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It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence, including a shooting in Times Square. Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big screen roared as the Knicks …
Read More »RCMP investigating allegation of money for council votes in Calgary city hall corruption probe: court doc
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The RCMP are investigating an allegation that the principal and founder of a local planning consulting …
Read More »Frustrations on multiple fronts set to collide with Mexico City World Cup opening day
David Estévez Gamboa says he’s from the “old school,” having spent more than 40 years behind the wheel of a transport truck. But he apologizes when emotion overtakes him while discussing the killings of truck drivers during robberies and hijackings that plague Mexico’s highways. Between 30 and 50 transport trucks …
Read More »Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg oil terminal before city hosts Russian economic forum
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, President Volodymyr …
Read More »113-year-old Calgary building up for donation as city looks to preserve history of former Chinese laundry
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Once destined for demolition, a historic building in southeast Calgary could soon find a new home. …
Read More »Devastation in Dawson City, Yukon, as iconic hotel is razed by fire
Dawson City, Yukon’s iconic tavern, the Westminster Hotel, aka “The Pit,” was destroyed in a fire on Sunday morning — just months after the bar survived a devastating flood. Fire crews battled the blaze burning at the beloved Dawson City community landmark for hours. But the building, which dated back …
Read More »FIFA World Cup turns up gentrification pressures in Mexico City, say experts
L.M. says she could get kicked out at any time from her apartment inside an art deco building complex in Mexico City’s Tacubaya neighbourhood, one of the new frontlines in the ongoing battles over gentrification. She moved to Mexico City from the city of Puebla, about 135 kilometres to the …
Read More »Drug poisoning alert issued in Ontario city over mysterious substance sold as ‘down’
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Lakelands Public Health has issued a drug poisoning alert for the Peterborough region, warning of a yellow or beige substance being sold as “down.” The drug is reportedly being linked to an increase in overdoses and prolonged sedation, according to a release …
Read More »Montrealers celebrate Canada’s incoming GG Louise Arbour, who got her start in the city
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. From serving as a Supreme Court justice and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, to …
Read More »2 dead, 3 seriously hurt after car plows into people in German city of Leipzig
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A driver plowed into people in a busy shopping area in the centre of the German …
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