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Person killed in single-vehicle Lighthouse Cove crash in Lakeshore
The OPP hopes someone saw something leading up to, or when the crash occurred. They’re also interested to speak with anyone who could has dashcam footage to review.
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Why countless Nazis were welcomed to Canada after WW2 | Canada Did What?!
We shouldn’t have been too shocked when Parliament blundered into honouring a veteran of a Nazi SS unit in 2023. After the Holocaust, this country became a favoured destination for countless European war criminals. They were actually welcomed by the government. Despite their crimes, they were left to live peaceful, prosperous lives and even built…
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Canadians are dying preventable deaths in this country’s choked ERs, doctors warn
Dr. Alecs Chochinov recently received a private message from an emergency medicine colleague who has been practising for more than a decade. “I’ve never been so despondent,” it said. “That single doctor is speaking for many,” Chochinov said. “People are despondent. They’re scared that there are going to be bad outcomes and they’re going to…
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Elite special forces sergeant gets reduced sentence for assaulting ex-wife due to military service
A Canadian sergeant convicted of assaulting his former spouse three times has been handed a conditional discharge by an Ontario judge who noted a “link between his service-related concussions and the mental health deterioration” the soldier experienced from deploying to Iraq five times and Afghanistan thrice. Mark MacChesney who served as a member of JTF2,…
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Canadian Coast Guard captain fired for ‘willfully’ ignoring distress call: labour board
The Canadian Coast Guard fired one of its captains arguing he “willfully” ignored a distress call about a sinking boat in cold and choppy P.E.I. waters, according to a recently posted federal labour board decision.
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Nobody wants to say the M-word ahead of this crucial Quebec byelection next month
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois House Leader Christine Normandin dismissed the idea that her party may be the one to block Prime Minister Mark Carney’s path to forming a majority government in a crucial byelection held in the suburbs of Montreal next month. “The idea of halting a majority is a narrative that is, of course,…
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‘Free the Zyn’: Why nicotine pouches are all the buzz on Canada’s right
OTTAWA — A hockey-puck-shaped canister of nicotine product Zyn, not approved for sale in Canada, was the accessory of choice as Conservative MP Jamil Jivani’s “Restore the North” campus tour rolled through the West Coast last week. University-aged attendees posed for photos with Jivani while proudly displaying their (sort of) contraband after a Friday event…
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Family of Tumbler Ridge shooting victim suing OpenAI
The mother of Maya Gebala, a 12-year-old who remains in hospital after the shooting on Feb. 10, alleges the tech company failed to alert authorities to prompts from the shooter related to violence.
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Estrogen patch shortage leaves some Albertans in a lurch, looking for alternatives
The latest wave of an ongoing shortage of estrogen patches has some Alberta women scrambling to find new menopause treatments.
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TikTok allowed to keep business in Canada under new rules
The federal government said on Monday that it will let TikTok continue to operate in Canada and allow an investment by the tech platform to proceed, after a national security review reversed the conclusion of a previous one.