4 h. ago At least 13 dead in Texas floods, more than 20 children missing from girls summer camp

KERRVILLE, Texas — Months worth of heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, killing at least 13 people and leaving more than 20 girls attending a summer camp unaccounted for Friday as search teams conducted boat and helicopter rescues in the fast-moving flood water. Desperate pleas peppered social media as […]

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26 h. ago Alberta cell tower vandalism leaves people without phone service for weeks

Some people living in a rural area north of Edmonton have been unable to use their cell phones at home for weeks, after the nearby cell tower was wrecked by vandals.

Technology

36 h. ago More people are leaving Canada and the most educated are most likely to go

More people are leaving Canada, with the first quarter of 2025 marking the second-highest number on record for that same period.According to Statistics Canada, an increasing number of people are leaving Canada, as 27,086 citizens and permanent residents emigrated between January and March this year. That's the second-highest first-quarter total since 2017, when 27,115 left the country.The first-quarter levels in 2025 mark a three per cent increase in emigration compared to the first quarter of 2024, when 26,293 people left the country. A total of 9,676 emigrants returned to Canada in the first quarter of 2025, representing a slight increase from the 9,393 Canadians who returned in the first quarter of 2024.The record-setting outflow of people in the first quarter of 2025 is likely only the beginning, as the number of people leaving Canada tends to peak in the third quarter before dropping slightly in the fourth quarter of each year.Additionally, more non-permanent resi...

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1 week ago More than 100 people on Canadian chartered flight leaving Middle East tonight: Anand

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says a Canadian chartered flight will leave Jordan this evening with more than 100 people on board. Speaking from The Hague, Anand says Canada is also helping allied nations get their citizens out of the Middle East but adds the number of foreign nationals asking for help is […]

Culture

1 week ago CRIME SCENE: 2 people hurt in North York stabbing, 1 in critical condition

Two people suffered injuries, leaving one of them critically injured, in a double stabbing Sunday afternoon in North York. Toronto Police said officers responded to a call at about noon in the Wilson Ave.-Beverly Hills Dr. area, where one person was rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. A second victim was also hospitalized with […]

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2 w. ago Junk Science Week — Jack Mintz: Multiplier effects are junk economics

In a depression, deficit spending may 'create jobs,' but when labour markets are tight, people taking new jobs are leaving old ones elsewhere

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3 w. ago B.C. government plans to transition supportive housing out of Granville Street, mayor says

This announcement comes after a fire broke out in a single-room occupancy building on the strip on Wednesday, leaving two people needing treatment for smoke inhalation.

Politics

3 w. ago Le reste du Canada va chercher ses éducateurs à la petite enfance francophones à l’international

L’Ontario, la Colombie-Britannique, la Nouvelle-Écosse et l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard recrutent au Maroc et en Tunisie.

Society

3 w. ago Patrice Dutil: Ryerson’s toppled statue should be restored at Queen’s Park

Egerton Ryerson embodied the best of his generation and today must be recognized as the founder of Canada's public education system

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