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For the past decade, each spring has been a little more quiet to Brian Lendrum. The 76-year-old birder likes to stand outside his home on the shores of Lake Laberge, north of Whitehorse, and record the calls and songs around his property. Then he listens back — and hears birds …
Read More »Kirsten Hillman is leaving Washington. Here’s what she’s learned about Trump’s America
If you ask Canada’s Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman how to get Trump-era Republicans on Canada’s side, she’ll tell you a story about a stuffed bison head. Hillman first came to Washington as deputy ambassador in 2017. She says around that time, Canada was trying to make inroads with …
Read More »Trump’s chief of staff gives rare interview: Here are 5 things we learned
U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Susie Wiles, widely regarded in Washington as the quiet power behind the throne, spoke candidly about some of the administration’s shortcomings and delivered a frank assessment of the people around the president in a rare, wide-ranging series of interviews published Tuesday by Vanity …
Read More »What we learned from the new batch of Epstein photos
Listen to this article Estimated 6 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. U.S. House Democrats released a selection of photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, …
Read More »Ottawa officer removed after army learned of antisemitic, homophobic ‘Blue Hackle Mafia’ group
The Canadian Army has suspended the commanding officer of the Cameron Highlanders in Ottawa after discovering a Facebook group with “abhorrent” content. As CBC News reported earlier this month, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has been investigating the “Blue Hackle Mafia” group, which the army said was littered with “racist, misogynistic, homophobic and …
Read More »She only learned her privacy had been breached by filing an access to information request
A woman in Nova Scotia says people should not assume their health records are safe from snooping, something she discovered for herself only after filing an access to information request. Patricia Celan said she decided last June to file a request to determine whether anyone had accessed her records after seeing news …
Read More »It took her decades to find her alleged abuser. Then she learned of the doctor’s disturbing history
WARNING: This article contains graphic descriptions of child sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Susanne Barrow says she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) during a family vacation in Toronto, after she …
Read More »Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stand at the Emergencies Act inquiry — here’s what we learned
The live testimony portion of the Public Order Emergency Commission came to a close on Friday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took the stand. His keenly anticipated appearance before the commission inquiry offered many telling moments and pointed criticisms. The commission was launched to examine the government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act to handle …
Read More »Lessons learned. Calgary police say new enforcement effort on CTrains in the works
Calgary police say they understand people don’t feel safe at CTrains stations and are promising a major enforcement effort starting in September, building on their first system-wide blitz this month. For four days leading up to Stampede, undercover officers tracked drug deals at the stations. Working with the undercover officers and Transit …
Read More »Desperate mom brings daughter to CTrain station to buy drugs; here’s what she learned
First they found a phone number on a bus bench at Banff Trail station in Calgary. Then — following instructions from that phone call — Vanessa Redmond drove her daughter to Lion’s Park Station and let her out. Soon she was watching her adult daughter smoke drugs on the platform, meters …
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