40 m. ago United Steelworkers union congratulates Canada’s new Prime Minister, reaffirms urgent priorities for workers

TORONTO, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Marty Warren, Canadian National Director of the United Steelworkers union (USW), today issued the following statement: “On behalf of the 225,000 members of the United Steelworkers union across Canada, we extend our congratulations to Mark Carney on being elected as the next Prime Minister of Canada. Workers across […]

Politics

85 m. ago Opinion: Calgary is Canada’s housing engine, and we need to do more

You’ve likely heard that Calgary is growing at a record pace. As Calgarians, you likely feel it — when you take your kids to the leisure centre or when you’re driving or training to work, our city feels “busier.” That’s because 91,000 net new people moved to Calgary in the past year, and 83,000 the […]

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6 h. ago Azalea Vision Raises €9 Million in First Closing of Series A to Further Develop Intelligent Connected Vision Platform

Industry veteran Robert J. Dempsey Appointed Chairman of the Board to Guide Strategic Growth in Europe and the U.S. GHENT, Belgium — Azalea (A-zuh-lay-ah) Vision, a HealthTech company engineering the future of sight, today announced the first closing of its €15 million Series A funding round, raising €9 million along with the appointment of […]

Economics

7 h. ago Election 2025: Edmonton Centre remains Liberal red after Olszewski victory

Edmonton Centre will remain Liberal red after Eleanor Olszewski won the seat by what appears to be a more than 3,000-vote margin on Monday night. Olszewski and Conservative candidate Sayid Ahmed traded the lead for much of the evening in what many anticipated would be a three-way race with NDP candidate Trisha Estabrooks, who finished […]

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8 h. ago La fille de Gisèle Pelicot veut aussi être reconnue comme victime

Caroline Darian dit être la «grande oubliée» du procès des viols de Mazan.

Events

9 h. ago Two Conservatives, one Liberal win in Ottawa's rural ridings

Scott Reid and Cheryl Gallant will be familiar faces for the Conservatives, while the Liberals have a new MP in Giovanna Mingarelli.

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11 h. ago La peur de Trump et l’appel libéral n'ont pas eu raison du vote conservateur à Québec

Le parti conserve ses acquis dans la Capitale-Nationale au terme d’une campagne des «plus bizarres».

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11 h. ago Suspect in Vancouver festival tragedy is brother of 2024 killing victim

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police have confirmed that the suspect in Saturday’s deadly ramming attack that killed 11 people in the city is the brother of a man who died in an unrelated killing last year. Thirty-year-old Adam Kai-Ji Lo — who has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder with more charges anticipated _ […]

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12 h. ago Elections Canada website suffers technical issues at worst possible time

It appears Elections Canada's website is experiencing some technical issues this evening, just as polls in the 45th Canadian federal general election are beginning to come to a full close across the country.As of the time of writing, voting stations are still open in British Columbia, Alberta, parts of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon. Polling stations in B.C. will be the last to close at 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PDT.The issues with the website first began at approximately 7 p.m. ET.In a series of posts on X in response to a growing number of social media reports raising issues of the website outage, Elections Canada recommended last minute voters to check the voting location details on the voting card mailed to their home or call the local elections office.In a bulletin, Elections Canada has noted that they are "working hard to fix it.""Our website is having technical difficulties. As a result, some of our online services and tools are currently unava...

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13 h. ago Suspect in Vancouver festival killings is brother of 2024 murder victim

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police have confirmed that the suspect in Saturday’s deadly ramming attack that killed 11 people in the city is the brother of a man who was murdered in an unrelated killing last year. Thirty-year-old Adam Kai-Ji Lo — who has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder with more charges anticipated […]

Events

13 h. ago Calgary to host vigil for victims of Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival tragedy

A vigil will be held in front of Calgary city hall on Wednesday evening to give Calgarians a chance to show their solidarity with Vancouver's Filipino community.

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13 h. ago 'Fight for your kids': Family devastated by critical injuries in Lapu Lapu Day tragedy

Roland Nulada, 53, is being treated for critical injuries in hospital. His brother-in-law, Val De La Cruz, sustained several fractures. De La Cruz's one-year-old son remains in critical condition.

Society

14 h. ago Poutine annonce une trêve de trois jours début mai en Ukraine

Pour Volodymyr Zelensky, il s’agit une « tentative de manipulation » du Kremlin, qui a évoqué « des raisons humanitaires ».

Politics

14 h. ago Ontario man with ‘track record of assault on public transit’ found guilty of manslaughter

The man was pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he pushed a retired stranger over at a Toronto subway station. The victim suffered a hip injury and died from the complications.

Sport

14 h. ago Ontario man with ‘track record of assault on public transit’ pleads guilty to manslaughter

The man was pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he pushed a retired stranger over at a Toronto subway station. The victim suffered a hip injury and died from the complications.

Sport

14 h. ago B.C. legislature honour victims of festival attack, then adjourns for the day

Vaughn Palmer: Key federal election will be forever be overshadowed in B.C. by horrific festival attack

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15 h. ago Dozens richer after bags of cash totalling $300Gs fall from armoured truck in Chicago

Crowds rushed a Chicago-area street after bags of cash — containing about $300,000 — fell out of an armoured truck. Dozens of people were spotted “removing money from the scene and fleeing the area” by foot and in vehicles, according to the Oak Park Police Department. The money was stolen from a Brinks Home Security […]

Economics

16 h. ago Lapu Lapu Day massacre update: Seven victims still in critical condition

Vancouver police provide the latest on the criminal investigation into the killing of 11 during the Filipino block party on Saturday

Events

17 h. ago Lapu Lapu festival tragedy: 3 members of the same family among victims

Richard Le, 47, Linh Hoang, 30, and five-year-old Katie Le were killed when an SUV plowed into a crowd of people at the festival held to celebrate Filipino culture and community.

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17 h. ago Liberal voters directed to wrong polling station in battleground Toronto riding

Liberal voters in one of Toronto's most hotly-contested battleground ridings were mistakenly directed to the wrong station in what could prove a costly election day fumble.A voter in midtown Toronto's Eglinton—Lawrence riding reported that homes on their block were issued flyers on behalf of Liberal candidate Vince Gasparro in the morning hours after the polls opened.The flyer directed voters from at least one Glencairn Avenue address, and possibly other streets, to cast their ballots at John Wanless Public School, contradicting voter information cards specifying the correct location of Glenview Senior Public School.Luckily, the voters who reported this discrepancy had already cast their ballots by the time the flyer arrived on their doorsteps, but it raises questions of just how widespread this error was.A representative from Gasparro's campaign confirmed the report to blogTO, explaining that "after some investigation, it looks like a...

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