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Canadian ‘boy’ turned out to be man who molested U.S. teen, gets 46 years behind bars
A Canadian man was sentenced to 46 years in a U.S. prison after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old Indiana girl last year. The Hendricks County Prosecutor’s office said Monday that Mahdi Hosseini, a 22-year-old from an undisclosed town in Manitoba, entered guilty pleas to child molesting and other charges related to his…
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Legault calls for resignation of Air Canada CEO over English-only condolence video
François Legault called for Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to resign, saying he lacks respect for Francophone employees and clients
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Carney ‘very disappointed’ in Air Canada CEO’s English-only condolence video, says it lacked compassion
Prime Minister Mark Carney had pointed words for the head of Canada’s largest airline early Wednesday, saying the Air Canada CEO’s unilingual message of condolences to those affected by the recent deadly crash showed a “lack of judgment” and “a lack of compassion.”
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Canadian orangutan scientist Biruté Galdikas dead at 79
Biruté Mary Galdikas, a Canadian scientist who dedicated her life to the study and conservation of orangutans, has died. She was the last living member of the renowned primatologists known as “trimates,” alongside Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey.
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Brookfield teams up with the Caisse in multi-billion-dollar deal to acquire Quebec’s Boralex
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. has teamed up with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to acquire Boralex Inc., a Quebec-based renewable energy company with operations in Canada, France, the United States and the United Kingdom. The $37.25-a-share purchase price is a nearly 32 per cent premium over the March 20 trading price and…
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Man arrested in Sarnia robbery and kidnapping, police say
The Sarnia Police Service says it is investigating a robbery and kidnapping that happened on Monday night.
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‘Lack of compassion’: Carney slams Air Canada CEO for English-only video following death of pilots
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney weighed in to the debate about Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau’s unilingual English video in which he offered his condolences for the loss of two pilots who were killed in Sunday’s crash at the LaGuardia airport. “We proudly live in a bilingual country, and companies like Air Canada, particularly,…
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10/3 podcast: Pierre Poilievre’s U.S. tour and the Joe Rogan effect: Can it move the needle?
This year has been an up-and-down year for federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. He is back in the House of Commons as leader of the Official Opposition and got an overwhelming show of support from delegates at the party’s convention in Calgary, but his party’s support is stalling in national polls, and the Carney Liberals…
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Indigenous activists in Sask. among those targeted by RCMP spying in 1970s
Reports on Indigenous organizations in Saskatchewan are among previously classified RCMP Security Service files released to CBC under the Access to Information Act. Bruce Flamont says he is not surprised. He saw officers surveilling him in the 1970s.
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McGill adviser quits over ‘escalating pattern of hostility’ toward Jews
The chair of McGill Law School’s Faculty Advisory Board resigned on Sunday in a public letter, faulting university leaders for turning a blind eye to antisemitism on campus. “Over the past two and a half years, I have observed an escalating pattern of hostility toward Jewish students, faculty, and alumni met with persistent inaction,” Jonathan…