89 m. ago The Calgary Party proposes ‘no rough sleeping’ zone around Stephen Avenue

Brian Thiessen, the mayoral candidate under The Calgary Party banner, said the party's platform focuses on providing housing first to address homelessness.

Culture

3 h. ago CHAUDHRI: Terminations can be hard to fight – even for the powerful

I usually like to tie my columns to court cases or news events but today I will share a fictional story with raw employment undertones. In the new television show Your Friends and Neighbors, John Hamm plays a fictional character Andrew Cooper, a brilliant hedge fund manager with a Princeton pedigree. Despite his status and […]

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4 h. ago Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: Two lawmakers shot, one killed, in politically targeted shooting

Investigators believe suspect may have been posing as a law enforcement officer

Events

4 h. ago Minnesota state lawmaker, husband killed in targeted shooting: officials

A second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded. Authorities were actively searching for a suspect, who was dressed as a law enforcement officer.

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4 h. ago Death toll in Air India crash climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies

AHMEDABAD, India —  Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential […]

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4 h. ago Minnesota lawmakers John Hoffman and Melissa Hortman killed in ‘politically motivated assassination,’ says Gov. Tim Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says former state House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in a politically motivated assassination, and a second lawmaker and his wife were shot and wounded. Authorities were actively searching for a suspect hours after the targeted killings.  “We must all, in Minnesota and across the country, […]

Politics

4 h. ago CRIME HUNTER: Is there a serial killer terrorizing New England?

Behind the facades of Cape Cod homes and charming fishing villages, evil has long lurked in the shadows of the New England states. Murder just seems creepier in the Northeastern United States. From the Salem Witch Trials in the 1600s to the Boston Strangler, Lizzie Borden, and Jesse Pomeroy, the world’s youngest serial killer, the […]

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7 h. ago Three killed in Iranian missile attacks on Israel, Magen David Adom says

The Jewish state’s national emergency service stated that its two of its crew members were among dozens injured in the strikes

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7 h. ago Opinion: Don’t panic: AESO data centre limits are a red herring

The Alberta Electric System Operator’s new 1,200-megawatt cap on large electricity loads understandably has some people warning that Alberta might “miss the AI economy.” That anxiety rests on an old assumption: that tomorrow’s AI infrastructure will sit in ever-bigger, grid-tied campuses. It did — five years ago. But today, the industry is running the other […]

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9 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Selfish grandmother has consistently shown her true colours

DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of six and a grandma to four. We are a close family and enjoy each other’s company. My mom is nearly 80. For reasons I could never understand, she didn’t enjoy my children when they were growing up and didn’t connect deeply with them. She once commented to me […]

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9 h. ago Canada’s world junior trial saw juries tossed, intense testimony. Here’s a recap

Five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team will wait weeks until their fate in their high-profile sexual assault trial is determined.

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10 h. ago Pat Stay killing: Tensions spill outside as Adam Drake murder trial nears the end

A Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury has heard closing arguments from in Adam Drake's second-degree murder trial, starting on Friday with the Crown.

Events

12 h. ago Death toll in Indian plane crash climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a […]

Events

15 h. ago This huge cave hidden under Toronto will soon be a busy subway station

A future Toronto subway station is being carved out below a busy downtown intersection, just one of the so-called "caverns" laying the literal groundwork for the forthcoming $27 billion Ontario Line.At the core of the 15-station, 15.6-kilometre route between Exhibition Place and the now-defunct Ontario Science Centre, a six-kilometre tunnelled section will carry trains in underground tunnels spanning from Liberty Village to the Don River.But before tunnel boring machines can chew these tunnels, the station sites must be primed with excavation — a complex commission for construction crews to carry out in the constantly congested core.The ongoing excavation at the future Queen-Spadina Ontario Line station bears striking similarities to the operation at the nearby King-Bathurst stop, with vast subterranean voids now forming what will eventually be the stations' platforms and tunnels.At the Queen-Spadina site, Metrolinx has shared a detailed construction update ...

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18 h. ago Black bear killed after attacking woman in Maple Ridge backyard

Conservation officers say the bear swiped the woman on the side of the face, leaving her with serious facial lacerations. 

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18 h. ago ‘An epic kind of proposal’: B.C. man pops the question from Galapagos seafloor

A B.C. underwater cinematographer staged an elaborate and unique wedding proposal at the bottom of the ocean and captured it all on film.

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19 h. ago MANDEL: Man who stabbed husband was psychotic and not criminally responsible, says defence psychiatrist

When Leahain Malcolm stabbed his husband 30 times and told the 911 operator he’d been hearing voices, an expert called by the defence believes he was not criminally responsible. According to Dr. Derek Pallandi, Malcolm was suffering from psychosis at the time and wouldn’t have been able to understand his actions were morally wrong when […]

Events

20 h. ago Calgary police ask for public help identifying CTrain sex assault suspect

Calgary police have released photos of a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl on a CTrain in hopes someone may have info on his identity.

Events

21 h. ago Delivery services under legal scrutiny for alleged ‘drip pricing’

DoorDash is facing legal action from the Competition Bureau while a proposed class-action has been filed against Uber Eats

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21 h. ago REVIEW: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ serves up life lessons and eye

There are lessons to be learned in “How to Train Your Dragon,” which tells the story of a weak and skinny teenage Viking who defies his dragon hunter father to, as the title spells out, domesticate a fire-breathing mythological beast. Lessons about generational discord, about demonizing the other – here, one of a different species, […]

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