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November 29 News Duration 14:43 After Texas sparked controversy for securing five additional House seats by redistricting its congressional maps, California responded with some gerrymandering of its own. Andrew Chang breaks down how gerrymandering works and how it could affect the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. Images provided by …
Read More »Blue Jays fans express disappointment, hope after Game 2 loss against Mariners
Blue Jays fans are holding onto hope for a comeback by the team after a disappointing 10-3 loss against the Seattle Mariners on Monday. Cheers of “let’s go Blue Jays” and “Jays in seven” could be heard amongst the crowd walking out of Rogers Centre Monday night, as fans spoke …
Read More »$48K for discontinued candy? Cherry Blossom resellers hope to cash in on nostalgia
You can do a lot with $50,000, should you happen to have it. Buy a new SUV, for instance. Or pay for a major kitchen renovation. Make a down payment on a house. Set it aside for retirement. Or, you could bid on a 24-pack of Hershey’s Cherry Blossom chocolates on eBay, where …
Read More »‘Gives us some hope’: Afghan women at risk of deportation due to USAID cuts look to find home at U of R
Nilab still remembers the day Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021. She was at the bank trying to pay for her sister’s passport in preparation for fleeing the country. Dressed in a red suit from work and with her hair uncovered, every taxi driver refused to take her home. Nilab, 29, …
Read More »N.S. family says $85K surgery in U.S. might be daughter’s only hope to walk again
Nora Nunn-Murphy doesn’t know how her Halifax-area family will come up with more than $85,000 for a rare hip surgery in the United States, but she knows she has to try. If not, her daughter may have little hope of walking as she gets older. Nunn-Murphy’s seven-year-old daughter, Brenna Benoit, has …
Read More »G7: Why there is hope of a Carney-Trump tariff breakthrough at Alberta summit
Global trade will be a major focus at next week’s G7 summit as world leaders gather in Alberta, including U.S. President Donald Trump, who will be making his first appearance at a major international event since returning to the White House in January. Experts and ambassadors are expressing some optimism …
Read More »‘So much more positive’: Leaving downtown to use a homeless shelter gave this woman hope
Calgary officials are trying to make the city feel safer by testing the idea of small, daytime homeless shelters in the suburbs. For Kim Richards, that approach was exactly what she needed. The former small-business owner says she was stuck deep in grief and drug addiction, drawn into a negative …
Read More »Carney transition team met with PMO staff Tuesday, hope for PM swearing in by Friday
Liberal Leader Mark Carney is hoping to be sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister by the end of the week, but there are some logistical hurdles like security clearances for senior members of his transition team that must happen first. Carney won a landslide victory to take the helm …
Read More »Amazon is ending remote work. Its employees hope the company reconsiders
It’s back to the office full time for the majority of Amazon employees across the globe, but for some who work for the tech giant and online retailer it’s not a welcome change. “The people on my team are very upset about this,” said CJ Felli, a system development engineer at …
Read More »Sport was another casualty of war in Lebanon. Fans hope they can get back on track
Former Lebanese soccer player Assile Toufaily couldn’t help but cry upon hearing of an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. “I’m happy. They had some sort of objective to help Gaza, they did what they did. But it’s good they managed to find a way to end it,” she told CBC News from Lyon, …
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