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    Costa Rica prosecutor accuses president, minister in influence scheme involving development bank

    The attorney general's office of Costa Rica on Monday filed charges against President Rodrigo Chaves and Culture Minister Jorge Rodriguez in an alleged influence scheme involving a top regional development bank. The charges could carry a sentence of two to eight years "for public officials who, abusing their functions, force or induce someone to improperly give or promise, for themselves or a third party, a good or financial benefit," prosecutors said in a statement.

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    4 men, youth arrested in connection with Richmond Hill home invasion

    York police have arrested four men and a youth in connection to a home invasion that happened in Richmond Hill last month.The incident happened around 3 a.m. on March 18 at a residence in the area of Arnold Avenue and Charles Street, police said in a news release Monday. Three masked, male suspects forced their way into the home and demanded the key to an SUV parked in the garage. The victim complied, and one of the suspects made his way to the garage, reversing through a closed garage door and

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    Carney lays out plan to help economy along amid Trump-induced market chaos

    Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Monday he has a plan to prop up the Canadian economy as the U.S. careens toward a recession resulting from President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff actions, creating what Carney called a "financial crisis" that has the potential to undo the international trading system.Carney said he got Canada through the 2008-09 financial crisis and helped the U.K. deal with the fallout from Brexit as the central banker for each country — and he can do it again as prime minist

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    A fight over food trucks is playing out at U of T

    Food truck owners who operate outside a University of Toronto library say they’re out tens of thousands of dollars in damages due to an ongoing turf war.

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    Vandals target members of Nova Scotia's 2SLGBTQ+ community

    Some members of the province's 2SLGBTQ+ community are on edge following incidents of vandalism targeting people and businesses in the past year. Andrew Lam has the story.

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    Court views video of moment bus crashes into Quebec daycare, killing two children

    LAVAL — A Quebec courtroom watched with a mixture of tears and horrified silence on Monday as a video was shown of the moment a city bus rammed into a Montreal-area daycare, killing two children and injuring six more.

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    Vacant house goes up in flames in Winnipeg's North End, neighbouring buildings evacuated

    A vacant house in Winnipeg's North End is set for demolition after it sustained significant damage in a Monday morning fire.Crews were called to the 1½-storey home on Magnus Avenue, just off Arlington Street, around 7:30 a.m., and found smoke and flames coming out of it, said a news release from the city.Firefighters launched a defensive attack because it was not safe to enter. They remained at the scene early Monday afternoon, using an aerial ladder and hand lines to apply water to the fire.Nei

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