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Video game giant Ubisoft announces $780-million Quebec expansion

Video game giant Ubisoft announces $780-million Quebec expansion

MONTREAL — Twenty years after coming to Quebec, French video game giant Ubisoft announced plans Tuesday to invest $780 million in the province by 2027, hire more than 1,000 people and open two new studios.

Some Grade 9 students to negotiate end-of-term grades in new pilot project

CALEDON, Ont. — A new pilot project at a high school in Ontario will see Grade 9 students negotiating their end-of-semester grades with their teacher, an idea some experts say will help keep the focus on learning.
Drug users say methadone formula switch contributed to B.C.'s opioid crisis

Drug users say methadone formula switch contributed to B.C.'s opioid crisis

VANCOUVER — Drug users trying to quit heroin are gathered for a meeting in Vancouver with one mission in mind: to support each other through the struggles of a reformulated treatment drug they say hasn't worked and has instead contributed to the opio

Commission to seek input on representation for Acadians, African Nova Scotians

HALIFAX — The first African Nova Scotian woman elected to the provincial legislature says she's skeptical a commission will come up with anything substantive on electoral representation for Acadians and African Nova Scotians.
'Factory of the future': N.B. researcher to study 3D-printing powered by thought

'Factory of the future': N.B. researcher to study 3D-printing powered by thought

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick researchers are plotting what they call the "factories of the future" by developing 3D-printing technologies they said could pave the way for the next industrial revolution.
Charges in fatal Radiohead stage collapse stayed over lengthy trial delays

Charges in fatal Radiohead stage collapse stayed over lengthy trial delays

TORONTO — Charges stemming from a fatal Radiohead concert stage collapse in 2012 were stayed Tuesday when a judge ruled the justice system had failed in allowing the case to take far too long to come to trial.

Adult sentence upheld in grisly 1983 murder committed by 15-year-old

TORONTO — A middle-aged man who lived an ordinary life for decades after raping and killing his frail 70-year-old neighbour deserved the adult life sentence handed him when he was finally brought to justice for the grisly crime he committed as a 15-y

Babysitter faces new charge after baby found alone in burning Montreal apartment

MONTREAL — A woman who allegedly left a baby alone in a Montreal apartment that caught fire is facing a new charge of obstructing police work.
Obama, Trump elections provide backdrop for Salman Rushdie's 'The Golden House'

Obama, Trump elections provide backdrop for Salman Rushdie's 'The Golden House'

TORONTO — Salman Rushdie says the idea of setting his latest novel between two historic U.S.
Cenovus Energy's $975M Pelican Lake sale a 'first step' to reducing debt burden

Cenovus Energy's $975M Pelican Lake sale a 'first step' to reducing debt burden

CALGARY — Investors and analysts offered measured praise Tuesday as Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) delivered the first of four key asset sales it has promised to help pay for its $17.7-billion purchase of most of the Canadian assets of ConocoPhillips.
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