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Holland College suspends 8 programs, citing drop in revenue caused by foreign student caps

Prince Edward Island’s biggest community college is phasing out eight programs for the coming school year because of a drop in revenue from “a sharp decrease in the college’s international student enrolment.”  Holland College says three other programs are being downsized because enrolment numbers have dropped. Those programs were not …

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‘Ahmad burned in front of the whole world,’ says wife of Gaza journalist killed after Israeli strike

WARNING: This story contains details of a man burning alive. Nidaa Mansour was on her phone when she read a news alert that an Israeli airstrike had hit a tent used by local media in southern Gaza, causing flames to erupt in the tent. She frantically called her husband, Ahmad Mansour, a journalist …

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Euphoria and Grey’s Anatomy actor Eric Dane diagnosed with ALS

Euphoria actor and former Grey’s Anatomy veteran Eric Dane has announced that he has ALS but will continue working. Dane, 52, revealed his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive disease that attacks nerve cells controlling muscles throughout the body and is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in an interview with …

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Siemens executive and family, pilot dead after helicopter crashes in Hudson River off Manhattan

A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in mid-air Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilot and a family of Spanish tourists in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said. The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and three children, in …

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Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, known for First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s, dead at 94

Canadian Ted Kotcheff, whose six-decade career as film and television director included helming the first instalments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s, died Thursday at age 94, his son confirmed to CBC News. “He died of old age, peacefully, and surrounded by love ones,” his son Thomas said in …

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Death toll rises to 221 in Dominican roof collapse

Memorials were taking place Thursday for a merengue star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic, as the number of dead surged to 221 and crews completed their search for bodies. Mourners clad in black and white streamed into Santo Domingo’s …

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Canadian Corey Conners 2 shots back at halfway point of Masters

Canadian Corey Conners finds himself in contention at the Masters after two rounds. The Listowel, Ont., native shot a 2-under 70 for a share of third place on Friday, two shots back of leader Justin Rose. Rose kept his name atop the leaderboard, and he doesn’t have to look far …

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Supreme Court orders Trump administration to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said the Trump administration must facilitate the return of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, rejecting the administration’s emergency appeal. The court acted in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran citizen who had an immigration court order preventing …

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Graphic bodycam footage of OPP officer’s killing crucial for Crown and defence

WARNING: This story contains disturbing video and graphic descriptions of violence, as well as coarse language A crucial video has been shown at the trial of Alain Bellefeuille — who shot and killed an Ontario Provincial Police officer and wounded two others outside Ottawa in 2023 — that takes the jury to the …

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Canadians required to register with U.S. government if in country at least 30 days

Many Canadians travelling to the United States will now have to newly register with the U.S. government as of Friday or face potential fines or jail time. The requirement stems from an executive order that U.S. President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office for non-citizens who are in …

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