1 week ago Foreign doctors in Gaza describe worst wounds ‘they’ve ever seen’

Paris (AFP) — International doctors and nurses who treated Palestinians in Gazan hospitals described wounds more severe than civilians had suffered in other modern conflicts, according to a peer-reviewed study published Friday. For the research in the leading medical journal BMJ, 78 humanitarian healthcare workers mostly from Europe and North America answered survey questions describing […]

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2 w. ago Trump admonishes Europe, questions UN’s ‘purpose’ in speech to world body

Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the world body as a feckless institution.

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2 w. ago Trump Blasts UN Over Immigration, Climate in Combative Speech

President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.

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2 w. ago Purpose Investments Inc. Announces September 2025 Distributions for Canadian Yield Shares ETFs

TORONTO, Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Purpose Investments Inc. (“Purpose”) is pleased to announce the distributions for the month of September 2025 for Canadian Yield Shares ETFs. The ex-distribution date for all ETFs listed in the table below is September 25, 2025. ETF Name Ticker Distributionper Unit RecordDate Payable Date Distribution Frequency Purpose TD […]

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2 w. ago KV Capital provides $82.4 million construction financing for Calgary rental development

Western Canadian debt provider supports 254-unit project as market transitions to balanced supply-demand fundamentals CALGARY, Alberta — KV Capital Inc. announced the closing of a $82.4-million construction loan for Arthur, a 254-unit purpose-built rental project in Calgary’s Currie neighbourhood. The financing supports the joint venture between Anthem Properties Group Ltd. and Arrowleaf Real Estate Holdings […]

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3 w. ago Jason Rowe: Ford gives long overdue recognition to union training

The recent report issued by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), “Dismantling Public Futures,” criticizing the Ford government for pivoting its approach to funding skilled trades programs paints a skewed picture of the training landscape for apprentices in Ontario. It’s purposefully designed to ignore the benefits of union training halls in the skilled trades […]

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4 w. ago Tetra Digital Group Aims to Pioneer Regulated Stablecoin Issuance in Canada

Financial service market leaders Urbana Corporation, Wealthsimple, Purpose Unlimited, Shakepay, ATB Financial, National Bank of Canada, and Shopify invest in groundbreaking digital payment initiative TORONTO — Tetra Digital Group, one of Canada’s leading digital asset infrastructure providers; parent company of Tetra Trust and Tetra Unity, today announced the closing of an investment of approximately $10 […]

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