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Would-be strongman wins first round in Colombia with promise of ‘iron fist’
BOGOTA, Colombia — Trump loyalist Abelardo de la Espriella won a surprise victory in the first round of Colombia’s presidential elections, with voters choosing his promised “iron fist” on organized crime in the mould of El Salvador’s wildly popular strongman Nayib Bukele. De la Espriella, a lawyer and political “outsider,” defeated leftist continuity candidate Senator…
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Manny Malhotra named new Vancouver Canucks head coach
The move is the latest in an overhaul that has seen Vancouver replace general manager Patrik Allvin, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford, and head coach Adam Foote since finishing the season last in the league with a 25-29-8 record.
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Family, First Nation chief share hopes for coroner’s inquest into death of MPP’s nephew
Jonathon Mamakwa says he’s no longer angry about his son’s death, but that he wants to see more mental health and addictions support in correctional settings to prevent similar losses. Jonathon was the first witness to provide testimony in the coroner’s inquest into Kevin Mamakwa’s death, which began in Thunder Bay, Ont., Monday. Here’s what’s…
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N.S. high school administrator, stabbed by student on the job, fights for support 3 years later
The administrative assistant who was stabbed by a student at a Bedford, N.S., high school in 2023 is speaking out in an interview for the first time. Angela Light tells CBC News about how the horrific events of that day have impacted her life.
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How steep are World Cup ticket prices for locals?
The price of tickets has turned the World Cup into an elite spectacle and data shows just how costly the tickets are for the residents of the host cities.
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Canada’s cloud market is ‘broken,’ report warns
A new report calls the market for cloud computing in Canada “broken” and warns that without requiring compatibility between shared processing providers, domestic alternatives to U.S. tech giants risk Canadians buying into “maplewashed dependencies.”
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City moves closer to heritage designation for CBC, former CKLW building
A mid-century modern building along Windsor’s waterfront that played a big part in both the spread of Motown music and the early days of Canadian broadcasting is a step closer to getting heritage designation from the city.
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NDP seeks to ban floor-crossing without constituents’ consent
NDP MP Don Davies says he’ll introduce a bill to ban MPs from crossing the floor without first going back to the voters in an attempt to clamp down on the type of defections that have bolstered Prime Minister Mark Carney’s benches in recent months and helped the Liberals secure a majority.
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A python was found at a Windsor sewage plant. Was it flushed?
A city worker at the pollution control facility discovered the exotic pet. It is dehydrated and needs help shedding but is expected to survive, according to the local humane society.
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How the synagogue audience reacted to Mark Carney’s ‘covenant’ speech on antisemitism
With its quotations from the prophets Isaiah and Amos, the philosophers Aristotle and Charles Taylor, and the Nobel Laureate Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s landmark speech on antisemitism aimed for some of the most rousing oratory of his premiership, as he urged all Canadians to engage with this challenge that should not…