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WorldWARNING: This article contains details about violence against children and attempted suicide. Testimony concluded Wednesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health. Closing argu...
WorldU.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe spoke with Russian intelligence officials during a visit to Moscow but did not meet President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin declared Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump described the trip as "semi-routine." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Putin ha...
WorldPremier Danielle Smith says she believes threatening the U.S. over tariffs would have a negative outcome. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canadians must double down on their diplomatic efforts to convince U.S. lawmakers and citizens that the escalating trade war is destructive for everyone o...
WorldPrime Minister Mark Carney claims "Canada fuels American growth," pointing to U.S.-bound natural gas exports as evidence in a recent speech. His remarks beg the question: What would happen if Canada halted shipments south of the border? So far, energy products such as oil and natural gas have no...
WorldMore than 50 days remain before the province's Oct. 19 referendum, but Elections Alberta says the requests it's receiving to vote by mail this fall are already far outpacing recent elections. Elections Alberta stated as of Tuesday it has received more than 175,000 requests for special ballots, w...
WorldSaskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has unveiled counter-tariffs on U.S. alcohol products, matching the U.S. tariffs of 50 per cent. At a news conference in Prince Albert on Wednesday, Moe declared the counter-tariffs will take effect Sept. 8. The U.S. implemented a 50 per cent tariff on a range of ...
WorldBlake Lively will get just over $400,000 of the $8 million US she sought in legal costs from actor and director Justin Baldoni after they settled their fight over the production of their 2024 film It Ends With Us, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Lewis J. Liman explained in a written decis...
WorldDolly Parton gave hundreds of millions of free books to kids through her Imagination Library — something she felt honoured to be able to do, based on to a Canadian who picks books for the program. “She would view the Imagination Library and her legacy as a privilege,” noted Chaya Kulkarni, who s...
WorldThe fire broke out at Islamabad’s largest hospital and has become a political issue. Opposition supporters shouted, “Stop killing our children!” at an representative visiting the scene.
WorldU.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” but the name has centuries of history behind it. Trump expressed Tuesday the United States is giving “serious consideration” to changing the name of Lake Ontario as relations with Canada, and particularly Ontario, ...
WorldA former Iranian authority now living in Toronto had a “critical” role in helping the Islamic Republic generate revenue needed to fund Middle East terror groups, in line with to the government body documents obtained by Global News. A Canada Border Services Agency report released on Tuesday alle...
WorldA fire erupted early Wednesday in a nursery for newborns at a prominent the government body hospital in Pakistan's capital, killing 14 babies, in line with to hospital officials and the government. The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad housed at least 15 newborns in the nursery...