7 h. ago South Carolina man set to face firing squad seeks postponement, questioning execution procedures

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina man who is scheduled to die next week by firing squad is again asking that his execution be postponed and prison officials release more information about the state’s lethal injection drug and procedures. Lawyers for Brad Sigmon said he is being forced to choose a violent death by firing […]

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8 h. ago Egg prices could jump 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump’s bird flu plan unveiled

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department predicts record egg prices could soar more than 40% in 2025, as the Trump administration offered the first new details Wednesday about its plan to battle bird flu and ease costs. With an emphasis on farms tightening their measures to prevent bird flu’s spread, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said […]

Economics

8 h. ago MANDEL: Alleged drug smuggler’s dad doesn’t know much about him

Hear no evil, see no evil — especially when it comes to your son being kidnapped by a Mexican cartel, jetsetting to Dubai and allegedly running a transnational cocaine smuggling operation. That seems to be the philosophy of Gurpreet Singh’s father who is a proposed surety for his son, wanted in the U.S. for allegedly […]

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9 h. ago WARMINGTON: Crombie vows to free Sir John A. Macdonald statue if she wins election

It might be safe to say that if Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, could vote in this snap Ontario election, it just might be for Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie. “We have to get John A. out of the box,” Crombie said enthusiastically outside of Mississauga’s Stonehooker Brewing Company on Wednesday, the […]

Politics

10 h. ago Saskatoon safe consumption site worries about new provincial drug measures

The organization, Prairie Harm Reduction, worries the measures would further marginalize those who use drugs and push people into unsafe conditions.

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10 h. ago Teen arrested with loaded handgun at Campbellford high school: Police

Police say an Ontario teenager allegedly carrying a loaded handgun, ammunition and knives was arrested after making threats at his high school. Ontario Provincial Police say no one was injured before the 15-year-old was arrested Tuesday afternoon without incident at the high school in Campbellford, a community east of Toronto. OPP spokesperson Const. James Clarke […]

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11 h. ago Super Bowl reporter found dead in hotel room had Xanax in his system, police say

The television reporter who died in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl had a sedative drug in his system, a police detective testified in court this week. Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old anchor and reporter for Telemundo in Kansas City, Mo., was found dead in his hotel room in the New Orleans […]

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12 h. ago Town in Ontario decides to stop flying U.S. flags at its buildings amid tariff talk

West Lincoln, Ontario may be a town of just 15,000 or so people, but the tiny Niagara Region municipality has put itself on the map this week by taking a symbolic stand against U.S. President Donald Trump's recent hostility toward Canada.A Monday night vote by local council — in which all members sided unanimously — determined that the border area town will no longer display American flags at institutions like its community centre, where the star spangled banner has hung alongside the Canadian flag for a number of years now."I feel disrespected by our American neighbours. It kind of strikes a nerve that here we are in our country, in our facility, proudly displaying their flag," one councillor, William Reilly, said when the idea to get rid of the flag was first proposed last week."We have an American flag that seems to be fixed in our community centre and we don't even have an Ontario provincial flag that's up even one day...  I don't think it has ear...

Economics

12 h. ago 3 U.S. women found dead in Belize hotel, police investigating

Belize police identified the women as Kaoutar Naqqad, 23, Imane Mallah, 24, and Wafae El Arar, 26, of Revere, Mass., who were staying at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort.

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15 h. ago Fanshawe College faces program cuts, job losses as revenue sinks: President

Citing provincial underfunding and a massive drop in lucrative international-student enrolment, Fanshawe College faces permanent program suspensions and layoffs, its president warned staff at a town hall on Wednesday morning. “The Fanshawe College of tomorrow will look different,” Peter Devlin said in the meeting, which was streamed live over YouTube and dubbed Fanshawe’s Road to […]

Sport

15 h. ago Fanshawe College staff, students fret as program cuts, job losses loom

Citing provincial underfunding and a massive drop in lucrative international-student enrolment, Fanshawe College faces permanent program suspensions and layoffs

Sport

16 h. ago Marit Stiles pitches NDP as only party to bring ’real change’ to Ontario

Ontario New Democratic Leader Marit Stiles says her party is the only one that would provide real change, in her final pitch to voters ahead of election day. Stiles says the Liberals are no different than the Progressive Conservatives and she’ll bring in measures to make life more affordable. Ontario’s main political party leaders are […]

Culture

20 h. ago Quantum Biopharma Announces Completion of the Phase 1 Multiple Ascending Dose Clinical Trial for its Experimental Multiple Sclerosis Drug Lucid

Safety Review Committee Found No Safety Concerns Following Milestone Trial TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantum BioPharma Ltd. (NASDAQ: QNTM) (CSE: QNTM) (FRA: 0K91) (“Quantum BioPharma” or the “Company”), today announced that it has completed its trial entitled “A Phase 1, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multiple Ascending Dose Study to Evaluate the Safety and […]

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21 h. ago Wednesday's letters: Mandatory drug treatment sites laudable

The Alberta government has committed to establishing involuntary treatment centres for the most serious of addicts. Good for them. Sadly, along the way, they will have to endure attacks from those who say that the rights of the addicts are being abused and that alternative approaches (i.e. supervised consumption and safe supply) are more “humane.” […]

Economics

23 h. ago Taiwan Trims Growth Forecast Amid Trump Worries, Budget Battle

Taiwan lowered its prediction for growth this year, signaling its concern about the potential impact of the Trump administration’s policies on its economy and a domestic fight over the budget.

Events

23 h. ago HighRadius Announces a 2027 Goal of Releasing a Fully Autonomous Finance Platform at Radiance

Already shipping 180+ AI Agents orchestrated via a single agentic platform to achieve measurable value creation for the Office of the CFO. HOUSTON — HighRadius today gave an update on its Agentic AI platform at its annual conference, Radiance, in Las Vegas. 6 product suites, 20 products across Accounts Receivables, Payables, Treasury, Close, and Consolidation […]

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28 h. ago Xi Urges Officials to Stay Calm as US Raises Pressure on China

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged officials to stay composed amid domestic and global challenges, signaling Beijing will take a measured approach to the Trump administration’s new trade and investment restrictions.

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32 h. ago Ontario election: Group demands 'effective' rent control at London rally

The anti-poverty and tenants’ rights group is pushing for rent control to become a ballot issue in Thursday’s provincial election

Politics

33 h. ago Alberta legislature resumes with minister's resignation furthering focus on AHS scandal

Opposition New Democrats focus their question period efforts on the growing AHS procurement scandal, fuelled by the resignation of the provincial infrastructure minister earlier in the day

Politics

33 h. ago ’Havens of love and care’: Ontarians protest closures of supervised consumption sites

Dozens of people gathered outside Ontario’s health ministry in Toronto on Tuesday, two days before the provincial election, to protest the province’s plans to shut down 10 supervised drug consumption sites by the end of March. Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced last summer that it would close the consumption sites, including five in Toronto, […]

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