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OTTAWA — The mountains of trash from foreign countries seen piling up around homes and temples in Myanmar are renewing calls for Canada and other wealthy countries to deal with their own plastic garbage at home, instead of exporting waste — and the p

MONTREAL — How many workers does it take to shift a wall in Quebec? Too many, says Isabelle Rinfret of construction and real estate management company Arvisais, based roughly 95 kilometres northeast of Montreal, in Louiseville, Que.

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TOKYO — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime fell to American qualifier Marcos Giron 6-1, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Japan Open on Friday.

MONTREAL — The chief financial officer of Transat AT Inc. is leaving the company to become chief financial officer at Dollarama Inc. Transat says Patrick Bui will step down from his position at the travel company on Dec. 15.

Western University and Wilfrid Laurier University will renew their football rivalry Saturday in a battle of unbeaten teams looking to enter the U Sports post-season on a high.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Benjamin Brunelle had a goal and an assist as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Charlottetown Islanders 4-2 on Thursday.

WINNIPEG — Jack Eichel scored the go-ahead goal with 4:36 remaining and the Vegas Golden Knights remained undefeated with a 5-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Adam Zidlicky scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period to cap a three-goal comeback as the Mississauga Steelheads edged the North Bay Battalion 7-6 on Thursday.

EDMONTON — Police in Edmonton have cancelled an Amber Alert for a 40-year-old woman who is blind and non-verbal after she was found safe. Edmonton police had said the woman was abducted in a stolen vehicle in the evening.