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New rules doubling fines for passing emergency vehicles postponed

New rules doubling fines for passing emergency vehicles postponed

New rules doubling for motorists who go faster than 60 kilometres an hour (km/h) when passing stopped emergency crews on highways with their lights flashing now come into effect Sept. 1
Okotoks makes its appearance in 'The Last of Us' Episode 7

Okotoks makes its appearance in 'The Last of Us' Episode 7

Suntree neighbourhood features at beginning of 'Left Behind' before scene change to Calgary's Northland Village mall.
Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum's mammoth 'Woolly' with pink paint

Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum's mammoth 'Woolly' with pink paint

VICTORIA — A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change.
Last captive walruses in Canada moved to new SeaWorld in Abu Dhabi

Last captive walruses in Canada moved to new SeaWorld in Abu Dhabi

Canada's three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. Smooshi and her baby, Koyuk, from Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Applications open for Okotoks xeriscape program

Applications open for Okotoks xeriscape program

The popular program provides up to $3,000 in rebates towards the cost of xeriscaping a new yard or where grass is removed in an existing yard.
Ice Age Europeans found refuge in Spain, doom in Italy

Ice Age Europeans found refuge in Spain, doom in Italy

BERLIN (AP) — New research reveals that the hunter-gatherer people who dominated Europe 30,000 years ago sought refuge from the last Ice Age in warmer places, but only those who sheltered in what is now Spain and Portugal appear to have survived.
Best of MWC: Screens that roll, ChatGPT interactive glasses

Best of MWC: Screens that roll, ChatGPT interactive glasses

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The father of the cellphone was there. So was Huawei and a host of other Chinese tech companies .
Postmedia, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail drop Dilbert comic over racist comments

Postmedia, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail drop Dilbert comic over racist comments

TORONTO — A media backlash against the Dilbert comic strip took hold in Canada on Monday as several of the country's biggest newspapers announced they were dropping the office-set cartoon over recent remarks by its creator.
Eric Akis: Lighten up with shrimp salad lettuce wraps

Eric Akis: Lighten up with shrimp salad lettuce wraps

In this recipe from Eric Akis, shrimp salad, flavoured with curry powder, lime and mango chutney, is served in lettuce leaves, ready to wrap up and devour.
Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok

Here are the countries that have bans on TikTok

HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the video-sharing app grow.
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