2 h. ago Great white fright: N.S. man escapes unscathed after using paddle to repel shark

A standup paddle boarder in Nova Scotia got quite the scare Tuesday evening when a Great White shark took a bite of his board.

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4 h. ago B.C. First Nation says 41 more suspected graves found by penetrating radar

It says the discovery brings the number of suspected graves at the site to 81, after initial findings that were announced in 2023.

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6 h. ago Ontario man swindled out of hundreds by Calgary Stampede rodeo ticket scalpers

He believed the tickets were purchased through the official Stampede website, but later discovered they were purchased on the resale market

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11 h. ago 'Visionary' Western University scientist John David Spence dies at 80

Six years ago, John David Spence was appointed to the Order of Canada.

Society

11 h. ago Cook This: 3 nourishing recipes from Eat to Love, including zucchini Parmesan egg muffins

Discover why celebrity clients such as Woody Harrelson call Vancouver-based chef Mikaela Reuben's plant-forward cooking 'one of a kind'

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12 h. ago Scientists discover an ancient whale with a Pokemon face and a predator bite

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists to identify a rare, entirely new species that could unlock mysteries of whale evolution. Researchers this week officially […]

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13 h. ago Jack Mintz: Mamdani’s socialist agenda will take a bite out of the Big Apple

If mayoral front-runner is elected, New Yorkers will soon discover that free stuff isn't so free after all

Technology

23 h. ago Stamkos et Marchessault ont bon espoir de relancer les Predators

«Ce sera différent parce qu’il y a moins d’attentes et quand il y a moins d’attentes, tu peux surprendre.»

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26 h. ago Markham man charged after firearm found following Clarington crash

A 35-year-old Markham man faces 11 charges after OPP say a firearm was discovered following a two-vehicle collision in Clarington. The OPP say on Thursday morning at 12:42 a.m., Whitby detachment officers were on scene of an investigation on Hwy. 401 eastbound near Bennett Rd. At that time, the left shoulder and left lane were […]

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28 h. ago Woman stands by donating daughter’s pony to Denmark zoo to be fed to lions

A woman has no regrets about answering a call from a Denmark zoo that is asking for donations of small pets to serve as food for its predators. The Aalborg Zoo wrote its social media accounts on July 31 that “if you have a healthy animal that needs to be given away for various reasons, […]

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30 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Durham cops investigate discovery of two people dead in Whitby

Police are investigating after a woman, 62, and a man, 51, were found dead in a Whitby residence on Aug. 6 and two other people were taken to hospital. Durham Regional Police responded around 10:45 a.m. to a home in the area of Fallingbrook St. and Taunton Rd. E. for a sudden death call. Cops […]

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31 h. ago Un prédateur sexuel encore trop dangereux après une décennie à l’ombre

Un délinquant sexuel est toujours trop dangereux pour être de retour dans la population, même après une décennie derrière les barreaux.

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62 h. ago Files d’attente et gaspillage: McDonald’s Japon rattrapé par la folie Pokémon

McDonald's Japon a présenté ses excuses après le fiasco d'une campagne marketing offrant des cartes Pokémon avec l'achat de repas «Happy Meals».

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63 h. ago McDonald’s Japan’s Pokemon card Happy Meals promotion comes to an unhappy end

TOKYO (AP) — Fast-food chain McDonald’s Japan has canceled a Happy Meal campaign that came with coveted Pokemon cards, apologizing after resellers rushed to buy the meals and then discarded the food, leaving trash outside stores. The meals, called Happy Sets in Japan, were meant for children. They came with a toy, such as a […]

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67 h. ago Toronto's newest seafood spot is a joint venture from some iconic local restaurant owners

One Toronto neighbourhood is about to get a new go-to seafood restaurant, and it's coming courtesy of a local culinary dream team.If you find yourself faced with some serious seafood cravings this month, set your sights on Summerhill. There, sometime around mid-August, you'll discover Seahorse, a new seafood restaurant by a team that can only be described as Toronto's culinary Avengers.Individually, though, they're known as Richard Renaud (Piano Piano, Speducci Mercatto), Simon Bower (Lucien, Mercer Street Grill), and 11-time oyster-shucking champion Eamon Clark, who also just so happens to be a member of the Rodney's Oyster House family. We mean that literally — the titular Rodney is his father.Bower told us that, when it came to assembling the group, so to speak, the key players were a no-brainer. It also helps that both Renaud and Clark are longtime friends of Bower's."I met Richard about six or seven year...

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69 h. ago Exxon Aims to Build on Guyana Oil Success in Trinidad and Tobago

Exxon Mobil Corp. signed a deal to explore for oil and gas off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, a decade after making the world’s largest discovery in a generation in nearby Guyana.

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3 d. ago Bawdy Brit prison guard pleads guilty to sex with jailbird behind bars

Blond beauty Megan Breen tasted forbidden fruit behind prison walls after embarking on a torrid affair with a jailbird. And now she’s discovered the bitter aftertaste. The 23-year-old British corrections officer pleaded guilty to sordid sexual encounters with the unnamed prisoner at two different jails. The “inappropriate relationship” lasted more than three months. Breen had […]

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3 d. ago Rakovina Therapeutics and NanoPalm Ltd. Sign Letter of Intent to Form Joint Venture Leveraging AI

KT-3283, a dual PARP-HDAC inhibitor, to serve as first development program in NanoPalm’s strategic expansion into the oncology field VANCOUVER, British Columbia and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rakovina Therapeutics Inc. (“Rakovina” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: RKV) (FSE: 7JO0), a biopharmaceutical company advancing cancer therapies through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery […]

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4 d. ago Rain in Manitoba’s forecast could improve the province’s fire situation

'We've really missed out on a lot of that precipitation,' said Environment and Climate Change Canada scientist Christy Climenhaga.

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6 d. ago B.C. climate news: Wildfire smoke causing health issues across North America | Scientists now know what's causing billions of sea stars to die

Here's all the latest local and international news concerning climate change for the week of Aug. 4 to Aug. 10, 2025.

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