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The Canadian domination over the Oscars' animated short category this year isn't a surprise to How to Train Your Dragon filmmaker Dean DeBlois. 
Award-winning animation is part of our cinematic heritage, according to the Canadian director and two-time Oscar nominee, whose blockbuster How to Train Your Dragon franchise launched its final chapter this weekend with The Hidden World.
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Victoria's trademark cherry blossoms may be lost in a few years as the city goes ahead with a plan to replace aging non-native trees with native species.
City councillors in the B.C. capital this week approved a spending increase for Victoria's Urban Forest Master Plan, which one councillor said could result in a loss of a number of flower-bearing trees in the city.
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The Nova Scotia SPCA is asking the public for information after a cat and its three kittens were discovered dead inside a plastic bin.
In a Facebook post on Friday, the animal welfare organization said someone found the deceased animals inside the tote bin in the area of Albro Lake Park in Dartmouth, N.S.

Canadians who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests marched in Rome on Saturday, demanding a zero tolerance approach from the Vatican.
Gemma Hickey of St. John’s, N.L., took part in the protest.
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The family of a Canadian man detained in Egypt is calling for the highest level of intervention from the Canadian government after he disappeared from the Cairo airport on Monday.
Yasser Ahmed Albaz has been in Egypt for business since December.
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CALGARY -- A judge has dismissed the British Columbia government's request to declare an Alberta law that could restrict the flow of refined oil products to B.C. as unconstitutional.
The attorney general of B.C.
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Parks Canada is looking for public input on a Fire Management Plan for Banff, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks.
Spokesperson Jane Park says the plans are typically re-worked every 10 years and this is the first time the three parks will be combined for the plan.
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Hundreds of people filled an Ottawa church to capacity on Saturday to say their final goodbyes to former MP Paul Dewar.
Dewar, who represented the riding of Ottawa-Centre for almost a decade, died earlier this month from brain cancer.
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Parks Canada is looking for public input on a Fire Management Plan for Banff, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks.
Spokesperson Jane Park says the plans are typically re-worked every 10 years and this is the first time the three parks will be combined for the plan.
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OTTAWA -- The commander of Canada's special forces says officials are watching closely to see what impact U.S. plans to withdraw hundreds of soldiers from Syria could have on Canada's mission in neighbouring Iraq.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Maj.
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