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Make-a-Wish kid tosses perfect pitch at Brewers game

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Eight-year-old Caleb Teisl threw an outstanding first pitch, creating a heartwarming moment at the game between the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday.

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World

City introduces new 311 smartphone app to report trouble spots

Edmonton 311 App

Reporting potholes, sidewalks, damaged trees and graffiti should be easier for Edmontonians now that the city has unveiled its new mobile app designed to streamline the process.

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Category: News/Canada/Edmonton

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Sports

Hockey Canada to name Tom Renney CEO: report

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Tom Renney will be named Hockey Canada president and CEO, a source tells The Canadian Press.

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Category: Sports/Hockey/NHL

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World

Bastille Day in Paris, France commemorates First World War

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Soldiers carrying the flags of 76 countries marched down the Champs Elysée in Paris on Monday.

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Tech

Bird decline linked to bee-killing pesticides

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Starling bird with insect in beak

It’s not just the bees that are being harmed by controversial neonicotinoid pesticides – the birds are also disappearing, a new study suggests.

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Politics

Northern Gateway pipeline: First Nations outline constitutional challenges

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Several B.C. First Nations laid out their plans to fight Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline proposal in the courts at a news conference this morning in Vancouver.

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Category: News/Canada/British Columbia