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Israeli forces raided a stronghold of an armed group in the occupied West Bank’s second-largest city, blowing up an explosives lab and engaging in a firefight, the military said Tuesday. Five Palestinians were killed and 20 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The overnight raid in the old …
Read More »Priced out of Toronto’s housing market? Alberta wants you to turn your eyes west
If you’ve been priced out of Toronto’s real estate market, Alberta hopes its latest ploy will have you looking west to achieve your white-picket-fence dreams. In a move to lure fed-up prospective home buyers, the province has unveiled the second phase of its campaign dubbed “Alberta is Calling.” “We’ve got Canada’s lowest taxes and …
Read More »Respected in the West, Gorbachev was seen as a reckless chatterbox in Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at age 91, liked to talk. And after he took power in the Soviet Union in 1985, he wanted his country to talk, and talk openly, about its problems. It only hastened its demise. News Source link
Read More »West Vancouver bus drivers say strike notice could come next week
Frustrated West Vancouver bus drivers say they’re ready to escalate job action in their fight for better pay and working conditions. The president of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 134 says the union is prepared to give strike notice next week as his members working for Blue Bus seek pay and …
Read More »As Afghans go hungry, the West contends with the Taliban’s broken promises
A year ago today, as rifle-toting Taliban were rolling into Kabul, a flood of questions coursed through the mind of Deborah Lyons, Canada’s former ambassador to Afghanistan. Serving at the time as the United Nations secretary general’s special representative to the long-suffering country, she watched in utter disbelief the swift, merciless collapse of the …
Read More »Stolen fibreglass horse turns up in West Kelowna orchard
Harry the life-size fibreglass horse is back where he belongs, three weeks after being stolen from a saddlery store in Kelowna, B.C., by two people in a U-Haul truck. The brown equestrian replica had been standing in front of the Diamond H Tack Shop for nearly 30 years when it was stolen …
Read More »Buying weed online in N.L.? Your data’s moving to the ‘Wild West’ of privacy protection, experts say
Cybersecurity researcher David Murakami Wood, seen in a file photo, said with the data transfer comes a loss of control. (Submitted by David Murakami Wood) Cannabis N.L. online customers have been asked to consent to having their data transferred from servers in Canada to servers in the United States — and …
Read More »29 Students Of West Bengal School Test Positive For Covid-19
New Delhi: At least 29 students of a residential school in West Bengal’s Nadia district have tested positive for Covid-19. According to sources, the affected students are from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Kalyani, and belong to Class 9 and Class 10. Thirteen boys and 16 girls tested Covid positive. School officials …
Read More »A Day After Conclusion Of Election, West Bengal Govt Imposes New Covid-19 Restrictions; Know What’s Allowed What’s Not
Kolkata: West Bengal government on Friday announced fresh Covid-19 restrictions. As per the new order, shopping complexes, malls, beauty parlours, cinema halls, restaurants, bars, gyms and sports complexes will remain closed until further orders. The decision comes just a day after the conclusion of 8-phase assembly election in the state. …
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