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BEYOND LOCAL: Activists condemn government silence on animal care at Marineland

BEYOND LOCAL: Activists condemn government silence on animal care at Marineland

With Marineland now closed for the off-season, the government is saying little publicly about its ongoing probe of the park, which began when the province took over enforcing animal cruelty laws from the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Banning plastic waste exports won't solve the world's plastic trash woes

BEYOND LOCAL: Banning plastic waste exports won't solve the world's plastic trash woes

Canada has a very limited recycling industry. A 2019 report documented fewer than a dozen domestic recycling companies, and that less than one-tenth of plastic waste produced in Canada is ultimately recycled
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CANADA: Parks Canada signs agreement with First Nations, opens door to harvesting in Jasper

CANADA: Parks Canada signs agreement with First Nations, opens door to harvesting in Jasper

Parks Canada and two First Nations have signed an agreement that points to a stronger Indigenous voice in national parks management and opens the door to harvesting in western Alberta's Jasper National Park.
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BEYOND LOCAL: Tortoise, Frank the Tank, found wandering in a B.C. field of bok choy needs home

BEYOND LOCAL: Tortoise, Frank the Tank, found wandering in a B.C. field of bok choy needs home

Kahlee Demers, manager at the Maple Ridge Community Animal Centre, said it's the first time a tortoise has been brought into their shelter, describing him as “stoic, docile and large.”
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CANADA: Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year

CANADA: Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year

Sinclair, the world's all-time leading scorer with 190 goals from 327 senior appearances, is expected to play four more games for 10th-ranked Canada, starting with two friendlies later this month against No. 9 Brazil — in Montreal on Oct. 28 and Halifax on Oct. 31
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BEYOND LOCAL: FIFA Women’s World Cup is closing its gap with the men’s tournament

BEYOND LOCAL: FIFA Women’s World Cup is closing its gap with the men’s tournament

Media coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup not only changes normative expectations about what women can achieve in sports but also serves as a platform for creating female role models and breaking long-standing gender stereotypes
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BEYOND LOCAL: NASA spacecraft launched to mysterious and rare metal asteroid in first mission of its kind

BEYOND LOCAL: NASA spacecraft launched to mysterious and rare metal asteroid in first mission of its kind

Of the nine or so metal-rich asteroids discovered so far, Psyche is the biggest, orbiting the sun in the outer portion of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter alongside millions of other space rocks
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BEYOND LOCAL: Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole

BEYOND LOCAL: Claudia Goldin’s Nobel Prize win is a victory for women in economics − and the field as a whole

The third woman to win the prize, distinguished Harvard labor economist Claudia Goldin, was honored on Oct. 9, 2023, for her decades of work studying the gender pay gap
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CANADA: Dramatic summer weather has altered the fall colours this year

CANADA: Dramatic summer weather has altered the fall colours this year

As the nights get longer in the fall, trees receive less direct sunlight, and chlorophyll, which trees use to absorb sunlight during photosynthesis, begins to break down, displaying the natural pigments within the leaves
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BEYOND LOCAL: Taylor Swift concert movie breaks Cineplex record for event pre-sales

BEYOND LOCAL: Taylor Swift concert movie breaks Cineplex record for event pre-sales

Swift's concert movie will give fans who couldn't snatch tickets along with those wanting to relive the experience a chance to see her perform for the price of a movie ticket
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