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Hormone help: Calgary Zoo hopes unusual step will result in healthy baby giraffe
Staff at the Calgary Zoo have adopted an extraordinary measure in an effort to ensure a pregnant giraffe becomes a mother for the first time.
Kenney defends oil curtailment program as maximum output inches higher
Alberta's United Conservative government is again easing oil production limits for producers, setting a maximum production quota of 3.81 million barrels per day for December, up 250,000 bpd from the original limit set by the previous NDP government for last January.
U.S. military expert urges Canada to 'be in the fight' as Mideast tensions rise
A U.S. military expert who famously turned down an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to act as his national security adviser says it's more important than ever that Canada "be in the fight" when it comes to its military commitments.
Severe pulmonary illness in Quebec first confirmed case in Canada tied to vaping
Health Canada says a severe pulmonary illness recently diagnosed in Quebec is the country's first confirmed case connected to vaping.
Federal candidates grapple with climate change as across Canada students strike
Climate change will dominate the federal election campaign today, Friday 27, 2019, with most of the leaders joining marches demanding cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions.
Victoria to ask Supreme Court to review overturned bylaw banning plastic bags
The City of Victoria will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to review a court decision that overturned its business bylaw banning single-use plastic bags.
RCMP investigation on three homicides in northern B.C. to be released on Friday
The RCMP will release its investigative findings on Friday, September 27, 2019, into the murders of three people in northern British Columbia that sparked a manhunt for two teenage suspects across Western Canada.
New technology moves oilsands bitumen in shipping container to West Coast
Melius Energy says it has successfully tested a new technology that allows oilsands bitumen to be shipped as a semi-solid product in six-metre-long shipping containers.
Feds not planning study of endangered blue whale found dead in Cape Breton
The federal Fisheries Department says it won't order a necropsy into the death of a young blue whale off Cape Breton.
Fix could be delayed for Cape Breton town plagued by stinky sewage
Residents of a small community in Cape Breton are worried they'll have to suffer through another year of putrid fumes wafting from an overworked sewage lagoon, despite a highly publicized public protest.