43 minutes ago After sustained pressure on Marineland probe, Ontario animal welfare body opens up

Ontario’s little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020. The small but meaningful step toward increased transparency comes after sustained pressure from The Canadian Press — along with animal advocacy groups and opposition politicians — for Animal Welfare Services to open up publicly about its […]

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53 minutes ago Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens lose close one to Columbus Blue Jackets

The Montreal Canadiens couldn't go into the NHL Christmas break on a four-game winning streak after dropping a 5-4 decision to the Blue Jackets in Columbus.

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2 hours ago Outlook for commodities: opportunities in some lesser followed, but everyday important commodity markets

For commodities investors, ‘There’s a lot more to commodities than oil and gold,” says Calgary’s Auspice

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10 hours ago Phenom Gavin McKenna shows he's ready for the world junior championship big stage with Canada

The most productive teenage hockey player in all of Canada was an extra forward without set linemates when the world junior pre-tournament schedule began last Thursday. He was also only 16 years old and needed to prove to the coaching staff he could play without the puck, too. After limited ice time against the Swiss, […]

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11 hours ago Syria’s new authorities ‘very receptive’ to Assad war crimes probe: UN officials

UNITED NATIONS — The UN organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the country’s new authorities were “very receptive” to its request for co-operation during a just-concluded visit to Damascus, and it is preparing to deploy. The visit led by Robert Petit, head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism […]

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11 hours ago Hamas investigator calls for new crime against humanity for violence targeting families

'We started understanding that there is something here, a unique form of violence. The abuse of familial relations to intensify harm, to intensify suffering,' Cochav Elkayam-Levy said

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11 hours ago Bunker Hill Announces Updates to Election to Issue Shares in Satisfaction of Debenture Interest Payment Obligations & Financing Cooperation Fee

KELLOGG, Idaho and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bunker Hill Mining Corp. (“Bunker Hill” or the “Company”) (TSXV:BNKR | OTCQB:BHLL) announces certain updates to its news release dated December 20, 2024 in connection with the Company’s election to issue an aggregate of up to 8,446,194 shares of common stock of the […]

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12 hours ago CN Rail cleans up after derailment plunges cars carrying grain into Fraser River

VANCOUVER — A derailment has sent rail cars carrying grain plunging into the Fraser River, and CN Rail says it’s working to restore the tracks near Boston Bar, B.C. It says the incident involving about a dozen cars from a CPKC train on its mainline east of the Fraser Canyon community happened on Sunday due […]

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13 hours ago Inside the charges against man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO

NEW YORK — A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson as the executive arrived at a Manhattan hotel for his company’s annual investor conference. Filed separately in state courts in New York and Pennsylvania, and a federal court in […]

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13 hours ago Canada’s chief actuary report at odds with Alberta’s pension plan estimate

EDMONTON — A report from Canada’s chief actuary suggests Alberta would not be entitled to more than half of the Canada Pension Plan’s assets that the province has argued it should get if it were to leave the investment fund. The chief actuary’s paper, published Friday, says the calculation that claims Alberta should get 53 […]

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