79 m. ago Trump goes with his gut and the world goes along for the ride

WASHINGTON (AP) — After President Donald Trump reversed course on his tariffs and announced he would pursue trade negotiations, he had a simple explanation for how he would make decisions in the coming weeks. “Instinctively, more than anything else,” he told reporters this past week. “You almost can’t take a pencil to paper, it’s really […]

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94 m. ago Russian missile attack kills 32, injures 84 in Ukrainian city of Sumy

Two ballistic missiles struck the heart of the city on Sunday morning as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, according to officials.

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35 h. ago Mother of newborn baby left on London doorstep located: Police

The mother of a newborn baby boy left on the front porch of a London home has been identified and located, London police said Friday evening

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37 h. ago B.C.'s Curtis Sagmoen, jailed for attacks on sex trade workers, has died

Sagmoen was charged and found guilty in connection to an attack on a sex worker near his family's Shuswap-area farm

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39 h. ago South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. He groaned two more times […]

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40 h. ago Surrey School District cancels all U.S. field trips over ‘border safety’

Mark Pearmain, Supt. and CEO of the Surrey School District, told Global News that the district has a "vibrant and diverse" community of 85,000 students.

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41 h. ago B.C. Court upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minimum security prison, on July […]

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43 h. ago Turkish Tufts University student says was scared when surrounded, now in custody in a crowded cell

A Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey detained by immigration officials said she was talking to her mother on her phone at the time shortly after she left her Massachusetts home when she was surrounded by several men, and “I screamed.” Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, who has since been moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]

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43 h. ago HUNTER: Black widow Monica Sementilli convicted in murder of husband

Black widow Monica Sementilli’s face was set like stone in the minutes leading up to a jury declaring her grim fate on Friday afternoon. It took the ten-man, two-woman panel seven hours and 47 minutes to declare the 53-year-old former Woodbridge woman guilty of cold-bloodedly orchestrating the murder of her husband, famed Toronto hairstylist Fabio […]

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43 h. ago In Calgary courts: Trial of man charged in death of his mother delayed a year

Noteworthy legal cases in Calgary and area from April 7-11, 2025

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43 h. ago Rage au volant mortelle: le Montréalais accusé libéré sous caution

Le Montréalais qui aurait causé la mort d’un automobiliste lors d’un possible cas de rage au volant promet qu’il va respecter ses conditions.

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44 h. ago What we know about the helicopter company in deadly New York City crash

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Helicopter plied the skies around New York City landmarks for decades. But the company had some difficulties before one of its sightseeing choppers plummeted into the Hudson River this week, killing all six people aboard. There was a close call in 2013, when another helicopter suddenly lost power in […]

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44 h. ago Helicopter company in deadly NYC crash had faced debt lawsuits

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Helicopter has plied the skies around New York City landmarks for decades. But the company had some difficulties before one of its sightseeing choppers plummeted into the Hudson River this week, killing all six people aboard. There was a close call in 2013, when another helicopter suddenly lost power […]

Economics

44 h. ago Court date set in advance of fatality inquiry into Columbia Icefield bus rollover

A court date has been set in advance of a fatality inquiry for three people killed when a tour bus tumbled down an embankment on the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park. Fourteen others suffered life-threatening injuries after the bus lost control and landed on its roof in the popular tourist destination south of Jasper […]

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44 h. ago Family was to celebrate child’s birthday when N.Y.C. sightseeing helicopter crashed

Broke apart in midair and crashed into Hudson River, killing all six people aboard

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44 h. ago Fundraiser started for Toronto woman killed in boiling volcanic river

Friends and loved ones of a local Toronto woman have organized a fundraiser to help cover costs related to her untimely death.According to a GoFundMe page, Maya Moreno, was on a spiritual journey in the Peruvian Amazon when she "fell into a volcanic river and sustained severe burns over 70 per cent of her body."The page goes on to say that Moreno's tragic accident occurred while on a spiritual healing journey in a sacred spot of the rainforest."On Monday, March 24, while meditating near the extremely hot geothermal river, Maya fainted and tragically fell into the Boiling River, suffering severe burns over 70 per cent of the body," reads the page.The Shanay-timpishka or Boiling River is a large geothermal river,  which has typical temperatures around 27 degrees C, but much higher temperatures have also been recorded, according to online sources. It is known for its healing properties and significant ties to the local culture.Moreno was then treated in Peru un...

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45 h. ago In response to U.S. tariffs, New Brunswick looking at selling government

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government says it plans to sell the 11 Teslas it owns, in response to United States tariffs and the prominent role that the carmaker’s CEO plays in the Donald Trump administration. Premier Susan Holt told reporters last week the government had started looking into what price it could get for […]

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45 h. ago Court date set ahead of fatality inquiry into Columbia Icefield bus rollover

RCMP did not lay criminal charges, but bus operator Brewster Travel Canada Inc. pleaded guilty in 2023 to two charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

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48 h. ago Mayor: Family was to celebrate child’s birthday when NYC sightseeing helicopter crashed

NEW YORK (AP) — A family from Spain was about to celebrate the ninth birthday of one of their children when their sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey, killing all six people aboard in the latest U.S. aviation disaster, officials said Friday. […]

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49 h. ago Netanyahu accuses Carney of attacking Israel after exchange with heckler on ‘genocide’

Carney told reporters that he hadn't heard the word 'genocide' from the man

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