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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada says air quality has improved across most of Quebec and Ontario as changes in wind and rain ease the situation east of the Prairies, where wildfires continue to rage. The federal department lifted alerts for most parts of both provinces …
Read More »Alberta judge calls for changes after man kills wife days after leaving mental health centre
WARNING: This story contains discussions of suicide. An Alberta judge is making 14 recommendations for RCMP and the provincial government after scrutinizing the case of a young mother who was killed by her husband, less than two weeks after he was discharged from a mental health centre. Brett Fenton stabbed and strangled …
Read More »Her son’s body lay in a supportive housing building for 3 days. Years later, she says little has changed
Shawn Richards died at the age of 37 after ingesting toxic drugs in the room of a supportive housing building where he was living in 2017. It took three days for staff to find his body. Shawn’s mother, Cyndie Richards, was already haunted by the fact that her son’s lifeless body …
Read More »U.S. and China agree to slash most tariffs for 90 days
U.S. and Chinese officials said Monday they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and call a 90-day truce in their trade war for more talks on resolving their trade disputes. Stock markets rose sharply as the globe’s two major economic powers took a step …
Read More »How 100 days of Trump is changing America
Front Burner Taking stock of where the biggest changes have happened in Trump’s first 100 days, and to what extent they are irreversible. FRONT BURNER · Posted: May 05, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago President Donald Trump speaks on his first 100 days at Macomb …
Read More »Trump presidency in 100 days keeps courts busy with deportation, transgender and tariff lawsuits
Donald Trump’s presidency is 100 days old on Wednesday, and its bold and often controversial moves have spawned more than 200 lawsuits, according to online publications tracking policy and legal issues arising from the new administration. Trump’s first presidency, between 2017 and 2021, was also marked by litigation compared to …
Read More »Canada election: Poilievre pitches ‘100 days of change’ by scrapping MPs’ summer break to pass priority bills
Singh defends election timing NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, speaking from Toronto in the final week of the election campaign, says there were two main reasons he didn’t push for an earlier election, which included him wanting Canadians to benefit from dental care and pharmacare and that he did not want …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Deadline for TikTok sale extended by 75 days, as Trump vows to work with China
U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law. “The deal requires more work to ensure all …
Read More »Man pulled out alive after nearly 5 days in Myanmar earthquake rubble
Rescue crews in Myanmar pulled a 26-year-old man out alive from the rubble of the capital city hotel where he worked early on Wednesday, but most teams were finding only bodies five days after a massive earthquake hit the country. After using an endoscopic camera to pinpoint Naing Lin Tun’s …
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