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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According to Russian and Western sources, the new weapon, known in Russian as Burevestnik and. By NATO as Skyfall, was powered by a small nuclear reactor. Now, two MIT researchers ...
This image circulated during the Iran-New Zealand FIFA World Cup match, but is it real? CBC’s Fact Check team breaks down how to tell.
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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 potenti...
Prediction markets, a fast-growing corner of financial technology that lets users wager on real-world events, are coming to. Canadian retail investors through Wealthsimple this sum...
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New Yorkers held a ticker-tape parade and victory rally on Thursday for the Knicks men's basketball team that brought home the NBA championship after a 53-year drought.
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 ...
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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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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. How true is that?
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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 ...
The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia offers guided. Tactile tours aimed at blind and. Low vision visitors in a gallery called Signers' Hall. Museum educator Sydney Whar...
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The UK is imposing a social media ban for children under the age of 16. British politicians say they will provide an update on further restrictions like potential curfews and. Curb...
Fans are diagnosing big musical acts with "blue dot fever". with some. Saying it's due to high ticket prices. Some upcoming concerts have lots of them, as fans have been quick. To ...
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Tech companies that went all in on using AI internally are now clamping down in the wake of. Soaring costs for intensive AI use. Last month, Uber acknowledged it had spent its enti...
Elon Musk on Friday became the world's first trillionaire after shares in his SpaceX rocket company soared during. The biggest-ever stock market debut. The Tesla and SpaceX founder...
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Canada's population dipped by about 55,000 people in the first three months of this year, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada, which estimates the population as of Apri...
Standing with her boyfriend, Carson McDonald, on June 4, Chloe Troub believes it's insulting to say it's a renter's market given the sheer cost of rent. At least, it looked that wa...
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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, Can...
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 i...
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Vancouver bars are rushing beer and staff to the front line of the World Cup's war on thirst.
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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....
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...
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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...
An Ecuadorean man. police accuse of leading a faction of one of. The country's most feared criminal gangs, has been shot dead as he. Was leaving the airport in Ecuador's largest ci...
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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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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Wednesday that a group of First Nations chiefs need to "check themselves," after they accused her of potential treasonous activity for calling a...
The Quebec government will be prioritizing families who "live and work in Quebec permanently" over asylum seekers for subsidized spots in daycares, according to the province's fami...
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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 after...
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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Trump signed a preliminary agreement with Iran yesterday to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. And, the president's approval rating has hit a record low, according to a new NPR poll.
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The memorandum of understanding signed by President Donald Trump and. President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran lays out the political, military and. Economic consequences of the ill-jud...
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...
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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 ...
An 18-year-old man has died after falling from a horse-drawn carriage in. New York City, police have said. The teenager, identified locally as a tourist from India, was riding on. ...
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jakob Larsen, chief safety and security officer at BIMCO, the global shipping association. About what it might mean to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. AIL...
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – as the deal is known - allows Iran to say it has achieved that. The document, signed separately by US President Donald Trump and Iranian Pre...
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The Church of England apologized Thursday for its role in forced adoptions as recent as the mid-1970s, acknowledging the painful experiences of many unmarried women at so-called mo...
Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia's all-out i...
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President Trump yesterday signed a framework agreement to end the war with Iran during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at Versailles. President Trump speaks during a...
The Alberta government says its new dual practice health model, which allows some physicians to practise in both the public and private systems, will begin to be rolled out in Sept...
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SpaceX soared in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, making the company worth more than $2 trillion US. It's expected to be included in the Nasdaq 100 within weeks, making it a major holding for passive funds and ETFs that track the index.
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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...
One of the most valuable assets owned by. Lancaster University is stored in beer kegs. In a carefully locked laboratory rows of metal. Kegs are arranged on shelves and linked toget...
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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 risen ...
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 polic...
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A new phase of the natural El Niño weather pattern could begin in a matter of weeks, the. UN has warned, boosting temperatures on a planet already under strain from climate change.
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America have jointly agreed, in good faith, on......... The Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, and the...
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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 ...
Do we really need all this stuff to achieve healthy, attractive skin? Beck Harlan for NPR My bathroom vanity holds an array of different products that are supposed to help my skin....
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SpaceX soared in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, sending its value past $2 trillion US, as investors jumped at the chance to get a piece of Elon Musk's sprawling empire spanning rocket...
NASA has named its crew for its next major Moon mission, Artemis III, though the astronauts will not walk on the Moon or go anywhere near it. The mission was originally planned as ...
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The question of how important making our electricity clean is to going green is coming under increasing scrutiny
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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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A Canadian tourist has been shot and killed at the Kruger National. Park in South Africa, according to officials there.
What Goode didn't know then was that the U.S. military had tested Agent Orange and. Other toxic herbicides on the base earlier that year, with permission from Ottawa. This week mar...
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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 i...
Innu Cultural Guardian Jodie Ashini says she thought National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21, would be the perfect. Day to open the Innu Pakassiun exhibit at the Labrador Interpre...
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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...
Retired British couple Jane and Alan Kelvey spoke to BBC's Newsnight after coming into close contact with Russian frigate the Admiral Grigorovich on Tuesday morning. "They gave out...
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"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...
Israeli forces have carried out new strikes in southern Lebanon, state media say, despite renewed criticism from US President Donald Trump of Israel's actions in the country. Israe...
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A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily.
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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...
Prediction markets, a fast-growing corner of financial technology. That lets users wager on real-world events, are. Coming to Canadian retail investors through Wealthsimple this su...
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A 19-year-old has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting. At the U.S. consulate in March, said police. The arrest of Zara Jabbi occurred on Wednesday. He is facing...
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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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 "important additional capac...
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...
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Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via " Despite the president's pronouncement, there are still questions about how quickly commercial ships can start moving, and whether Iran will tru...
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press statement on arrival for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, June 18,...
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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 t...
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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