Ford looking to fill in part of Lake Ontario to build Toronto convention centre

Laura Stone, Jeff Gray / theglobeandmail - Premier floats idea of creating artificial land to house the project

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Newfoundland lobster tags from the 1980s among plastic trash washing up in Scotland

sootoday - ST. JOHN'S — Lobster tags from Newfoundland dating back to the 1980s are among the piles of plastic trash that has washed up this year on Sanday, an island in the Scottish Orkney archipelago known for its pristine white sandy beaches.

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Manitoba Premier hails launch of study to gather industry viewpoints on Port of Churchill expansion

Temur Durrani / theglobeandmail - Wab Kinew says Ottawa will lead the study canvassing business leaders at about 70 large companies for feedback

Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 9:22 pm / permalink 19448 / 5 stories in 15 days

Manitoba government eyes marine conservation area in western Hudson Bay

Steve Lambert / nationalobserver - Oceans North, an environmental charitable group, said the region is a special ecosystem, home to roughly one-quarter of the world's beluga whale population.

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Australia culls dingoes linked to attack on Canadian Piper James, found dead on beach

sootoday - A pack of "aggressive" dingoes involved in the death of 19-year-old Canadian Piper James on an Australian beach is being culled, government officials have announced.

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Wind tears wall off rancid N.L. fish sauce plant

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A foul-smelling abandoned fish-sauce factory in rural Newfoundland has become an environmental hazard after high winds tore the front wall off the building on Friday night.

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BC's charity herring sale is back on after hundreds of sea lions feasted

Nono Shen / nationalobserver - Victoria fisherman Bob Fraumeni is used to the challenges of the sea, having worked on fishing boats since he was 12 years old.

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Carney to discuss major projects, conservation with Coastal First Nations on Tuesday

sootoday - OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with Coastal First Nations on Tuesday to discuss major projects and marine conservation. Carney is travelling to Prince Rupert, B.C.

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N.S. lobster exports outside China are picking up as tariffs soften demand

News Staff / citynews - HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s lobster sector is feeling the pinch from Chinese tariffs this year, but officials say exporters are starting to crack other international markets. The Lobster Council of Canada says new data shows exports outside the U.S. and China…

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Officials say a shark killed an American woman along a beach in the US Virgin Islands

The Associated Press / nationalpost - PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — A shark attacked and killed an American woman along a beach in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said Friday. Police identified the victim as 56-year-old Arlene Lillis of Minnesota. A hometown wasn’t immediatel…

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Knock, knock, who's there? BC biologists identify unique sounds of eight fish species

Marissa Birnie / nationalobserver - There are grunts and growls, knocks and croaks — but the wild sounds detected by a team of British Columbia researchers don't belong to any of the province's famous forest creatures.

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Dozens missing after boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsized off the coast of Gambia

News Staff / citynews - BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 200 migrants on their way to Europe capsized off the coast of Gambia, the West African nation’s leader said late Friday, setting off a frantic search and rescue operation. At least 1…

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Montreal polar plunge fans want access to beach along St. Lawrence River

sootoday - MONTRÉAL — Montrealers who brave frigid temperatures for weekly polar plunges in the St. Lawrence River are worried that they're being barred winter access to a popular beach.

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Quebec man dead after being found in water off Florida beach

The Canadian Press / montrealgazette - The 44-year-old was found floating face down in a rip current on Friday.

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Arctic air, coastal flooding, and high winds are forecast for parts of Atlantic Canada

The Canadian Press / nationalobserver -

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Carney vows to meet Coastal First Nations after chiefs vote against pipeline to B.C.

sootoday - OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast and withdraw an agreement signed with

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Braid: With tanker ban on the table, it's B.C. Premier Eby's turn to gripe about Ottawa

Don Braid, Calgary Herald / calgaryherald - Eby sounds almost like an Alberta premier during the Trudeau regime, when Ottawa systematically piled up laws that stifled the province’s economy

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Calgary man dead, five-year-old daughter missing after California drowning tragedy

Jackson Loy / westernstandard - The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has identified the man who died attempting to save his daughter from a large wave off the California coast as Calgary native Yuji Hu.

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B.C. asks Ottawa to retain north coast tanker ban, blocking Alberta’s pipeline ambitions

Justine Hunter / theglobeandmail - Coastal First Nations leaders support Eby in pipeline curtailing efforts as Smith seeks end to Oil Tanker Moratorium Act

Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 6:23 pm / permalink 15711 / 6 stories in 4 months