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MONTREAL — Henry Aguirre, a temporary foreign worker from Guatemala, considered himself lucky when he got a job in Quebec as a chicken catcher, rounding up poultry and handing them over for processing.

LOUISBURG, N.S. — The former residents of a massive 18th-century fort in Cape Breton have long since died, but David Ebert says they still have plenty to tell us.

TORONTO — A 62-year-old man is dead after a fire broke out in a home in west Toronto early Sunday morning. Toronto Fire Capt. David Eckerman says they were called to a fire in a bedroom on the top floor of a three-storey home at about 3:30 a.m.

A resident of a southern Ontario First Nation surrounded by industrial facilities is taking the provincial government to court to demand it complete an air quality review promised eight years ago.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: The bottom line: It's high earnings season this week, with a number of corporate heavyweights releasing their latest results.

A decade after it was first promised, Canada's new High Arctic Research Station is nearly complete and already giving scientists access to a vast new section of ice and tundra.

VANCOUVER — First Nations in the path of British Columbia's forests fires say to protect their communities they need equal funding and recognition of their expertise that is granted to other emergency response organizations.

TORONTO — There are two winning tickets for the nearly $10 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. One was purchased in Ontario and the other in the Prairies, and each is worth just over $4.7 million.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — If you ask Robert Garrigus what his greatest skill as a professional golfer is, he'd tell you it's clearing his mind. That is, if he even has anything on his mind to begin with.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — SundanceTV and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. are making a miniseries about Canada's 1980s tainted-blood scandal.