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Judge orders former B.C. mayor to pay $160K in damages in defamation lawsuit
A former mayor of Harrison Hot Springs has been ordered to pay a local real estate agent $160,000 in damages after losing a defamation lawsuit.
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Denial of funding request by Windsor women’s shelter should be discussed by council, says Kieran McKenzie
The Welcome Centre Shelter says it needs a $192,000 increase in annual funding from the City of Windsor to support more beds. But Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens feels the request has a political agenda during a municipal election year.
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Mock hangings at Montreal pro-Palestinian rally being investigated by hate crimes unit
Montreal police say its hate crimes unit is investigating an incident that took place at a pro-Palestinian rally this weekend.
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Question of injured Alphonso Davies’s participation in World Cup a cloud over Canada’s training camp
“Alphonso’s status as captain doesn’t change and doesn’t need to change,” Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Tuesday. “He’ll come in and have a presence again.”
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Canadian men to battle defending champions U.S. in world hockey quarterfinals
Already assured of top spot in their pool, Canada finished its preliminary round at the world hockey championship with a 3-2 win over Czechia on Tuesday in Fribourg, Switzerland.
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Residential school survivors testify in front of international tribunal
A panel of residential school survivors provided witness testimony on Tuesday to the Permanent Peoples Tribunal, an international independent court of opinion investigating Canada’s responsibility for the residential school system and the human rights violations associated with it.
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Alberta law society, legal association won’t help find judges to chair electoral boundaries panel
The Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association say they won’t help find retired and sitting judges to lead the latest effort to redraw Alberta’s electoral boundaries.
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Google tells MPs police search powers bill could ‘facilitate foreign interference’
OTTAWA — Google and Apple, whose software runs in nearly every phone and tablet in Canada, warned that the Liberals’ lawful access bill poses a “threat” to encryption and their users’ data and could facilitate crimes such as foreign interference. Speaking to the House public safety committee Tuesday, representatives from both tech giants said they…
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Canada spent $722M on health care for asylum seekers in 2024-25: PBO
Canada spent more than $722 million providing extensive health care to tens of thousands of asylum seekers in the last fiscal year, including a considerable portion on “failed refugee claimants” who are either languishing in the system or avoiding removal orders, according to a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office. The review of the…
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Trump is pushing Mexico’s export profile back to low value goods
United States tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump and supply-chain disruptions are eroding Mexico’s gains as a manufacturing hub , raising the risk that the country slips back into exporting lower-value goods that create few jobs or investment opportunities. On the surface, Mexico’s exports are still breaking records, giving President Claudia Sheinbaum a headline number…