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Oscar winner Tamara Deverell cites early work on Cape Breton film as formative
Long before moving to Inverness County, one of the movies Tamara Deverell worked on early in her career was filmed in Cape Breton. Related Cape Breton resident wins Oscar for work on Frankenstein Inverness resident’s production design work receives Academy Award nomination She was still in art school at the time when she was part…
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B.C. woman and daughter, 7, detained at ICE jail in Texas, despite having visa
A Penticton woman and her seven-year-old daughter have been detained by U.S. border officials in Texas for a week, despite her having a U.S. work visa that doesn’t expire until 2030. Tania Warner and her daughter, Ayla, don’t know why they are being held or when they will be released, her American husband, Edward Rose,…
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This remote First Nation is using 1 generator to power the whole community — again
After dealing with a week of intermittent power outages last month, Nibinamik First Nation is having problems with its diesel generating system again. On Wednesday, workers discovered the remote Oji-Cree community’s main generator — a Caterpillar C27 — had experienced a mechanical failure. Here’s what the First Nation, located about 500 kilometres north of Thunder…
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Warren Kinsella: How Iran stage-manages anti-Israel campaigns in the West
For decades, Iran has sought to influence — or destabilize — Western politics. That is well known. As the years went by, however, not as many knew how successful Iran had become in its anti-Western campaign. Iran has invested considerable resources stage-managing protests in democratic nations, intelligence agencies say. And it has paid many dividends.…
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Robert Mueller, ex-FBI chief who led Trump-Russia inquiry, dead at 81
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led a politically explosive investigation into Donald Trump, has died aged 81, triggering a gloating response Saturday from the U.S. president. U.S. media reported that Mueller died late Friday, citing a family statement, but did not specify a location or cause. Trump responded quickly on Truth Social, writing:…
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Canadian ski cross siblings Hannah, Jared Schmidt each earn World Cup silver on home snow
Ottawa ski cross siblings Hannah and Jared Schmidt each earned silver at the penultimate World Cup stop at Craigleith Ski Club near Collingwood, Ont., on Saturday.
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Banff National Park breaks visitation record — again
The national park in Alberta saw 4.5 million visitors in the 2025-26 fiscal year, surpassing the previous high of 4.28 million in 2023-24, in what’s become almost annual increases over the last decade.
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How fans and industry insiders feel about Ontario’s ticket resale crackdown
Sports and music fans are applauding the province’s plans to outlaw sky-high ticket resale prices, but some insiders say there’s more work to be done.
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Ontario model becomes 1st transgender person on Chanel Exclusive’s catwalk at Paris Fashion Week
On her modelling journey, Dalton Dubois of Guelph, Ont., says it’s involved “a lot of proving yourself” after she quit her job at a retirement home. Recently, she became the first transgender person to walk Chanel Exclusive’s runway at Paris Fashion Week.
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‘Eerie parallel’: Archived stamps reveal Canada was prepared to ration gas in the 1979 oil crisis
Canada considered conserving oil with gasoline rationing stamps in 1979. While it never put the stamps into circulation, economist Peter Tertzakian said the proofs are a reminder that anything can happen in an oil shortage.