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These B.C. students are trying to drum up $250K to save their music programs
For a trio of B.C. high school band students, the idea came to them, clear as a bell: if no one else would step in to save their school’s music programs — they would.
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Port expansion near Montreal kicks off as 1st ‘nation-building’ project
Construction has officially started on a port expansion near Montreal — the first so-called nation-building project that was fast-tracked for approval by the federal government.
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‘Throw them out’ of Parliament: Poilievre in favour of recall petition for floor-crossers
After losing another of his MPs to the Liberals, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he personally supports recall petitions — a way for constituents to remove a representative if they garner enough local support.
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Maya Gebala’s parents taking UFC president’s offer to pay for rehab at L.A. hospital
Tumbler Ridge shooting survivor Maya Gebala will be heading to Los Angeles for private rehabilitation care, according to social media post made Thursday by her mother. “After many nights of research, questioning, and fear of the unknown, we decided to say yes to an opportunity for an aggressive approach to her rehabilitation through privatized health…
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Canadian organizer of notorious cocaine plot finally loses epic 7-year fight to remain free
More than 10 years after his transnational cocaine smuggling plot crumbled and seven years after his arrest for orchestrating it, Ali Lalji has lost his epic campaign to stay out of prison. Lalji, 37, was part of a sensational case that revealed abuse of the Toronto headquarters of the youth-oriented Vice Media to recruit interns,…
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Former chief Crown attorney sues N.S. alleging bullying, unjust demotion in lawsuit
A former chief Crown attorney is suing the Nova Scotia government and the province’s Public Prosecution Service, alleging she was bullied, sidelined without explanation and ultimately forced out of her leadership role.
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Floor-crossers support core Liberal values, Carney says
MPs who defect to the Liberal caucus support the party’s platform, Prime Minister Mark Carney said when asked about the positions of opposition parliamentarians from across the political spectrum who have joined the red tent in recent months.
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Here’s how much the Artemis II astronauts are likely getting paid
Artemis II is now on its way home, having broken the record for the farthest distance humans have flown from Earth by travelling around the far side of the Moon. Four astronauts are on board: Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen, and are expected to splash down off the coast of…
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Canadian maple syrup is cheaper in Australia. An expert explains why you might be seeing higher prices
Canadian maple syrup is cheaper in Australia than at some Canadian stores, to the immense frustration of some Canadians syrup fans. A Reddit commentator recently pointed out that Canadian maple syrup is cheaper in grocery stores in Australia than on its home turf. Posting in the subreddit r/loblawsisoutofcontrol , they wrote: “Canadian maple syrup cheaper…
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Americans are confused — and fatigued — by Trump’s trade war
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day,” when the U.S. president launched a slew of new tariffs on imports, fewer Americans seem to understand what it is they were being liberated from. According to a new Pew Research Center survey of 3,507 adults, conducted between March 23 and 29, 2026, fewer Americans…