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Man charged with arranging shootings in Toronto police corruption probe denied bail
A Richmond Hill, Ont., man who is accused of arranging seven shootings connected with a major police corruption and organized crime investigation was denied bail Friday in Oshawa, Ont.
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Titan Tool and Die alleges worker assaulted by Unifor protester
Windsor police are investigating, Titan Tool and Die says, after it alleges one of their workers was assault near the business by a union picketer.
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Supreme Court rules Quebec asylum seekers eligible for subsidized daycare
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled Quebec cannot bar asylum seekers from subsidized daycare.
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Montreal teacher challenges school policy on hiding student gender identity from parents
Quebec’s Superior Court heard arguments Friday in a case about a high school teacher who alleges her Charter rights were violated when she was ordered to hide a student’s gender identity from their parents.
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Canadian Jews urged to be alert, cautious amid war on Iran
The Jewish Security Network is encouraging greater Toronto’s Jewish community to exercise extra caution as Israel and the United States wage war on Iran. “Iran and its proxies have historically targeted Jewish and Israeli interests outside the Middle East,” the security agency launched by the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) wrote on Friday. “For this reason,…
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Supreme Court rules that asylum seekers can access subsidized Quebec daycare
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that asylum seekers in Quebec with young children are eligible for the province’s subsidized daycare programs. The ruling was released Friday morning with eight of the nine Supreme Court judges in favour of the decision. The case dates back to October 2018 when the case’s respondent, Bijou Cibuabua…
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‘Canada’s got a great team, too’: U.S. Republican senator says Olympic men’s hockey game was ‘well played’
It’s a far cry from the White House decision to post an image of a bald eagle trampling a Canada goose after the U.S. won Olympic gold at the recent men’s hockey final in Turin, Italy. In the wake of that trash talk and U.S. President Donald Trump’s unsportsmanlike posts about the game on Truth…
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U.S. aluminum buyers hunt for alternatives as Iran war upends global supply
Aluminum buyers in the United States are rushing to secure alternative supplies from Asia as the war on Iran disrupts a major foreign source — a development that threatens to hike the cost of the metal used in auto parts, appliances and beverage cans. An effective halt on shipments through the Strait of Hormuz has…
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‘As dead as fried chicken’: Why Trump finally fired Noem
Kristi Noem’s 13-month tenure leading the United States Department of Homeland Security was marked by controversy . But it wasn’t the two American citizens’ deaths at the hands of federal immigration agents that ultimately cost her the job, nor the allegations of an affair with an adviser, or the criticism that she was slow to…
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U.S. unexpectedly sheds 92,000 jobs, unemployment rate rises
United States employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose , pointing to lingering fragility in a labour market that was thought to be stabilizing. Nonfarm payrolls decreased 92,000 last month after a strong start to the year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. The unemployment rate climbed to…