2 h. ago A Mystery Blackout Forces Madrid to Cope With Life Off the Grid

At 12:33 p.m., in the span of five seconds almost two-thirds of Spain disappeared off the grid. It wasn’t just that the lights suddenly went out. In the age of cashless payments and with virtually everything on your smartphone, millions rediscovered the joys of analog technology.

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2 h. ago Irish woman legally residing in the U.S. for decades detained by ICE

Cliona Ward, originally from Ireland, is a green card holder but has prior drug possession charges dating back to 2007 and 2008, which she believed had been expunged.

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3 h. ago Bush party killer to serve minimum 16 years for 'senseless' murder

Carlos Guerra Guerra was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 16 years for fatally shooting Josue Silva at a London bush party

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3 h. ago B.C. crime news: Suspicious death in Kamloops area | Two arrested for drugs, sexual exploitation

Here's a roundup of crime news from around Metro Vancouver and B.C. on Monday, April 28, 2025.

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4 h. ago Calgary sees some of largest declines in rent costs in Canada

In Calgary, the average rent in April for a one-bedroom suite was $1,650 a month, down nearly 10 per cent from a year ago.

Economics

4 h. ago Rooftop trends: Copper highlights, colour drenching are on point

Shingle choices expand with more colours, at the same time the uniformity of one colour for a whole house is also appealing.

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4 h. ago Spain Faces a ‘Long Night’ as Blackout Drags On With No Answers

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez warned the nation will face a “long night ahead,” as the worst blackout to hit Europe in over a decade headed for the 12-hour mark with no indication of when power would be fully restored or what caused the blackout.

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4 h. ago Woman sues Disney for $2M, claims ‘mammoth wave’ scarred her for life

A New York woman is suing Disney Parks for $2 million after she was allegedly struck and left permanently scarred by a “mammoth wave” at Typhoon Lagoon in Florida. Kimberly Panetta, 45, of Dix Hills, N.Y., claimed her annual family trip to the “Place Where Dreams Come True” turned into a nightmare while she was […]

Economics

5 h. ago Why Restarting a Power Grid After Massive Collapse Is So Hard

It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst blackouts in Europe in more than a decade, electricity grid operators in Spain and Portugal are trying to get networks back up and running from the ground up.

Culture

5 h. ago More millionaires are considering exiting Canada now than during last election cycle, survey finds

Concerns of these wealthy Canadians include high taxes, the state of the economy and quality of life

Politics

6 h. ago UVic student's mother takes stand on Day 1 of her coroner's inquest

Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, died a preventable death in a University of Victoria dorm in January 2024. A coroner's inquest is examining what went wrong.

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6 h. ago Briarwood exterior paint celebrates the beauty of the great outdoors

BeautiTone's 2025 Exterior Paint of the Year is a versatile brown.

Culture

6 h. ago Edmonton police investigate death of man found near 118 Avenue and Wayne Gretzky Drive

Police said an autopsy is scheduled to take place on Wednesday.

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7 h. ago After a career of preparing, Poilievre waits to see if voters see him as prime minister

Poilievre has spent the past three years campaigning for this moment and two-decades before honing his political craft

Politics

8 h. ago Vancouver brand Smash + Tess pops up at Surrey's Guildford Town Centre

Jillian Harris will be hosting a meet-and-greet and a collaboration launch at the pop-up at Guildford Town Centre on May 4.

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10 h. ago What to know to save a life: The key to heart attack survival

When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse (faint) and her breathing (shallow and erratic). Then she stopped breathing altogether. Realizing that she might be having a cardiac arrest, Clough […]

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10 h. ago Decades after her death, Princess Diana is still larger than life

Does Diana, Princess of Wales, still matter? So much else has happened since her shocking car-crash death in Paris in 1997 – 9/11, the Iraq War, Barack Obama, Brexit, the first Trump presidency, the pandemic, the start of Trump’s second term. Consider this: Kensington Palace in London has an exhibition called “Dress Codes” featuring gowns […]

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11 h. ago Satellite images reveal destruction after Iran port explosion as death toll rises to 46

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Monday showed the devastation of an explosion that rocked one of Iran’s main ports as the death toll rose to 46 people with over 1,000 injured. The photos from Planet Labs PBC came as local news reports from the site raised […]

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13 h. ago Convicted murderer challenges B.C. prison’s policy on Mein Kampf, other controversial books

Mihaly Illes, who shot and dismembered his victim, accuses prison authorities of wrongfully withholding books he's collected during a life sentence

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16 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Daughter’s estrangement brings more questions for parent

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, my daughter went “no contact” with both sides of our family — grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, as well as cousins. Since then, I have been struggling with how I should answer acquaintances who ask, “How is she doing?” as well as those who ask, “Do you have children?” […]

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