Hundreds of students protested near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in the nation’s capital, demanding accountability, compensation for victims’ families and the…
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U.S. senators meet with Carney, push to ‘reinvigorate’ CUSMA ahead of Trump deadline
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney heard from a bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators on Monday that he should seek to “reinvigorate” discussions about the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) trade agreement as he faces…
Postal inspectors investigating fiery car crash at California post office as an intentional act
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said Monday it is investigating a fiery car crash at a San Jose, California, post office over the weekend as a potentially intentional act. Source link
Why are so many federal inmates dying shortly before their release date?
Kendal Lee Campeau spent most of his life in and out of prison. The last time he went in, he never came out. He was serving a seven-year sentence for assault, escaping…
Trump could crush Canada's softwood exports. Here's how a new crisis could play out
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Canada-U.S. softwood lumber trade relationship has dealt with ups and downs, disputes and resolutions, for decades. Anxiety for Canadian exporters is reaching a fever pitch again as the…
Venus Williams is back in tennis and wishes Serena would come out of retirement to join the fun
Venus Williams is back on the tennis scene, ready to compete for the first time in more than a year, and while she smiled or laughed frequently Sunday while discussing her return…
How an oversaturated tattoo market is hurting some professional Montreal artists
When Hans Deslauriers isn’t tattooing clients in his studio twice a week, he’s painting to help scratch his creative itch and pay his bills while dealing with a major slump in clients. It wasn’t always this way for…
Canadian permanent residents will now have to pay 'visa integrity fee' to enter U.S. Here's what it is
Included in the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act , which was recently enacted, is a provision about some travellers having to pay $250, a so-called “visa integrity fee,” to enter…
Trump appointees pushed more marble in Fed building renovation White House now attacks
President Trump has looked to the marble finishes and hefty price tag of the Federal Reserve headquarters to claim grounds to fire Chair Jerome Powell, with whom he has tussled for years…
Coldplay couple a reminder that anyone can go viral — even in a crowd of 60,000
A tech CEO and his company’s HR manager had a joyful evening turn into a nightmare after they popped up on the big screen at a Coldplay concert in Boston on Wednesday. The viral…