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Trump trial updates: Stormy Daniels describes sexual encounter with Trump — and faces testy cross-examination
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels recounted the details of her alleged extramarital affair with former President Donald Trump during Tuesday’s testimony in the hush money trial.
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Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to make public drug use illegal again
OTTAWA — Public drug use became illegal in British Columbia once again on Tuesday, after the federal government granted the province's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot. The change represents a major policy climbdown for the provincial NDP government more than a year into the three-year pilot program with Ottawa that is aimed at tackling the deadly overdose crisis. But Ya'ara Saks, Canada's mental health and addictions minister, dismissed any notion the shift is an admission
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Separate controversial Criminal Code changes from Online Harms Act, advocates urge
OTTAWA — More than 15 civil society groups are urging the justice minister to hive off proposed changes to the Criminal Code and Canadian Human Rights Act from a bill aimed at tackling online harms. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Canadian Muslim Public Affairs Council were among the signatories to an open letter released Tuesday. "If this separation is not made, the clear and present risks posed by these problematic portions will continue to overshadow (the bill's) main goal," it r
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Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation
EDMONTON — The Alberta government has appointed a new committee to look into ways to speed up the reclamation of the large and growing tailings ponds in the province's oilsands. The oilsands mine water steering committee will examine potential policies and options that would allow reclamation to occur as quickly and safely as possible. "Managing oilsands mine water and reclaiming tailings ponds is a complex issue that requires collaboration," Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz said Tuesday in a
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Historic Scouts Canada camp lodge burns to ground in Quebec's Laurentians
Former scout leader Micheal Reid has fond memories of Camp Tamaracouta."I learned how to cook there. I learned how to track animals. It was really just an eye-opening experience," he said.Over the weekend, the main lodge was destroyed by fire. It was the second fire on the campground in a month. The camp, Tamaracouta Scout Reserve (TSR), was built in 1911 in Mille-Isles, Que., about 80 kilometres northwest of Montreal in the Laurentians.Six years ago, the camp closed and Scouts Canada has been t
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Columbia Law voices confidence in grads in face of conservative judges' boycott
The head of Columbia Law School backed its graduates on Tuesday, saying they were "consistently sought out" as it responded to an announcement by 13 conservative federal judges that they would not hire students from the Ivy League university. The judges announced the boycott on Monday, citing the university's handling of pro-Palestinian protests and calling the Manhattan campus an "incubator of bigotry" in a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester. Lester said
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TTC increasing service on 24 bus routes, starting next week
The TTC is bolstering bus service with the new efforts primarily focused on routes that serve riders in the city's suburbs, officials announced Tuesday.Overall ridership levels are still about 77 per cent of what they were pre-pandemic, but TTC CEO Rick Leary said some routes are currently well above maximum capacity."We've had a few weekend days where we're at 118 percent of pre-pandemic levels," Leary told reporters at a news conference.In response, the TTC is adding buses to 24 routes that ma
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