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Safety advocates concerned by 23 school bus crashes this year in southwestern Ontario
Road and school bus safety advocates say they’re saddened but not surprised following a rash of school bus-related collisions in southwestern Ontario since the year began.
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Mideast war to test world economy, ‘new shocks’ will keep coming, says IMF chief
International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva said the war in the Middle East will test global economic resilience and warned that “new shocks in different shapes and sizes” will keep coming. Underscoring the IMF’s concern at the suffering and loss of life resulting from the Middle East crisis , Georgieva warned that a…
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Canadian tourist drowned in Australia as a result of a dingo attack, authorities say
Authorities in Australia have determined that 19-year-old Canadian tourist Piper James of Campbell River, B.C., who died in January drowned after sustaining injuries from a dingo attack.
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B.C. premier says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will apologize to Tumbler Ridge, push for stronger regulations
The company behind ChatGPT is facing waves of criticism after it came out that the account of Jesse Van Rootselaar — who police say killed eight people, including six children, in Tumbler Ridge on Feb. 10 — wasn’t reported to police despite posts about gun violence.
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Jury finds man guilty of 5 counts of 2nd-degree murder in Winnipeg drug house shootings
A jury has found a man accused of fatally shooting five people at a Winnipeg rooming house in 2023 guilty of five counts of second-degree murder.
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Khalistani extremist social media account takes responsibility for killing of Windsor, Ont., woman
A social media account promoting Sikh extremist views is claiming responsibility for the stabbing of a Windsor woman in LaSalle this week.
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Windsor-Essex saw 77 suspected overdoses in February — a record for EMS
According to a WECHU official says the number of emergency department for overdose-related visits last month was more than double the monthly average the past few years.
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Canada’s top general weighing military options to support Gulf states in Iran conflict
OTTAWA — Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff General Jennie Carignan said she will be meeting with her European counterparts on Friday morning to discuss military options to support Gulf states. But Carignan ruled out any Canadian military involvement in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. “We are not talking about…
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Canada’s Alison Mackie skis to U23 cross-country gold, teammate Xavier McKeever earns bronze
Alison Mackie won gold in the women’s 20-kilometre mass start and fellow Canadian Xavier McKeever took bronze in the men’s event Thursday at the under-23 cross-country skiing championships in Lillehammer, Norway.
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Rental company charged in fatal 2024 tent collapse at Alberta meditation retreat
Nearly two years after a tent collapse at a mediation retreat northwest of Edmonton left one woman dead and dozens of others injured, a special event rental company is facing charges. Investigators allege the structure was not safely installed, leaving it vulnerable to severe winds.