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Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles? Some Appalachian Trail hikers try

Could you eat this much ice cream after walking 1,100 miles? Some Appalachian Trail hikers try

The ice cream challenge is a regular topic of conversation among thru-hikers at shelters and campfires, says one participant.
Free summer admission to national parks and historic sites begins Friday

Free summer admission to national parks and historic sites begins Friday

OTTAWA — The Canada Strong Pass takes effect Friday, offering free admission to national parks, national historic sites and marine conservation areas maintained by Parks Canada.
How Nest turned a $24,000 idea into a global movement supporting women artisans

How Nest turned a $24,000 idea into a global movement supporting women artisans

In 2005, Rebecca van Bergen was a graduate student in social work at Washington University when she won $24,000 in a school innovation contest. That seed money sparked the creation of Nest Inc.
Karina Gould gets key committee chair as NDP is frozen out

Karina Gould gets key committee chair as NDP is frozen out

OTTAWA — House of Commons committees are taking shape for this session of Parliament with a top spot for Liberal Karina Gould and no representation at all for New Democrats.
The world’s most-visited museum shuts down with staff sounding the alarm on mass tourism

The world’s most-visited museum shuts down with staff sounding the alarm on mass tourism

As hotspots from Venice to the Acropolis race to curb crowds, the world’s most iconic museum, visited by millions, is hitting a breaking point of its own.
Rotting fish-sauce plant whose stench torments Newfoundland town will be cleaned up

Rotting fish-sauce plant whose stench torments Newfoundland town will be cleaned up

ST. MARY'S — A coastal Newfoundland town besieged for decades by the fetid stench wafting from an abandoned fish-sauce factory has finally received good news. Steve Ryan, the mayor of St. Mary's, N.L.
Buy Canadian moment creates opportunity for Roots and its domestic leather business

Buy Canadian moment creates opportunity for Roots and its domestic leather business

TORONTO — Rifling through the Roots Corp. product archives on a recent Thursday morning, CEO Meghan Roach is surrounded by the kind of heritage “most consumer brands would die to have.
Canadian gold miner placed under temporary provisional administration in Mali

Canadian gold miner placed under temporary provisional administration in Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A judge in Mali on Monday ordered Barrick Gold to be placed under provisional administration for six months in an ongoing dispute between the Canadian mining company and the West African nation's military government over unpaid ta
Book Review: A fingerprint expert obsessed with learning the fate of her missing sister

Book Review: A fingerprint expert obsessed with learning the fate of her missing sister

Sixteen years have passed since Shaw Connolly’s teenage sister, Thea, slipped out of their family home in rural Maine to party with friends and never came home.
Proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis back Sunoco offer for Parkland

Proxy advisory firms ISS and Glass Lewis back Sunoco offer for Parkland

CALGARY — Two proxy advisory services are recommending shareholders vote in favour of Parkland Corp.'s planned takeover by U.S. company Sunoco LP. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass, Lewis & Co.