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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 B.C. government won’t be tabling controversial amendments that would suspend key portions of the province’s …
Read More »Vancouver teacher says sudden licence suspension felt like a ‘gut punch’
As a birthday surprise for secondary school teacher Chris Matisz, he received what he felt like a “gut-punch” when he opened a letter from the Ministry of Education saying he had lost his job. “It literally feels like in the moment that your whole world has turned upside down,” said …
Read More »ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a 1-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. U.S. President Donald Trump won’t be getting his wish. ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension. Kimmel’s previous, multi-year …
Read More »An emotional Jimmy Kimmel returns to late night after show’s suspension
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air on Tuesday, addressing for the first time a controversy that sidelined his late-night show and intensified the debate around free speech in the United States. Kimmel opened his monologue with a joke characteristic of his show — “As I was saying, before I was interrupted” — but took on a …
Read More »Plastic surgeon’s 6-week suspension for professional misconduct ‘slap on the wrist’: former patient
A Manitoba woman who was injured by a plastic surgeon more than a decade ago is worried after the doctor was temporarily suspended for medical errors — and she wants the disciplinary system to change to protect others. For six years, Melanie Drain lived with the end of a drainage …
Read More »Rwanda calls Canada’s export permit, business suspension over Congo war ‘shameful’
Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada’s position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was “shameful,” adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict. Late on Monday, Canada announced it had suspended the issuance of permits for the export of controlled goods and …
Read More »Blue Jays’ Martínez gets 80-game drug suspension 2 days after MLB debut
Toronto Blue Jays infielder Orelvis Martínez was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Sunday following a positive test for the performance-enhancing drug Clomiphene, an announcement made two days after his major league debut. Martínez, 22, has been on the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster since November 2022. He …
Read More »Lifetime ban? License suspension for car thieves could be coming to Ontario
The Ford government says it plans to suspend some driver’s licenses for people found guilty of auto theft offences in legislation set to be tabled later in the week. Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, along with Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, teased the proposed new law Tuesday, which could lead to repeat …
Read More »Markham library apologizes after internal memo considered suspension of Islamic displays – Toronto
A Toronto-area public library has apologized after a controversial plan to suspend Islamic History Month displays amid the Israel-Hamas conflict was made public. The CEO of Markham Public Library issued a public apology on Tuesday after an internal email was shared on social media by a prominent Islamic group in …
Read More »Ajax man charged in fatal hit-and-run was ‘driving while under suspension,’ police say
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Durham Regional Police say a man is facing charges, including driving while under suspension, after a 57-year-old woman was found lying on the roadway seriously injured and later died. Police said at around 5 a.m. on Sept. 20, officers were called to …
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