77 m. ago ‘TOTALITARIAN INSANITY’: Toddler kicked out of nursery school for being transphobic

A toddler was removed from a nursery in the U.K. after it says the child was being transphobic. The child was suspended from a school’s nursery for “abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity,” data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows. The so-called offences took place during the 2022-23 academic year at a state […]

Society

2 h. ago Ontario's 2025 summer forecast has arrived and here's what's in store

Ontario's weather still seems to be yo-yoing between wintery lows and summerlike highs, but the province's 2025 summer forecast promises that higher temperatures will eventually stick around — but will they be too high?While blustery frigid temperatures seem committed to sticking around until the bitter end (can it be now, please?), experts have been predicting above-average temperatures in Ontario this spring, which have already been foreshadowed by a handful of above-seasonal days so far.This summer, they're holding fast to that prediction, forecasting above-average — even potentially record-breaking — temperatures throughout the sunny season.The Old Farmer's Almanac's summer 2025 report for the U.S. and Canada reports a slow build-up to hotter temperatures this summer, with June temperatures remaining more or less the same.However, the Almanac predicts July and August will bring above-average temperatures to much of North America, and, with last s...

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4 h. ago New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches overnight speech to protest Trump

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor on Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was “physically able.”

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4 h. ago Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout the government. […]

Science

5 h. ago Two different stretches of TTC subway will shut down for this entire weekend

TTC subway closures this weekend could throw a wrench in your commute.The transit agency is planning overlapping closures on both the Line 1 Yonge-University and Line 2 Bloor-Danforth on the weekend of April 5-6, 2025, affecting six stations and almost seven kilometres of combined track.Here's everything you need to know about this weekend's planned subway outages.Line 1Subway service will be halted between Sheppard West and Lawrence West stations on Saturday, April 5, and Sunday, April 6, to accommodate track work along this over-4-kilometre stretch of track.Shuttle buses will cover the gap in service covering Lawrence West, Yorkdale, Wilson, and Sheppard West stations, all of which will remain open for riders to purchase fares and connect with surface routes.Service along this stretch will resume Monday, April 7, in time for the morning rush at approximately 6 a.m.Line 2The planned Line 1 outage overlaps with another disruption that will impact Line 2 riders starting on Friday nig...

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5 h. ago Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs threat brings further uncertainty to Canada

Many unknowns remain on the new policy, which Trump has taken to calling 'Liberation Day' for the U.S., including what rates the tariffs will be and whether they include Canada.

Economics

6 h. ago Survivors still being found after Myanmar quake, but hopes fade as deaths exceed 2,700

BANGKOK — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. The fire department in Naypyitaw said the woman […]

Events

7 h. ago Patagonia Gold Announces Return of the Nico Properties to Mirasol

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Patagonia Gold Corp. (“Patagonia” or the “Company”) (TSXV:PGDC) announces that it has returned three of the fourteen properties comprising the Nico project to Mirasol Resources Ltd. (“Mirasol”) and has relinquished the remaining eleven properties. On 15 April 2021, Patagonia entered into a definitive transfer agreement to […]

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14 h. ago Earthquake compounds Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis as death toll passes 2,000

The quake could exacerbate hunger and disease outbreaks in a country that was already one of the world’s most challenging places for humanitarian groups to operate

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16 h. ago Renowned Biomedical Scientist Franco Cavaleri Challenges Conventional Alzheimer’s Theories in Groundbreaking Study

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Franco Cavaleri, B.Sc., Ph.D.c, a distinguished biomedical research scientist and CEO of Biologic Pharmamedical Research and Manufacturing, has published a pioneering study that reexamines the role of amyloid β-peptides (Aβ) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This research, featured in Frontiers in Neuroscience, proposes a paradigm shift in […]

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18 h. ago Stroke survivor speaks again with help of experimental brain

Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it’s still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those unable to speak. A new study described testing the device on a 47-year-old woman with quadriplegia who couldn’t speak for 18 years […]

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19 h. ago Shortfalls identified in child and youth mental health system: Ontario auditor

Ontario's auditor general says the Ministry of Health could more effectively plan and oversee child and youth mental health services in the province.

Science

21 h. ago John Ivison: Carney reminds voters why they wanted the Liberals out in the first place

Paul Chiang's comments, and Carney's defence of the candidate, are a sign that the Liberal party’s inexplicable attachment to Beijing remains intact

Transport

21 h. ago Hundreds of thousands in Ontario still without power as ice storm cleanup continues

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ontario were still without power Monday after freezing rain coated swaths of the province with thick layers of ice, with outages expected to last in some areas as storm cleanup continues. An outage map from provincial utility Hydro One showed more than 397,000 homes and businesses remained without power […]

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22 h. ago White House says ‘no exemptions’ as Canada braces for new wave of U.S. tariffs

WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday there will be “no exemptions” to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest moves to upend global trade this week and it remains unclear just what duties will fall on Canada. Global markets have been rattled by confusion over how Trump will pursue his global trade agenda. […]

Economics

22 h. ago Condo Smarts: Are canvassers allowed access to building during an election?

Bylaws and rules must comply with all enactments of law and the B.C. Human Rights Code

Politics

23 h. ago Sexual assault trial for Lake St. Martin First Nation chief begins in Winnipeg

Christopher Traverse, who was the leader of Lake St. Martin First Nation at the time of his arrest, pleaded not guilty to sexual assault, sexual interference and child pornography.

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24 h. ago Nine Ontario supervised drug consumption sites to close despite injunction, minister says

The Ontario provincial government says nine supervised consumption sites will close Tuesday as planned, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily. The office of Health Minister Sylvia Jones says nine sites that applied for funding to transition into government-approved service hubs will proceed with those plans. The Ontario Superior Court of […]

Politics

25 h. ago Ontario Hudson's Bay locations that were to remain open might have to close

An Ontario judge's recent decision has raised doubts over the fate of Hudson's Bay stores in the province, including those that were set to remain open, and increases the chance that lenders might seek to push the company into receivership.Justice Peter Osborne of the Superior Court of Justice has rejected a restructuring agreement proposed by the department store’s major lenders, signaling the potential for even further financial turmoil.On Saturday, Justice Osborne issued a written ruling stating that the proposed restructuring plan was "neither necessary nor appropriate at this time." The plan had been put forward in an effort to maximize liquidation proceeds and recover some of the millions owed to Hudson's Bay's senior lenders — Bank of America, Pathlight Capital, and Restore Capital — while also providing room for the company to restructure.During a Thursday hearing, lawyers for landlords opposed the restructuring agreement that was initiated by the...

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25 h. ago Liberal candidate to stay in race despite China bounty remark: Carney

Mark Carney says Paul Chiang can remain a Liberal candidate in the election after apologizing for remarks he made in January about a Conservative candidate.

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