While investigating allegations of corruption at Calgary city hall, police say they uncovered text messages sent by former councillor Sean Chu to a man now accused of offering money for council votes in which Chu said to “keep conversations to his personal phone” because his work phone was “subject to Freedom of Information” disclosure.
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Menstrual products have been subject to an 18%. Sales tax in Pakistan, prompting protests. Huizeng Hu/Moment RF/ The budget for next fiscal. Year has the sales tax on these product...
A lot changes when you move in with. Your partner. when you go to bed, what. You eat for breakfast, and. Possibly your microbiome. the mishmash of bacteria that live in and. On you...
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As the World Cup kicks off, we just got some good news. About our coverage of another global soccer event. the Grannies International Football Tournament. Last year we published a ...
A super new Moon is coming. While you won’t be able to see it, it's still going to have an impact. But, what exactly is it and what does it have to do with the tide?
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A diver who filmed an incredibly rare encounter with a Great White shark in the Mediterranean Sea in. May has described the moment as "pretty special". "The shark was pretty close ...
Rex Heuermann, known as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, who admitted to brutally murdering eight women, received the maximum sentence on Wednesday. The sentencing in New York follow...
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is at the center of the Trump administration's work to dismantle the agency she runs, the U.S. Department of Education. Department of Education's ...
Rogers, Bell and Telus are each facing scrutiny from Canada's telecom regulator for introducing wireless fees the regulator says appear to violate new federal rules. On Friday, the...
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While investigating allegations of corruption at Calgary city hall, police say they uncovered text messages sent by former councillor Sean Chu to a man now accused of offering mone...
Canada is poised to become a key and reliable supplier of energy to the G7 after leaders meeting in France embraced this country's potential to deliver "significant additional capa...
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Ahead of the midterm elections in November, some of U.S. President Donald Trump's MAGA base is turning away. Some are citing the war in Iran, while others are growing frustrated with the cost of living in the United States.
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The FIFA World Cup is thought to bring. An economic windfall to the cities and. Regions where games will be played during four weeks this summer. SCOTT DETROW, The United States, C...
Cliff Jette for NPR Amber Petersen's struggles are. Likely familiar to any working parent. Some days at work, she finds herself diverted to family matters. She needs to leave work ...
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Nearly a dozen bystanders and first responders rushed to the scene of. A private jet crash on a Texas motorway on Tuesday to help free trapped passengers. Using what appeared to be...
Max Scherzer is back on the injured list. The Toronto Blue Jays placed the three-time Cy Young winner on the. 10-day injured list on Wednesday with back spasms. The move came hours...
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A teenager thrown to the ground Wednesday when a Central Park carriage horse bolted away from its driver. Has died, according to police. The 18-year-old was riding in the horse-dra...
The windows of the Mauricie Islamic Cultural Centre were smashed in an act of vandalism early Wednesday morning in Trois-Rivières, Que. The incident came after reports of recent on...
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Eliezer Kasongo, president of REMEDE Bunia, raises awareness among residents about Ebola prevention measures during a community outreach event on Ebola Awareness Day in Bunia, Itur...
After his 2021 BMW required major repairs, Zack Giacomelli decided last month he wanted to sell it back to BMW Toronto — the same dealership from which he bought the used car in 20...
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Ahead of the midterm elections in November, some of U.S. President Donald Trump's MAGA base is turning away. This includes key groups, such as conservative voters at Turning Point ...
Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Switzerland this Friday to sign a tentative deal to end the war with Iran. With the announcement to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Stra...
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Telehealth companies offer lifestyle support so people taking obesity drugs can have the most success losing weight. But employers also want the telehealth providers to limit spending on the drugs.
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Technology mogul Elon Musk, boss of SpaceX, Tesla and. X (formerly Twitter), has become the world's first trillionaire. For some time Musk has been, or at. Least never far from bei...
Vancouver's Tyler Broers said he's never seen anything. Like what unfolded on Saturday. Australian World Cup fans filled his multi-level sports. Bar, Dublin Calling, before and. Af...
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Japan must "strengthen its defence capabilities", Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told. The BBC, emphasising the need to revisit the pacifist posture that has. Defined the co...
A 20-year follow-up to a landmark diabetes study shows lifestyle interventions cut the risk. AILSA CHANG, There is encouraging news for the roughly 115 million adults. In the U.S. ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday derailed the confirmation process of his own nominee to head the country's intelligence. Agencies, an extraordinary move that upended Senat...
There is a photograph, taken ten years ago in Paris, that today seems like something of a relic. In it, dozens of men and women line up in dark suits, in front of an enormous sign ...
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AI giant Anthropic said on Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administr...
Rex Heuermann, a New York architect who murdered women for at least 17 years until police realized their deaths were the work of a serial killer, was sentenced Wednesday to life in...
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David Davis, a power plant worker in Aptos, Calif., was prescribed GLP-1 medication to treat obstructive sleep apnea. To approve the prescription, his insurance company required hi...
This story is part of Mind Your Business, a weekly analysis of the biggest business stories emailed to subscribers on Monday mornings. In a lot of ways, the deal to end the conflic...
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The Trump administration shared the details of the preliminary agreement to end the war with Iran on Wednesday. President Trump later said he had signed it, during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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AI will lead to more need for workers. Rather than make people redundant, Amazon founder Jeff. Bezos predicted during an appearance at a tech conference in Paris. Bezos pushed back...
The mayor of Sherbrooke, Que., a former MP. Is calling on the federal government to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump during the upcoming renewal of. The Canada-U.S.-Mexico A...
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Kevin Warsh chaired his first meeting of the Federal Reserve's interest-rate setting committee this week. With inflation at a three-year high, the committee left its benchmark rate...
For several weeks now, the Indian capital, Delhi, has been battling a. Severe heatwave, with temperatures routinely rising above 40C. On Tuesday, the Indian Meteorological Departme...
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he gave the company "less than a 10% chance of succeeding at all". When it first started, and it is now going public "with the largest IPO ever". Musk...
Canada and other NATO nations will be expected to deliver specific, "credible" plans to meet the alliance's new. Benchmark for defence spending when leaders meet next month in Turk...
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Former U.S. president Barack Obama has organized a phalanx of superstars to perform at the grand opening of his new cultural centre. Christina Aguilera, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hud...
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive in Manhattan, plans to argue at trial that he was in a state of "extreme emotional disturbance" when he...
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President Trump said Wednesday night he had formally signed the framework agreement to end the war with Iran during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at Versailles. Th...
When I arrived at 10 Downing Street this morning to hear the prime minister announce the UK's social media ban for under-16s, I had to hand in my phone for security reasons. Sir Ke...
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Water samples are assessed for pollution levels and any impact climate pressures may be having on the river system.
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The world's coastal mangrove forests. protect millions of. People from storms - and. Soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases -. Are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists ...
A mechanic pours motor oil into a funnel. Inside a Chevron Corp, gas station in Albuquerque, N.M., in July 2016. The cost of group III base oil, used. In motor oil blends, has rise...
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After the government's announcement on Monday, we know a social media ban. Is coming for under-16s in the UK. However, details on. apps are and are not included, besides those name...
During the May heatwave UV levels were unusually high across much of. The UK for the time of year. Some exposure to UV is essential for our wellbeing, but too much is damaging and....
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A special parliamentary committee is recommending that the federal government "indefinitely exclude" people whose sole underlying condition is. A mental illness from applying for m...
TAIPEI, Taiwan. Attempts by China to exert pressure or influence on other countries to limit Taiwan's access to international events. Has become "the new normal," the island's fore...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres greets soldiers from Chad at a base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — U.N. Secretary-General António G...
The US-Iran memorandum of understanding announced on Wednesday amounts to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a deal to try to reach a final agreement on almost everything els...
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A new study into microplastic pollution in the River Thames has been launched by researchers at the University of East London (UEL) in an attempt to influence environmental policy ...
El Niño - the natural Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global temperatures - has officially begun, US scientists say. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (...
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Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil have passed the US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data shows.
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Nasa's Artemis II mission is sending four astronauts. On their way to the Moon. Their voyage around our nearest neighbour will pave. The way for a lunar landing and, eventually, a ...
Stock markets rallied worldwide on Monday and. Oil prices eased after the United States and. Iran reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire and. Reopen the Strait of Hormu...
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The fuel hangs precariously from the sides of his bike, strapped on with rope and string. He bought it at an open-air fuel market in Mastung, in Balochistan, Pakistan's biggest and...
Daveigh Chase, the horror actress. crawled out of a telly in The. Ring and. voiced Lilo in Disney's animated Lilo & Stitch, has died aged 35. Chase. also starred in the cable drama...
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Canada’s oil and gas sector is facing a major hiring challenge. The industry will need about 72,000 workers by 2035. the majority to replace retiring employees, according to a. New...
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but policymakers expect a hike in borrowing costs later. This year amid growing concerns about inflation lodged above ...
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Crude oil prices are down sharply on Monday morning, after President Trump, Iranian leaders and Pakistani negotiators all indicated that a deal to end the war with Iran will be sig...
This week, Visa's deal with ChatGPT maker OpenAI became the latest step in the march toward a future where AI offers to shop on your behalf. A MARTÍNEZ, Major AI companies are pict...
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Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil have passed the US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data shows. Despite President Donald Trump announcing on Sunday the ...
"I'm an early adopter of new technology," says Gavin Tait, a 69-year-old from Glasgow, with a hint of pride. So when he received a lump sum on retirement a decade or so ago, he inv...
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In fiery exchange, judge sentenced him to three life sentences plus 25 years to life on four other charges, all running consecutively.
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The Competition Bureau is looking to investigate how. Competition along the food supply chain affects grocery prices for Canadian consumers. The bureau says it will look for potent...
A diver. filmed an incredibly rare encounter with. A Great White shark in the Mediterranean Sea. In May has described the moment as "pretty special". "The shark was pretty close to...
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A version of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool. the company said was. Too powerful to be released to the public has just been released to the public. Claude Fable 5 is a version...
Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia, a city in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. That is the epicentre of the current Ebola outbreak, is much busier than usual. "Today is the si...
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A lot changes when you move in with your partner. when you go to bed, what you eat for breakfast, and. Possibly your microbiome. the mishmash of bacteria that live in and on you. A...
While investigating allegations of corruption at Calgary city hall, police say they uncovered text messages sent by former. Councillor Sean Chu to a man now accused of offering mon...
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American Caroline Harvey selected 1st overall in PWHL draft by Vancouver Goldeneyes Generational American defender Caroline Harvey is a member of the Vancouver Goldeneyes. The 23-y...
Fluorescent proteins, seen inside this transparent Danionella fish, allow scientists to track processes in its brain and body. Researchers at a major brain science center hope that...
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Rex Heuermann, known as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, who admitted to brutally murdering eight women, received the maximum sentence on Wednesday. The sentencing in New York follow...
Iran's leadership is trying to present its emerging memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the US not as a retreat, but as the result of resistance and victory. The country has jus...
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