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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. Source

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. Source

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. Source

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. Source

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. Source

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump was in full deflection mode. The Democrats had blamed Russia for the hacking and release of damaging material on his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. Trump wasn't buying it. But on July 27, 2016, midway through a news conference in Florida, Trump decided to entertain the thought for a moment. Source

PARIS -- Thousands of yellow vest protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday for a 15th straight weekend of demonstrations, trying to re-energize supporters while tamping down on the violence and anti-Semitism in the movement's ranks. Source

HOUSTON -- A Boeing 767 cargo jetliner heading to Houston with three people aboard crashed Saturday into a bay just east of the city, according to officials. Lynn Lunsford with the Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately know the status of the people aboard and the Chambers County Sheriff's Office could not immediately be reached for comment. Source

SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a group of San Francisco Bay Area students squared off over climate change in a sometimes tense exchange captured on video and widely shared on social media. Source

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. Source