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When he was a student at what was then known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, Andrew Scott had a professor who regularly said that painting was something that could be done until someone dropped dead, while rock n’ roll had a best-before date. It …
Read More »Why anything short of regime change in Iran is a loss for Donald Trump
While U.S. President Donald Trump has not explicitly named regime change as an objective of his military operation in Iran, it’s difficult to see how he’ll persuade the American people that he won the war if a hard-line Islamic republic remains in place in Tehran. Trump has so far been …
Read More »Conservatives accuse Liberals of ‘kowtowing to Beijing’ as 2 MPs cut Taiwan trip short
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. The federal Conservatives are accusing the Liberals of rewarding “Beijing’s intimidation” after some parliamentarians on a …
Read More »Father of Manitoban who died when 911 failed says new 2-hour deadline for reporting outages falls short
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A grieving father in Manitoba’s Interlake is blasting a new requirement that provinces must be told within two hours of a 911 outage, arguing a shorter timeline …
Read More »Trump’s Gaza deal may be ‘historic,’ but falls short of delivering ‘dawn of a new Middle East’
The killing has stopped. Surviving Israeli hostages have been released and returned to their families, while hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons have been returned to theirs. How and when the rest of Donald Trump’s Mideast deal unfolds isn’t entirely clear. In the past few days, there have been moments …
Read More »Sault Ste. Marie MPP Chris Scott takes ‘short leave’ after being charged with assault, kicked out of PC caucus
The member of provincial parliament for Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has broken his silence, more than a week after being removed from Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government for facing criminal charges. Chris Scott, 35, issued a statement Thursday, saying he wanted to address the allegations that he committed assault and assault with a …
Read More »Spain cycling event cut short after more than 100,000 protest Israeli-owned team
Spanish authorities say more than 100,000 people took part in the latest pro-Palestinian protests that interrupted the final stage of the Spanish Vuelta and forced organizers to cut short the Grand Tour event on Sunday, capping a campaign of disruptions. The central government’s representative for the Madrid region said that …
Read More »Federal government’s effort to shed underused office space falling short, audit finds
A new report by Canada’s auditor general says the 10-year plan to cut federal government office space in half is not on track. One of eight performance audits released Tuesday morning by Auditor General Karen Hogan found the reduction effort launched in 2019 has only just begun, “mainly because of a lack of …
Read More »How the Liberals came up short in Ontario — and lost their majority bid
Winning a fourth mandate and returning to power was certainly a victory for the federal Liberals, but it was marred by a disappointing showing in Ontario which played a significant role in costing them a majority. “Obviously, if you compare to where the Liberals were three months ago, it was an unbelievably …
Read More »King Charles required ‘short’ observation in hospital Thursday following scheduled cancer treatment
King Charles was hospitalized for “a short period of observation” on Thursday after experiencing “temporary side effects,” related to a scheduled cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said in a statement. His engagements for Thursday afternoon and Friday were cancelled. “His Majesty has now returned to Clarence House and as a precautionary …
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