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Mexico will retaliate if U.S. moves ahead with Trump’s tariff plans, president says
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday Mexico would retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump followed through with his proposed 25 per cent across-the-board tariff, a move her government warned could kill 400,000 U.S. jobs and drive up prices for U.S. consumers. “If there are U.S. tariffs, Mexico would also …
Read More »Grade 8 teacher accused of sex crimes on students granted bail again
An Ontario school teacher accused of multiple sexual offences involving students has been again released on bail after she was rearrested for allegedly breaching her bail conditions, CBC News has learned. Kelly-Anne Jennings is on unpaid leave from her job as a Grade 8 teacher at St. Anthony Catholic Elementary School …
Read More »Sixteen caught crossing illegally into U.S. from Quebec in days before Trump tariff threat
On a late Saturday afternoon, two days before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Canadian goods over migrants and fentanyl, the RCMP alerted U.S. Border Patrol about a group of people crossing illegally from Quebec into an area near Chateaugay, N.Y. Border Patrol agents initially spotted the group, but then …
Read More »Black Friday sales are designed to give you FOMO. Don’t let them
Black Friday is here, and it’s hard to miss. Posters scream about big sales while emails flood inboxes — warning the savings are for one day only. It’s become one of the busiest shopping days of the year. But experts say it’s also a time when impulse spending can spiral out of …
Read More »Recycling is failing as a way to reduce plastic. Here’s why
Recycling plastic isn’t working. The figure most often cited is that only nine per cent of the world’s plastic has ever been recycled. That statistic is taken from a 2017 study looking at how much plastic the world has thrown out from 1950 to 2015. It’s a lot: 6.3 billion tonnes, or the weight …
Read More »Canada seen by some as cautionary tale for U.K.’s assisted dying bill
Esther Rantzen says she doesn’t have the strength to fly to Canada to seek lasting relief from her ever-advancing cancer, but she would if she could. “I love Canada, but I think I will go to Switzerland and seek an assisted death if the illness starts to progress faster,” Rantzen, …
Read More »What would a trade war actually look like?
Donald Trump is threatening steep tariffs on all goods entering the U.S. from Canada, Mexico and China. They’ll be in place until the countries stop the flow of migrants and drugs illegally entering the U.S., Trump said. Mexico and China have threatened to respond in kind. Businesses, economists and policymakers are trying …
Read More »‘I have to heal from this,’ says woman who accuses Manitoba priest of sexually abusing her in 1970s
Warning: This story deals with allegations of sexual assault and discussion of suicide. Shelley Trubiak says she suffered in silence for 52 years — but two years ago decided she couldn’t do that anymore, after she started having flashbacks of the abuse by a priest she says she suffered while growing up …
Read More »Russia strikes cities across Ukraine, targeting the country’s energy infrastructure
Russia conducted a “massive” attack against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Thursday, firing nearly 200 missiles and drones and leaving more than a million households without power, Ukrainian officials said. Russia’s second major aerial attack on Ukraine’s power grid in less than two weeks amplified fears that the Kremlin aims to …
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