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THE Philippine national athletics team claimed five medals bannered by three golds in the 2024 Hong Kong Athletics Championships. Tokyo Olympian Kristina Knott, Lauren Hoffman and Hussein Lorana ruled their respective events in the May 4 to 5 tournament that offered Paris Olympic qualifying points. Kristina Knott AFP FILE PHOTO …

Canada’s Competition Bureau has opened a formal investigation into Lululemon’s environmental claims in its marketing campaigns, a spokesperson for the agency told CBC News on Monday.  Stand.earth accuses B.C. company of breaking promise to reduce greenhouse gases. Canada’s Competition Bureau has opened a formal investigation into Lululemon’s environmental claims in …

Stand.earth’s complaint says Lululemon’s Be Planet sustainability campaign from 2020 — in which the company said it would work to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions — is contradicted by a 2022 impact report that outlined the B.C. company’s progress in reaching its climate goals.  Stand.earth accuses B.C. company of breaking …

Algonquin leaders are demanding accountability and seeking answers after learning Canadian Nuclear Laboratories discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River research hub along the Ottawa River this spring.  Incident ‘not related to radiological contaminants,’ Canadian Nuclear Laboratories says. Algonquin leaders are demanding accountability after learning Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) discharged …

Nunavummiut from several communities say they’re reeling from suddenly losing access to free Amazon shipping after Canada Post put an end to a loophole customers utilized to access the service.  Residents have been shipping to fake postal codes to subvert Amazon shipping charges. Nunavummiut from several communities say they’re reeling …

Cynthia Good’s mother experienced a dream or vision as she was dying of pancreatic cancer. Researchers say these events can be a great comfort to the dying and their loved ones. Dreams help regulate our emotions around major life events: neuroscientist. As Charlotte Good was dying of pancreatic cancer in …

A research team at the University of Alberta is looking into why some trees in Alberta are more resilient when faced with drought, disease and the risk of wildfires by sequencing tree genomes. Researchers at the University of Alberta will sequence the genomes for spruce and pine trees. A research …

Canadian rap star Drake's mega-mansion is at the centre of an investigation into a shooting that left a man badly injured, a police source told CBC Toronto. Man seriously injured in early morning shooting, police say Canadian rap star Drake's mega-mansion is at the centre of an investigation into a …

Dr. Sarah Giles and Dr. Sarah Newbery provide their insights on staffing shortages in rural health-care facilities. 'This is real medicine,' Toronto-born doctor says about time working in small northern communities Dr. Sarah Giles got hooked on rural medicine by spending a summer volunteering in the Northwest Territories. Giles, who …

Pierre Poilievre promises to “stop the crime” and “restore freedom” — to enforce law and order and free citizens from the burden of an overbearing government. But can those principles be squared with some of his recent pronouncements? No federal Parliament has ever used the clause to shield a law …