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Halifax considers asking province to create centralized dangerous dog registry
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (621+ words) Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld HALIFAX - Two months after a Nova Scotia boy died in a dog attack, Halifax Regional Council is poised to vote on a plan…...
Photo Gallery: Canada's groundhogs predict an early spring
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (282+ words) The town criers announce the arrival of Wiarton Willie for his prognostication during the Groundhog Day event in Wiarton, Ont. on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ball Former MPP Bill Walker and Jay Kirkland, the mayor of South Bruce…...
Annette, the harbour seal, rescued from netting around her neck in West Vancouver
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (429+ words) VANCOUVER - A young harbour seal is recovering after being rescued from a life-threatening gillnet entanglement in West Vancouver. Dr. Martin Haulena, the head veterinarian at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society, said the net had likely been digging into…...
Mountain lion roams posh San Francisco neighborhood before being captured
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (632+ words) Dozens of officials worked to capture and tranquilize the male cat after warnings were issued advising people to slowly back away if they encountered it. The wild cat was first seen Monday morning. Roxanne Blank was being dropped off outside…...
Ottawa gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to U.S.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (804+ words) A beluga whale swims in a tank at the Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young Marineland's belugas have received a reprieve from death row after the federal government conditionally approved a plan…...
Bear cub that suffered major burns in northern B.C. expected to recover
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (210+ words) A sign warning of a bear in the area is shown in Squamish, B.C., Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amy Smart DAWSON CREEK - A bear cub rescued in northeastern British Columbia last week is expected to live. The Northern Lights Wildlife…...
Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to help Marineland's belugas amid euthanasia threat
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (948+ words) Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments are urging each other to help 30 belugas at Marineland, which has threatened to…...