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TOKYO: Japan’s economy expanded 0.7 percent in the January-March quarter, up from an initial estimate of 0.4 percent, government data showed on Thursday. The latest figure ― which also beat market expectations of 0.5-percent growth ― reflects strong corporate investments, data released by the Cabinet Office showed. The first-quarter number …

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia and the eleventh longest in Canada. The river’s annual discharge is 3,550 …

A St. John’s school is facing backlash for holding an event celebrating LGBTQ pride — but the school is getting support from community advocates.  School district says it supports Pride events in schools. A St. John’s school is facing backlash for holding an event celebrating LGBTQ Pride — but the …

Many Canadian borrowers find the concept of real versus nominal interest rates hard to grasp, but one of Canada’s top experts in central banking says rising real rates will make paying off a mortgage even more painful as it cuts into people’s “raw purchasing power.” It may not have felt …

A large dock on a quiet Ontario lake has raised an uproar among local cottagers who say federal regulations for water airplane landing strips allow builders to ignore local bylaws.  Owner says dock is part of private water aerodrome and not under local bylaw. Aerodrome loophole allows builders to dodge …

A northern B.C. woman wants to know why multiple doctors over the span of six years failed to investigate symptoms that were indicators of the multiple myeloma she is now fighting.  Health minister says more family doctors being hired and action on systemic racism being taken. A northern B.C. woman …

MIAMI: Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra admitted his team had been “pummeled” in the paint in their 109-94 defeat to the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 and had failed to respond to the challenge. The Nuggets outscored the Heat 60-34 in the paint and also won the rebound battle 58-33 …

Indian international students who say their future in Canada is at risk through no fault of their own have been camped outside a Canadian Border Services Agency building in Mississauga in protest for more than a week.  Among them is Lovepreet Singh, who says he’s supposed to be deported in …

The leader of the P.E.I. Green Party says changes to the way the province funds fertility treatments are leaving some Islanders without support.  Peter Bevan-Baker raised the issue in the P.E.I. Legislature Wednesday. The Fertility Treatment Program provides between $5,000 and $10,000 per year for expenses associated with in-vitro fertilization …

Tipping is now commonplace in all sorts of Canadian businesses, and one expert says the prompts employed can play on our desire to seem generous.  Being observed while paying can play on desire to seem generous: Olivier St-Cyr. Read transcribed audio For many Canadians, picking up your morning coffee now …