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U.K. may review killer’s 21-year jail sentence after ‘multiple requests,’ attorney general says
The U.K. attorney general’s office said it may reconsider a killer’s 21-year jail sentence after receiving “multiple requests” to review it under Britain’s unduly lenient sentence (ULS) scheme. On Monday, Vickrum Digwa, 23, was sentenced in Southampton Crown Court to a life sentence with a minimum of 21 years for stabbing Henry Nowak, 18, five…
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Chief heart surgeon at Jewish General Hospital quits province amid rising antisemitism in Montreal
The chief of cardiac surgery at the Jewish General Hospital has tendered his resignation and plans to move to Atlanta in September, citing rising antisemitism in Montreal and worsening problems with the province’s health-care system, The Gazette can reveal. Dr. Emmanuel Moss, who has worked at the Jewish General for the past 10 years, has…
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Investigation into alleged RCMP misconduct against Indigenous girls in Prince George enters final stage
Alberta’s police watchdog has been tasked with looking into historical accusations of wrongdoing.
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Carney addresses technical recession, says economy going through ‘settling-in’ period
Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government is “fundamentally” transforming the economy as it responds to the U.S. trade war, and that the country’s dip into a technical recession is partly a symptom of this “settling-in” period.
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Trump renews ’51st state’ rhetoric as LeBlanc heads to Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canada has signalled that it wants to see the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) renewed for 16 years to preserve trade growth on the continent even as U.S. President Donald Trump renews his calls to make Canada the “51st state” in a post shared to Truth Social. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for Canada-U.S.…
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Ominous Bluetooth device name forces United Airlines flight back to Newark
A United Airlines flight bound for Spain on Saturday night was forced to return to the New Jersey airport it departed from after one of the 190 passengers allegedly used “a certain four-letter word” to name their Bluetooth, triggering security concerns. While the airline itself didn’t confirm the nature of the “potential security threat” on…
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Women in farming more vulnerable to mental-health struggles and stress, University of Guelph study finds
A new study from the University of Guelph has found that women in farming are more vulnerable to mental-health struggles often tied to the visible and invisible workloads, and feelings of being undervalued. It’s something that resonated with Jennifer Schooley, who runs a lavender farm in Norfolk County and speaks regularly about being a woman…
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David Rosenberg: Is Canada back in a recession? Tiff Macklem better be watching either way
That Canadian real gross domestic product (GDP) shrank at a 0.1 per cent annual rate in the first quarter after a one per cent pullback in the fourth quarter puts the classic “two negative quarters” rule in play. Then again, that is only a rough rule of thumb for recessions, not the official standard. In…
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Denare Beach rebuilds, reflects on anniversary of devastating Sask. wildfire
Cautious optimism is mixed with concern in the northern Saskatchewan community of Denare Beach, where more than 200 homes burned in last year’s Wolf Fire.
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Posthaste: Brace for the coming labour squeeze as 25,500 Canadians retire every month
Canada’s workforce is shrinking, as record numbers of older Canadians retire and fewer younger workers step up to replace them. For the first time on record, outside the pandemic, the nation’s workforce will shrink more than the population this year, according to a new report from Royal Bank of Canada. As the last of that…