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A cache of about 90 live snails, considered an invasive species that can damage crops, homes and human health, was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Detroit airport last month, the agency says. CBC | World News
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Search continues for 2 international students who possibly drowned in the Detroit River
Windsor police say the two people who are presumed to have drowned were swimming in the area west of Sandpoint Beach, an area with longstanding safety concerns. CBC | World News
Read More »Giants make tight end Theo Johnson 2nd Canadian taken at NFL draft in Detroit
The New York Giants on Saturday selected Penn State tight end Theo Johnson of Ajax, Ont., with the seventh pick of the fourth round in the NFL draft Saturday. Offensive lineman Isaiah Adams was the first Canadian off the board when Arizona chose him on Friday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »General Motors moving to new Detroit tower, plans to redevelop iconic Renaissance Center: source
General Motors plans to move its iconic Detroit headquarters to a new downtown office tower and redevelop its home office site, a person briefed on the plans said. CBC | World News
Read More »PWHL Boston tops Ottawa in shootout before U.S.-record crowd of 13,736 in Detroit
Hannah Brandt and Hilary Knight each scored shootout goals and Aerin Frankel saved four of the five shots she faced as Boston beat Ottawa in a shootout, 2-1 in front of the largest crowd to watch a professional women’s hockey game in the United States Saturday night in Detroit. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Detroit author Mitch Albom, 9 others evacuated by helicopter from violence-torn Port-au-Prince
Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage. CBC | World News
Read More »Detroit Lions fans talk about the team and the city rising from the ashes
Detroit Lions fans have been through years of hurt. Despite coming within three points of going to their first-ever Super Bowl, the Lions are now a team to be reckoned with. CBC | Sports News
Read More »San Francisco to face Kansas City in Super Bowl rematch after historic comeback vs. Detroit
Brock Purdy threw for 267 yards and a touchdown, and the San Francisco 49ers rallied from 17 points down at halftime to beat the visiting Detroit Lions 34-31 on Sunday and reach the Super Bowl. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Her dad would’ve loved to see a Detroit Lions win, so this Windsor woman brought his ashes to Ford Field
It was a moment Miselle Gauthier’s dad had been waiting years for, right up to his death seven years ago — the Lions had finally made it to an NFL playoff game, on home turf at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Detroit on track to record fewest homicides since 1966, officials say
The city of Detroit is on-track to see its fewest yearly homicides in nearly six decades, officials said Monday. CBC | World News
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