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Former NHLer McKegney facing impaired driving charge in Ontario: police

BELLEVILLE, Ont. — Police say a former National Hockey League player has been charged with impaired driving on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, east of Belleville, Ont.
Toronto museum identifies new dinosaur species, names it after 'Ghostbusters' monster

Toronto museum identifies new dinosaur species, names it after 'Ghostbusters' monster

TORONTO — Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto say they've identified a new species of armoured dinosaur and named it after a monster from the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters.
Mixed reaction to Toronto eatery's surcharge for employee health benefits

Mixed reaction to Toronto eatery's surcharge for employee health benefits

TORONTO — Increasingly tight profit margins have restaurant owners seeking creative ways to compensate staff, but one Toronto eatery's small surcharge to help pay for health and dental benefits has customers split.
Fed-up fliers frustrated by service cuts, horror stories vow to avoid airlines

Fed-up fliers frustrated by service cuts, horror stories vow to avoid airlines

TORONTO — After years of watching service decline and fees rise, avid traveller George Chow didn't need another reason to avoid the airlines.

Thieves keep stealing signs for Beer Street, High Street: 'A cat and mouse game'

CHARLOTTETOWN — It's a decades-long game of cat and mouse: Thieves have been stealing the signs for Beer Street and High Street in Charlottetown almost as quickly as city crews replace them.

Police say father, son found dead, woman still missing near B.C. river

BURNABY, B.C. — RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., say a search continues along the banks of the Fraser River in Richmond for a 36-year-old woman who went missing with two other members of her family on Sunday. Sgt.
Nova Scotia Tories promise to spend $34 million to revive film tax credit

Nova Scotia Tories promise to spend $34 million to revive film tax credit

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives are promising to bring back a refundable film tax credit if elected May 30, taking aim at the creative-industry workers the Tories need to win over if they hope to make gains in the vote-rich Halifax
Canadian forward Tyler Ardron appears headed to New Zealand team in Super Rugby

Canadian forward Tyler Ardron appears headed to New Zealand team in Super Rugby

TORONTO — Canadian forward Tyler Ardron appears set to join Super Rugby's Chiefs in New Zealand. The Ospreys said Monday that the 25-year-old from Lakefield, Ont., is leaving the Welsh club at the end of the season.

University student delivers care packages to border-crossers in Manitoba

WINNIPEG — A University of Manitoba student wanting to help asylum-seekers crossing the border from the United States on foot has delivered 150 care packages to them.

Reports say Canadian man, 33, detained in death of woman, 23, in Cancun, Mexico

TORONTO — Mexican media say a Canadian man is charged in the death of a 23-year-old woman at a Cancun resort.
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