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Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators
OTTAWA - A military investigation has found the ejection seat of one of its iconic Snowbirds planes tangled with the pilot's parachute as he tried to escape from the aircraft before it crashed in the ...
Jun 29, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic impacting television host Izumi's business and personal lives
The COVID-19 pandemic has left its mark on TV fishing host Bob Izumi's professional and personal life. The affable Izumi resumed filming for his Real Fishing television show about&...
Jun 29, 2020

Buzzing through air and space: New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut
REGINA - A Saskatchewan scientist has named a new species of bee after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Cory Sheffield says he came across a unique looking female bee while cataloguing insect s...
Jun 29, 2020

MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald turns film-maker with digital series
While the Professional Fighters League is on hiatus due to COVID-19, training and family are keeping Canadian MMA fighter Rory (Red King) MacDonald busy. The 30-year-old welterweight offers a loo...
Jun 29, 2020

New models show COVID-19 progress but with 'hotspots' to monitor: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal models show continued progress in suppressing COVID-19, but with significant hotspots. He says the restrictions Canadians have lived with throug...
Jun 29, 2020

Democracies must unite to share intel in disinformation fight, LeBlanc says
WASHINGTON - The federal minister in charge of Canada's electoral integrity says democracies around the world have a lot to teach each other about how best to combat online disinformation. N...
Jun 29, 2020

N.L. liquor corp. to change "Old Sam" logo over concerns about racist branding
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. says it will change the logo - but keep the name - of a locally bottled rum brand that appears to depict a laughing Black man. T...
Jun 29, 2020

Adjusting to COVID, Sundance to expand footprint nationwide
NEW YORK - The Sundance Film Festival, held annually at altitude in the snowy reaches of a Utah ski town, is expanding beyond the mountains. Sundance, the premier independent film festival, isn't givi...
Jun 29, 2020

Asylum-seekers who tried to cross from U.S. last month turned back
OTTAWA - The Canada Border Services Agency says it turned back 21 people who tried to enter the country from the U.S. in May to claim asylum. The CBSA says 17 were sent back to the U.S. from the Quebe...
Jun 29, 2020

SWF Geochaching
Geocaching is a free, real-world outdoor treasure hunt. Players try to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, using a smartphone or GPS and can then share their experiences online. Geocaching is ...
Jun 29, 2020