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Canada cancels plan to donate refurbished armour to Ukraine: defence minister
A contract to supply Ukraine with refurbished light armoured vehicles is officially dead, the defence minister told a House of Commons committee on Tuesday. Source link
No suitcases needed. Toads have poisonous sacs that help them travel the globe
There’s a toad invasion underfoot. No, really. According to a new study that analyzed the DNA of 124 species of toads, you can now find them on six of seven continents with a colony most-recently spreading fast in East Africa. Source link
Child fell off Disney cruise ship after mom told her to pose for photo on railing, police say
A five-year-old girl who fell overboard from a Disney Dream cruise ship in June had been posing for a photo at the request of her mother, according to Florida authorities in reports obtained by CBC News. The girl and her father, who jumped in after her, were both rescued. Source link
Amber Alert in place for one-year-old girl missing in Brampton, Ont.: OPP
Ontario Provincial Police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing one-year-old girl last seen in Brampton. Source link
The Blue Jays are back in the World Series, with nothing to lose
CBC Sports’ daily newsletter offers some thoughts on the Toronto Blue Jays’ thrilling return to the Fall Classic and their matchup with the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers. Source link
B.C. has seen a lake tsunami before and it could happen again. Here's why
In 2007, a massive landslide crashed into B.C.’s Lake Chehalis, triggering a tsunami that surged 38 metres up the shore — one of the most dramatic inland waves ever recorded. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe looks into how scientists were able to reconstruct the event and reveal how it unfolded — as well as what it could […]
How wacky inflatable costumes are changing the narrative around U.S. protests
Whether it’s the ongoing anti-ICE protests in Portland and Los Angeles, or the massive No Kings rallies that swept across the U.S. this weekend, the crowds are full of cutesy, cartoonish and colourful frogs, chickens, lobsters, dinosaurs, axolotls, unicorns and more. Source link
After audacious Louvre heist, finger pointing and an identity crisis in France
A brazen daylight theft of the Louvre has dominated headlines around the world. Inside the country, the crime has not only affected the well-known art institution but devolved into a blame game. Source link
Tens of thousands mistakenly approved for dental coverage, Health Canada says
Roughly 70,000 people were approved for coverage under the public dental insurance program, but were later deemed ineligible or had been assessed for an incorrect copayment level, Health Canada said Tuesday. Source link
Trump-pardoned U.S. Capitol rioter charged with threatening to kill Democrat Hakeem Jeffries
A man whose convictions for storming the U.S. Capitol were erased by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons has been arrested on a charge that he threatened to kill Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Source link