3 h. ago B.C. government to provide update on efforts to attract U.S. health

The province also launched a targeted ad campaign in the U.S. aimed at attracting health-care workers frustrated with the political turbulence south of the border.

Politics

3 h. ago Second World War novel highlights 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion and Vancouver shipyards

The Riveter offers up cross-cultural love story and a reminder that human rights are not to be taken for granted

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4 h. ago Church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in U.S.

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the step Monday, one day after 49 South Africans departed their homeland, bound for new homes in the […]

Culture

7 h. ago Trump will sign executive order calling on health department to negotiate lower drug prices

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday will sign a sweeping executive order that calls on the nation’s health department to negotiate lower prices for U.S. medications with drugmakers. The order sets a 30-day deadline for the health department to broker new price tags for drugs, according to a White House official who briefed the […]

Economics

7 h. ago Church volunteer caged for sexually molesting son’s friend, 13

A Texas church volunteer who sexually molested her son’s 13-year-old buddy has been sent to prison for five years. This year, Mother’s Day for Natalie Sorrells was held behind bars, after she was convicted of two counts of indecency with child sexual conduct. Sorrells, 46, was originally charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault […]

Culture

8 h. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had violent outbursts, but it wasn’t sex trafficking, defense concedes

Combs, wearing a white sweater, entered the packed courtroom shortly before 9 a.m., hugged his lawyers and gave a thumbs up to supporters seated behind him

Events

8 h. ago Defense concedes Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had violent outbursts, but say no federal crimes occurred

Combs, wearing a white sweater, entered the packed courtroom shortly before 9 a.m., hugged his lawyers and gave a thumbs up to supporters seated behind him

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15 h. ago US House to Claw Back Biden’s Climate Law to Fund Trump Tax Cuts

US House Republicans plan to help pay for an extension of President Donald Trump’s massive tax cuts by clawing back unused funds from scores of programs and grants in his predecessor’s signature climate law.

Politics

19 h. ago Whitecaps 2, LAFC 2: Vancouver battles back to extend unbeaten streak

Unbeaten streak stretched to 11 games as Brian White scores twice to tie game

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30 h. ago Police shut down a section of Richmond Street Sunday morning in the Masonville area , asking drivers to find another route. 

Police shut down a section of Richmond Street Sunday morning in the Masonville area, asking drivers to find another route.  The busy north-south street between Sunnyside Drive and Hillview Boulevard was closed for an ongoing investigation, London Police said. That’s an area just south of Fanshawe Park Road, near the busy Masonville mall. Police added […]

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31 h. ago ’WE’RE CANADIANS’: Some Albertans divided about separation in cross

EDMONTON — Row after row of Canadian flags fly high atop tall poles over manicured lawns in a southern Alberta town that’s also home to the province’s premier, her husband and their dog. Kathleen Sokvitne has lived on the street in High River, Alta., about 60 kilometres south of Calgary, for 30 years. She says […]

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41 h. ago Lorch: The chemistry behind the conclave's black and white smoke

The papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool

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45 h. ago Weaselhead preservation group seeks nocturnal sanctuary status for Calgary's only 'delta'

An environmental preservation group wants to keep the park dark to support the birds and the bees. The Weaselhead Glenmore Park Preservation Society is working with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) to obtain nocturnal sanctuary status for the Weaselhead Flats, according to a local naturalist. Such a designation would recognize the importance of […]

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49 h. ago Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost

A judicial recount has been granted in Windsor Tecumseh Lakeshore after Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk lost by 77 votes; the recount begins May 20, says Elections Canada.

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50 h. ago Quebec coroner calls for tougher controls over diphenhydramine sales after 2023 death

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is recommending that diphenhydramine — an antihistamine and sedative sometimes used to sleep better — should be better managed in pharmacies after the overdose death of an 18-year-old man south of Montreal in December 2023. The young man, whose identity is not revealed in the report made public, died of […]

Events

51 h. ago Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?

WASHINGTON — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller says President Donald Trump is looking for ways to expand its legal power to deport migrants who are in the United States illegally. To achieve that, he says the administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus, the constitutional right for people to legally challenge […]

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55 h. ago Trump weighs suspending habeas corpus — migrants’ ability to challenge detention

The White House is “actively looking at” whether to suspend the ability of migrants to challenge their detention in court as part of an effort to speed its deportation efforts, senior adviser Stephen Miller said Friday. “The Constitution is clear that, of course, it is the supreme law of the land that the privilege of […]

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65 h. ago Giant bridge under construction will soon join iconic Toronto skyline view

The iconic skyline view enjoyed from the Leaside Bridge over the Don Valley will soon be even more dynamic, as the early stages of construction advance for what will likely prove one of the most significant bridges ever built in Toronto.Under construction since 2024, the new Don Valley Crossing bridge will play an integral role in the future Ontario Line subway — a 15.6-kilometre transit route linking the upcoming Eglinton Crosstown LRT in the north with Exhibition Place in the south.Serving 15 new stations, including a stretch through the heart of downtown, the line will include a combined underground and above-grade right-of-way that will cross the Don Valley (and the Don Valley Parkway) twice along its route. This routing requires two separate bridges to carry trains across the valley.While the smaller Lower Don Bridge, which will cross the Don River in the West Don Lands and Riverside neighbourhoods, is set to be the more visually flashy of the two crossings, boa...

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65 h. ago Retrouver l’hôtel Mont Gabriel, refuge emblématique des Laurentides

Rouvert depuis la fin de 2024, l’établissement de Sainte-Adèle s’est fait un devoir de conserver les traces du passé.

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2 d. ago Imperial Reports Mount Polley Operations and Construction Activities Continue

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Imperial Metals Corporation (“Imperial”) (TSX:III) notes that a number of third parties, including news agencies, have incorrectly reported that an injunction was granted in respect of the construction and operation of the tailings storage facility at Imperial’s Mount Polley mine. Imperial confirms that no such injunction […]

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