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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 …

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) took part in the Balikatan joint military exercises for the first time Monday, with two ships joining live-fire coastal defense training in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The annual Balikatan exercise involving 16,000 soldiers from the United States and the Philippines began April 22 and wraps …

THE possibility that China will abandon hope of peacefully reuniting with Taiwan is still “more dangerous” to regional and global peace than the continued escalation of tensions in the South China Sea, the head of a US-based maritime transparency project said Monday. The view of retired US Air Force Col. …

Nespresso opens a new boutique in Trinoma, Quezon City but it's not just any other concept store that offers the machines or pods from the premium portioned coffee brand. The new boutique design concept is the first of its kind for the brand in Southeast Asia. 1 The new Nespresso …