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A scramble for phones, an unfolding war in Iran and a personal day for Prime Minister Mark Carney
NEW DELHI — After Canada threw it support behind the United States’ attacks on Iran, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says it still wants to see a “diplomatic solution” to resolve the unfolding war. The minister made the comments at the end of a day of meetings in New Delhi on Monday, as Prime Minister…
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Calgary boy, 8, endured ‘torture,’ court hears at father’s child abuse sentencing hearing
A case of horrific child abuse was in a Calgary courtroom Monday as Justice Ken McLeod considers a fit sentence for a 41-year-old man who pleaded guilty last spring to aggravated assault, forcible confinement and failing to provide the necessaries of life.
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Windsor man says wife is stuck in Lebanon amid widening Iran conflict
For as long as he can remember, Makram Hassan says his life has been shaped by conflict — either enduring war or living in the shadow of the next one. Even now, living in Windsor, miles away from the widening Iran conflict, he says he’s still feeling its effects in the most intimate way.
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Iranian Canadians ‘not a monolith,’ professor says as community reacts to U.S.-Israeli attacks
Reaction is pouring in from the Iranian diaspora across the Greater Toronto Area after a sweeping U.S.-Israeli attack over the weekend killed the country’s supreme leader and pulled about a dozen other countries into the conflict.
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$475K settlement approved in Vancouver Whitecaps class-action lawsuit
The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $475,000 settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer after star players, including Lionel Messi, were promoted to play in a 2024 game but didn’t show up.
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Canadians aboard tourist bus that crashed in Dominican Republic: embassy
The Embassy of Canada to the Dominican Republic says there were Canadians involved in a tourist bus accident in the Caribbean nation on Sunday night.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looking to ditch clock changes as B.C. moves to permanent daylight
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says with the province’s neighbours to the west moving to adopt year-round daylight time, it’s once again time to consider abandoning the practice of changing clocks twice a year.
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19 opioid overdoses recorded in a week in Windsor-Essex, public health warns
Emergency rooms in Windsor-Essex saw 19 opioid overdoses in the space of a week late last month, the vast majority involving fentanyl.
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Child, 6, dies after sledding accident in off-island Montreal suburb
A six-year-old child has died following a sledding accident Monday afternoon near a sports centre in Chambly, Que., an off-island suburb of Montreal.
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Ontario, Nova Scotia sign deal to allow direct-to-consumer alcohol sales
Producers of beer, wine and spirits will be able to start applying Tuesday to the province’s liquor corporation for authorizations to do direct-to-consumer sales, a process the premiers say will only take a matter of days.