Stargazers will get their best chances to view the Perseids meteor shower Tuesday and Wednesday night, the Canadian Space Agency says.
Perseids meteor shower expected to light up the sky
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Pet store fire kills all of the animals
Dozens of animals were killed Monday when fire raged through a pet store northeast of Quebec City.
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Work to raise B.C. tailings pond dam wasn't finished
The company that designed the latest "raising of the dam" at Mount Polley's
tailings pond says its work was incomplete
when the breach occurred earlier this
month.
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Without First Nations Accountability Act, it's 'impossible' to get info: ex-AFN employee
A former employee of the Assembly of First
Nations of Quebec and Labrador says without
the First Nations Accountability Act, it would
be "impossible" for those living on reserves
to find out how community funds are spent.
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Bloc Quebecois loses another MP
In another blow to the separatist movement, Bloc Quebecois MP Jean-Francois Fortin said he is quitting to sit as an independent because of a divisive new leader.
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Canada unhappy with UN's choice of Gaza war crimes lead investigator
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird took to Twitter to lambaste the United Nations for its choice of judge to lead an investigation into potential war crimes in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Calgary-bound British Airways plane makes emergency landing at Heathrow Airport
Smoke in the cockpit led to a Calgary-bound flight out of London, U,K. to abort its flight on Tuesday.
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Man trying to get daughter exempted from religion class at Catholic school
With three weeks before the school year begins, Sam Dias is still trying to get his daughter a pass from a Catholic high school's mandatory religion class.
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'Prince of Pot' back in Canada
WINDSOR, Ont. — As pot smoke drifted through the air, Jodie Emery spoke emotionally on Tuesday about the imminent return of her husband, Marc, from U.S. federal custody.
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Four injured in Alta. helicopter crash
Four people were sent to hospital Tuesday afternoon after a helicopter contracted to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD) crashed southwest of Whitecourt, Alta.
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Fed scientist admits trying to smuggle human pathogens to China
A government scientist pleaded guilty Wednesday to trying to smuggle human pathogens to China as part of an elaborate plan to surreptitiously commercialize the government’s intellectual property.
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Couple diagnosed with cancer days apart
Friends and strangers have come to the aid of a Nova Scotia couple who were diagnosed with cancer within days of each other, raising more than $51,000 in two days.
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Worker refused polygraph test in deadly residence fire
An employee at a Quebec seniors home where 32 people died in a fire last winter refuses to take a lie-detector test, QMI Agency has learned.
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Team of strangers revive drowned man in Ontario lake
It took the teamwork of strangers to save the life of a drowned man in northern Ontario last week.
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Doctors note required to keep Canada Post home mail delivery
If you can't get to a community mailbox and want to continue to receive home delivery, you better get a doctor's note.
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Bountiful, B.C., leaders face polygamy charges
Four members ─ including two leaders ─ of a fundamentalist Mormon community have been formally charged by the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch for alleged polygamy and removing children under 16 from Canada.
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Ontario appeal court upholds citizenship oath to Queen
Our country, our rules.
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Montrealer quarantined after showing Ebola symptoms
A person in Montreal has been quarantined after showing symptoms associated with Ebola, QMI Agency has learned.
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Transport Canada to investigate possible drone fly-by
Transport Canada says it will investigate whether a drone flew near an Air Canada Jazz flight from Halifax to St. John's.
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SPCA uncovers horror fur farm near Montreal
The SPCA says 100 foxes and nearly 10,000 mink are slowly dying on a fur farm east of Montreal, devouring each other for food while packed into tiny cages.
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