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Five top Toronto restaurants, whether or not you’re at the World Cup
Toronto has always been a city that wears its passport stamps proudly. About half of its residents were born outside Canada, providing one of the world’s best and most diverse food scenes. Take a short subway ride, and you’ll find everything from Argentine asados and Ghanese jollof rice to Moroccan tagine and Korean kimchi jjigae.…
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Iconic ice cream maker says brand being ‘destroyed’ by Magnum
The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s said the ice cream brand’s new owner is in the “process of destroying” the Cherry Garcia maker’s future by stopping it from criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump. Ben Cohen, who started the brand in 1978 with Jerry Greenfield, is locked in a months-long fight with the Magnum Ice Cream…
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Trump vows to strike Iran on Thursday if it holds out on interim peace deal
United States President Donald Trump said he will continue bombing Iran if it refuses to agree to an interim peace deal, following a second night of clashes between the countries’ forces. Trump ordered multiple strikes as his frustration over the lack of progress in talks grows. He told Fox News the U.S. would attack on…
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Meta, X to face moratorium on Canadian users under 16 with new bill
Prime Minister Mark Carney ’s government introduced legislation that would ban social media for youth under 16 unless companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. and X Corp. meet a set of safety standards. The bill unveiled Wednesday would also impact artificial intelligence chatbots, though they wouldn’t face a ban on youth users. Firms must mitigate…
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I have a high-stress job and a toddler. The problem is my narcissistic mother | Ask Rebecca
The Right Thing to Do is smart, honest advice to readers’ questions about life, family and relationships by columnist Rebecca Eckler. Got a question for Rebecca? Submit it anonymously on the form here. You can also send an email to NPadvice@postmedia.com. Dear Rebecca I am an only child. I am now married and have a…
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Schizophrenic woman who killed stranger in Toronto financial district goes free
The schizophrenic woman who committed a notorious killing of an innocent stranger in a downtown Toronto Shoppers Drug Mart more than 10 years ago has been granted an absolute discharge, freeing her entirely from the restrictions of the justice system. In 2015, Rohinie Bisesar, then 40 and now 51, stabbed Rosemarie Junor in the cosmetics…
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Wiccan woman who killed pregnant Inuit student granted temporary unescorted absences
The Parole Board of Canada has granted unescorted temporary absences for the “personal development” and rehabilitation of a woman who helped kill a pregnant Inuit student from Labrador a dozen years ago in Halifax and dumped her body beside a highway in a hockey bag. Victoria Lea Henneberry is serving a life sentence for the…
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RCMP investigating allegation of money for council votes in Calgary city hall corruption probe: court doc
The RCMP are investigating an allegation that the principal and founder of a local planning consulting firm offered campaign donations in exchange for votes from Calgary city council.
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Quebec’s proposed energy drink ban for children under 16 expected to pass
Proposed legislation to ban the sale of energy drinks to people under 16 in Quebec is expected to pass on Thursday. It would make the province the first North American jurisdiction to impose age-based restrictions on caffeinated energy drinks.
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‘Swarm’ of health-care workers ran from St. John’s hospital to help man dying in the street
As Dylan Jordan lay dying on Golf Avenue, a flood of health-care workers from nearby St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital sprinted down the stairs and into the street to provide medical attention.