confronting a thief on Boxing Day in Vancouver's Olympic Village.
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