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May 1, 2025
Teen whose family was killed at festival thanks donors, gives back
VANCOUVER - A teenager who lost his family in a ramming attack at a Vancouver festival is thanking those who donated to a fundraising campai...
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May 1, 2025
Moe says he’s Canadian but wouldn’t stop vote on Saskatchewan separating from Canada
Moe says residents are allowed to trigger provincial legislation for a plebiscite on the issue.
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May 1, 2025
Inquest jury deems 2019 Ottawa bus crash deaths accidents, makes 60 recommendations
All three died after a double-decker bus operated by OC Transpo hopped a curb and struck a shelter at the Westboro transit station on Jan. 1...
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
‘Incredible generosity’: Fundraising for deadly Vancouver attack victims soars
The community has rallied behind grieving families of the Filipino festival tragedy that left 11 dead and dozens injured and was described a...
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May 1, 2025
Alberta’s Smith says she doesn’t see ‘an appetite’ for provincial pension plan
EDMONTON - The idea of Alberta opting out of the Canada Pension Plan isn't going anywhere -- at least for now.
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May 1, 2025
Homeland Security pushes back against criticism of immigration raid at Oklahoma home
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday fought back against criticism over its handling of a raid of an Ok...
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May 1, 2025
Federal official says Oklahoma family was wrongly targeted during immigration raid
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A family in Oklahoma was wrongly targeted when federal immigration agents raided their home while serving a search warr...
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May 1, 2025
Republican county leader Josh Schoemann enters Wisconsin governor’s race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Josh Schoemann, the top elected official in a suburban Milwaukee county, this week created a committee to ru...
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May 1, 2025
Planet Nine? Scientists uncover new evidence of a massive planet hidden in our solar system
A new look through decades-old data has unveiled some of the most compelling evidence yet of a hidden ninth planet in the far reaches of our...
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May 1, 2025
Lawyer says man in stabbing death of Calgary woman not criminally responsible
CALGARY - The lawyer for a Calgary man who fatally attacked a woman three years ago says there's no doubt that his client was responsible fo...
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May 1, 2025
Heavy rainfall sets records and washes out roadway in rural Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A steady line of slow-moving thunderstorms that battered Oklahoma in recent weeks set multiple rainfall records across...
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May 1, 2025
Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high schools during entire school day
QUÉBEC - The Quebec government is expanding its cellphone ban in schools, prohibiting the devices on the grounds of the province's elementar...
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May 1, 2025
New Brunswick premier sends Carney letter outlining priorities, wish list
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling for urgent action to develop national trade...
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May 1, 2025
Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of Ottawa’s clean electricity plan
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity grid regulations.
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus
A Dutch scientist predicts the failed spacecraft will come down around May 10, but it's too early to know where or how much of it will survi...
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May 1, 2025
North Carolina auditor names elections board members after judges let law stand during appeal
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's Republican state auditor made appointments to a new State Board of Elections on Thursday, the day afte...
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May 1, 2025
Top court to look at whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a group's challenge of a federal ethics report on Justin Trudeau's involvement in...
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May 1, 2025
More than 2 million Ninja pressure cooker lids recalled across North America after reports of burn injuries
Health Canada says there is an issue to the pressure-cooking lid of the Ninja Foodi Tendercrisp multi-cookers.
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federa...
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May 1, 2025
Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan over plans to sue fossil fuel companies for climate harm
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against f...
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May 1, 2025
Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro is out of intensive care but still hospitalized, doctors say
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, who continues to recover after undergoing bowel surgery, has left intensive care, hi...
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May 1, 2025
Alberta’s top court dismisses Crown appeal of sentence of man in Calgary chef murder
CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has rejected a request to review the sentence given to a man convicted in the death of a well-known Ca...
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May 1, 2025
Indigenous chiefs call for Alberta Premier Smith to stop stoking separatism talk
EDMONTON - Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of "attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis" and a...
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May 1, 2025
California Republicans, moderate Dems push for harsher penalties for soliciting sex from older teens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Republicans will try to force a legislative vote Thursday on a policy to increase penalties for solicit...
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May 1, 2025
California Democrats reject push for harsher penalties for soliciting sex from older teens
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats rejected a Republican-backed effort Thursday to advance a policy to increase penalties for so...
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May 1, 2025
RCMP identifies new spot in Ontario where unauthorized migrants enter Canada, and are now staffing it 24/7
Niagara-on-the-Lake RCMP Border Integrity Unit has arrested several people trying to enter from the U.S. via the Fort Erie train bridge sinc...
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May 1, 2025
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Justice Department lifted a school desegregation order in Louisiana this week, officials called its continued exi...
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May 1, 2025
Thunderstorms could hit Toronto Thursday afternoon after record-breaking winds earlier in the week
Environment Canada is forecasting showers Thursday afternoon before possible thunderstorms roll in, with up to 10 millimetres of total rainf...
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May 1, 2025
Mass deportations: ICE joins DeSantis in touting one-week record of arresting 1,120 people in the US illegally
As the Trump administration ramps up cooperation with state and local agencies, it is moving to retaliate against those that limit helping i...
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May 1, 2025
Vancouver artist who was mother of two identified among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of...
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May 1, 2025
Dominican court bans public use of nicknames for police operations and legal cases
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has banned law enforcement in the Caribbean country from publicly...
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May 1, 2025
Ontario man arrested in Dominican Republic still stuck after charges dropped: family
Jane Wilcox says the charges against her husband David Bennett were withdrawn a little over two weeks ago, she said, but he's still not allo...
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May 1, 2025
Deep Left Field | Baseball Podcast
Mike Wilner hosts Deep Left Field, a baseball podcast from the Star. Listen for the latest Blue Jays and MLB news with Mike and his baseball...
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May 1, 2025
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law
A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime la...
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May 1, 2025
FDA to rehire fired staffers who booked inspection trips, but other workers remain in limbo
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time in recent months, the Food and Drug Administration is bringing back some recently fired employees, inc...
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May 1, 2025
Syrian Druze spiritual leader slams government over deadly sectarian clashes
DAMASCUS (AP) — Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri on Thursday harshly criticized Syria's government for what he called an “unjus...
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Blue Jays home run leader Anthony Santander, reliever Brendon Little, 1B/OF coach Mark Budzinski and more
The Blue Jays miserable April is over and it ended with a massive comeback win against the Boston Red Sox
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Toronto bar ranks as the best in Canada and among top in North America
After releasing it’s best bars in North America list, 50 Best has named these Toronto spots as some of the best in the continent.
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May 1, 2025
California’s population grew again in 2024 after a pandemic slump
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California ’s population climbed above 39.5 million in 2024, marking the second year of growth following a string...
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May 1, 2025
Trump taps national security adviser Waltz for UN envoy in major national security team switch-up
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will replace Waltz, who was recently embroiled in controversy after adding a journalist to a Signal chat bein...
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May 1, 2025
Trump national security adviser Waltz is out in a major staff shake-up after his Signal chat blunder
That’s according to two people familiar with the matter, which marks the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump’s second term.
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Trump national security adviser Waltz is out following Signal chat blunder in major staff shakeup
That’s according to two people familiar with the matter, which marks the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump’s second term.
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz is out in first major shakeup of Trump’s second term
That’s according to two people familiar with the matter, which marks the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump’s second term.
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Trump names Secretary of State Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz for UN envoy
That’s according to two people familiar with the matter, which marks the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump’s second term.
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Over 2 million Ninja-branded pressure cookers are recalled after reports of serious burn injuries
NEW YORK (AP) — SharkNinja is recalling more than 2 million pressure cookers sold in the U.S. and Canada — after consumers reported over 100...
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Plaque to mark safe return of ‘Lucky 7’ Newfoundland fishers after days adrift at sea
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is installing a bronze plaque to commemorate the safe return of seven fishermen who su...
The Toronto Star
May 1, 2025
Prosecutors in Thailand say they won’t pursue royal defamation case against US scholar
BANGKOK (AP) — State prosecutors in Thailand announced Thursday that they don't intend to press charges against an American academic arreste...
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May 1, 2025
Three foreign nationals arrested after crossing border in Fort Erie, Ont.: RCMP
FORT ERIE - The RCMP say three foreign nationals were arrested after attempting to enter Canada last month via a train bridge in Fort Erie,...
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May 1, 2025
US imposes sanctions on a Mexican cartel linked to a drug trafficking and fuel-theft network
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday imposed economic sanctions on three Mexican nationals and two Mexico-based entities i...
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May 1, 2025