3 hours ago Young woman killed, another person injured in East Vancouver overnight

One person has been arrested in what police are calling a homicide investigation.

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3 hours ago Canada’s top general takes on U.S. senator in defending womens’ role in combat units

HALIFAX — Canada’s top general firmly rejected the notion of dropping women from combat roles — a position promoted by president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary — at a security forum underway in Halifax on Saturday. Gen. Jennie Carignan, chief of defence staff, was responding to Republican Senator James Risch’s comments on Friday at […]

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4 hours ago Laos mass poisoning casts shadow over tourist town after at least 6 killed

The Laotian government on Saturday officially acknowledged the case and promised to bring the perpetrators to justice, as tourists and business owners in Vang Vieng grow worried.

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5 hours ago Israeli strikes kill dozens in Beirut, Gaza as diplomats push for ceasefire

The escalation in Beirut comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region in pursuit of a ceasefire deal to end months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

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6 hours ago Israeli strikes without warning in central Beirut kill at least 15 as diplomats push for ceasefire

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 63 people were wounded in the strikes, the fourth in central Beirut in […]

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7 hours ago À la COP29, les pays pauvres et insulaires s’estiment floués et protestent à Bakou

Ils ont quitté une réunion avec la présidence du sommet, rejetant un projet d’accord bien en dessous de leurs demandes.

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8 hours ago COP29 : les petits États insulaires et pays moins fortunés claquent la porte d’une réunion avec la présidence

«Nous estimons que nous n’avons pas été entendus», a déclaré un représentant du groupe des États insulaires.

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17 hours ago Closure of Toronto restaurant after 70 years signals change for neighbourhood

In 1955, 16-year-old Chris Balkos purchased a building and restaurant at the corner of Coxwell Avenue and Eastwood Road that came to be known as one of Toronto's most famous diners — the New Town Family Restaurant.Balkos ran the all-day breakfast diner along with his brother, Louis, which went by the name New Sunrise Restaurant for roughly three decades, becoming a neighbourhood staple for omelettes, sandwiches, fries and gravy, charbroiled burgers, and souvlaki.Balkos' son, Tom, who now serves as the Broker of Record and President at P3 Global Realty Advisors Inc. tells blogTO that the restaurant was a "typical 50s-style diner that never made it out of the 50s."Despite its vibrant legacy, the restaurant closed its doors for good in September, to the dismay of local resi...

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20 hours ago Officer shoots, kills armed teen on northern Manitoba First Nation: RCMP

The chief and council of Norway House Cree Nation, in a statement, said the teenager's death has brought 'immense grief'

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