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Judge accuses Montreal prosecutors of proposing ‘candy’ sentences for criminals at risk of deportation
A Quebec judge has accused the provincial prosecutor of admitting to “regularly” proposing absolute discharges or lenient sentences specifically for non-Canadians convicted of crimes because they risk deportation, thereby artificially creating an “unnecessary” two-tier sentencing system. “This practice is so widespread that to deny that the prosecutor’s approach currently has the effect of creating a…
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Trump says he wasn’t portraying himself as Jesus: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor’
U.S. President Donald Trump says a now-deleted image posted to Truth Social, which appeared to portray the president as Jesus Christ, was actually meant to show him as a doctor. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, he said: “I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to…
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Avi Lewis says high-speed rail project should be publicly owned
OTTAWA — Newly minted NDP leader Avi Lewis says he has concerns about Liberals’ high-speed rail megaproject but isn’t necessarily against the project itself. Lewis said on Monday that he was skeptical about the public-private structure of the project, a joint venture between federal Crown corporation Alto and Cadence, a private consortium that includes Air…
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Thousands of farms are ‘boarded shut’ due to ‘outdated’ tax rules, says Ontario farmer
Farmers in southern Ontario are fighting for a change to the Income Tax Act, so that inheriting nieces and nephews are included in tax deferrals. They say it will help keep farms across Canada open.
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3 face charges in connection with fatal Lambton College shooting with 4th suspect still at large
The Sarnia Police Service has arrested a woman in connection with Friday morning’s Lambton College campus bar shooting, which left 20-year-old Dane Nisbet dead. Police say she was one of two women alleged to be with the suspects on the night of the shooting. Police had previously arrested a man in connection with the shooting.
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Vigil today for Windsor man killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon, national council says
Hassan Haider was married and had 5 children, the National Council of Canadian Muslims says.
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Alberta testing AI-powered drone technology in battle against wild boar
Researchers are turning to a new high-tech combination of drones, thermal cameras and artificial intelligence to get a new vantage point on Alberta’s wild boar problem.
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This N.S. First Nations community asking if it wants pot sold on the reserve at all
Police raids of Indigenous-owned cannabis stores in Nova Scotia have been headline news. But that’s overshadowing other questions: whether band members even want cannabis stores, and if so, who should own and profit from them. That’s what band members are being asked on the Glooscap First Nation.
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Lawsuit accuses Winnipeg woman of taking $6M from non-profit to fund vacations, buy TikTok coins
A non-profit organization — once in charge of millions of dollars in federal funds — is suing a former employee, alleging she misappropriated more than $6 million to pay for vacations and divert to a Jamaican dance hall singer.
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Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot
Key details include a “critical fault” system outage, possible extension of pilot project and that facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, a company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza.