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Tariffs hitting shoppers in Canada and U.S., with some prices set to rise at Loblaw stores, Walmart

A trip to the store is about to become more expensive for shoppers on both sides of the 49th parallel, as pre-tariff inventory runs out at Loblaw stores and Walmart is set to raise prices in the U.S. Loblaw Cos. Ltd. chief executive Per Bank said Wednesday in a LinkedIn …

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Ukraine, Russia appear set to engage in Istanbul-hosted talks without Zelenskyy, Putin

Ukraine will send a delegation to Istanbul, led by Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, to attend talks with a team from Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday after holding talks in Ankara with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Zelenskyy, who has called for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the war …

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French movie icon Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence. In one of …

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White South Africans fast-tracked for refugee status set to arrive in U.S. on Monday

A group of 49 white South Africans are set to arrive at Dulles International Airport outside Washington on Monday, after having been offered refugee status under a new program from the Trump administration. Refugee groups have questioned why the white South Africans are being prioritized ahead of people from countries …

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Bill Gates set to give away $200B US by 2045, says Musk is ‘killing’ world’s poorest children

Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away $200 billion US via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children” through huge cuts to the U.S. foreign aid budget. The 69-year-old billionaire co-founder of Microsoft said he was speeding up his plans to divest …

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Ontario set to begin construction of Canada’s first mini nuclear power plant

Premier Doug Ford’s government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada’s first small modular reactor, a new nuclear energy technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant.  The small modular reactor (SMR) would provide 300 megawatts of power, enough electricity to …

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Sean (Diddy) Combs sex trafficking trial set to begin with jury selection

Sean (Diddy) Combs, the hip-hop entrepreneur whose wildly successful career has been dotted with allegations of violence, was brought to a New York courthouse on Monday to be tried on charges that he used the influence and resources of his business empire to sexually abuse women. Jury selection was scheduled to …

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Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling, set for 2027

Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new Star Wars film that will reach movie theatres in May 2027, Walt Disney’s Lucasfilm announced on Thursday. Star Wars: Starfighter will take place five years after the events of 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker, a Lucasfilm statement said. The movie is “an entirely new adventure …

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Maple Leafs clinch division to set up Battle of Ontario playoff series vs. Senators

For everything he’s done since his celebrated arrival in 2016, Auston Matthews can’t change the Toronto Maple Leafs’ history of early round playoff collapses. Perhaps, a better future lies directly ahead for a team playing a more responsible defensive style under new coach Craig Berube, and after Toronto secured several …

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Springsteen opens the vault with dozens of unreleased songs on long-awaited box set sequel

Bruce Springsteen on Thursday announced the long-awaited sequel to his critically acclaimed 1998 Tracks box set, which will contain 83 songs, the vast majority of them previously unreleased. The set comprises what Springsteen says are seven “lost” albums. “The Lost Albums are records that were full records, some of them …

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