3 d. ago Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods reaches 86

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the police minister said Saturday as rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the floodwater. Senzo Mchunu, the country’s top law enforcement official, spoke to police rescue teams that have been searching for missing people […]

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3 d. ago Ontario MPPs could soon perform weddings. Here’s the bill that makes it possible

Two Ontario Progressive Conservative members of provincial parliament are proposing to remove a layer of bureaucracy and let MPPs such as themselves more easily officiate weddings.

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1 week ago Bill 5 officially becomes law in Ontario as MPPs set to rise for summer

Final sign-off was granted for Bill 5 on Thursday. The law will create so-called special economic zones where projects can bypass various provincial laws.

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2 w. ago Ford says he won’t reduce size of cabinet after Ontario MPPs get pay bump

Last week, legislation to increase the base salary for an MPP at Queen's Park from $116,550 to $157,250 passed all three readings and became law within minutes of being tabled.

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2 w. ago Suspect in attack at Israel event in Colorado overstayed visa: U.S. officials

He is believed to have acted alone and isn’t connected on any group or movement, law enforcement officials said.

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2 w. ago 6 hurt in Colorado attack by man who yelled ’free Palestine,’ FBI says

BOULDER, Colo. — A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled “free Palestine” and threw an incendiary device into a group that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza, law enforcement officials said Sunday. Six people were injured, some with burns. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was expected to face charges in […]

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2 w. ago Workers Demand Protection from Extreme Heat – OFL Urges Government to Act

TORONTO, May 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As another sweltering Ontario summer approaches, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), frontline workers, and Ontario NDP MPPs gathered at Queen’s Park to demand immediate passage of the Heat Stress Act, a Private Members’ Bill that would establish enforceable heat protection standards for workers. The bill is tabled […]

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2 w. ago LILLEY: Ontario MPPs set to vote themselves a massive pay hike

McGuinty froze the wages of MPPs in 2009 as the world was dealing with the fallout of the global financial meltdown

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2 w. ago Loblaw warning Canadians that grocery prices are about to skyrocket

We hate to be the bearer of bad news, but grocery prices are expected to continue rising in Canada amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs, according to the latest report by Loblaw Companies Limited.The retailer, which owns numerous major grocery chains, including Loblaws, No Frills, and Real Canadian Superstore, released its May food inflation report on Tuesday, May 27.In the report, Loblaw said that thousands of everyday items are set to rise in price. While this isn't the best news for Canadians trying to reduce their grocery bill, the grocery giant did add that it could have been a lot worse.Recently, the Government of Canada introduced a six-month reprieve on tariffs on certain U.S. imports used in Canadian food manufacturing and packaging. Loblaw stated that this, in addition to the recent stabilization of the Canadian dollar, has helped mitigate the risk of a sharp or prolonged spike in food inflation."The Government's announcement exempts 'i...

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3 w. ago South Africa police minister says Trump ’twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s top law enforcement official said Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the Oval Office was of burial sites for more than 1,000 white farmers and he “twisted” the facts to push a false narrative about mass killings of white people in his country. […]

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4 w. ago Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver to be charged in New Jersey ICE clash: U.S. Justice Dept.

The Justice Department said it would charge a Democratic congresswoman whom authorities have accused of assaulting law enforcement officials during a confrontation last week outside an immigration detention center in Newark. Rep. LaMonica McIver (New Jersey) will be charged with assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement officers, said Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for […]

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