Trump pauses most global tariffs, but changes nothing for Canada
'I'm stuck': Canadian permanent resident was stranded abroad
Investigators baffled as 187 cows vanish without a trace
Adventurer criticized by Inuits in Canada for 'privilege and ignorance'
Trump says he paused tariffs because people became 'yippy' and 'afraid'
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VideoVideo shows 4 captive Ukrainian troops killed by men identified as Russian forces
The Ukrainian soldiers emerged from the ruined house at gunpoint -- one with arms raised in surrender to the Russian troops -- and lay face-down in the grass. Two drones — one Ukrainian and one Russian — recorded the scene from high above the southern Ukrainian village of Piatykhatky. The Associated Press managed to get both videos. They offer very different versions of what happened next.
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VideoUS Commerce Secretary Lutnick says 90-day tariff pause not influenced by market
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump's decision to pause tariffs on most countries was not influenced by volatile financial markets. He said the pause was implemented after numerous countries called, looking to make trade deals.
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New Zealand parliament rejects controversial indigenous law
New Zealand's parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s founding agreement following months of protest and debate over the place of indigenous Maori in the Pacific nation. The Treaty of Waitangi, first signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs, lays down how the two parties agreed to govern. The failed bill was a policy of David Seymour's ACT New Zealand party, which garnered 8.6% of the party vo
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Tale of 2 provinces as B.C. continues to record below-average snowpack
The B.C. River Forecast Centre says the province's snowpack was around 79 per cent of normal levels on April 1, with fears of drought continuing into the spring season.B.C. has recorded a below-average snowpack in the last two monthly updates, with low snow accumulation historically associated with the risk of drought.The provincial river forecast centre says, however, that snowpack accumulation in March varied widely throughout the province, with the southern half getting a lot of precipitation
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Palau, escaping Trump tariffs, says strong US good for Pacific
The president of the tiny Pacific Islands nation of Palau, one of the few countries to escape U.S. tariffs, said he remains "positive" the Trump Administration will keep a strong focus on the region and not permanently retreat. Palau, with a population of 17,000, has a compact of free association with the United States providing economic assistance in return for allowing the U.S. military access to its territory. It received USAID funding for submarine cables and climate change programmes, bef
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VideoOfficials scramble to identify victims of Dominican club roof collapse that killed at least 184
Friends and relatives mourn some of the victims of the roof collapse of the Jet Set nightclub on Tuesday while authorities scramble to identify bodies at Dominican Republic’s forensic institute. (AP/ Martin Adames)
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Province introduces advanced care paramedics in rural and northern Manitoba
The Manitoba government says a program introducing advanced care paramedics at seven locations will improve medical care for emergencies throughout rural and northern Manitoba.Fourteen "clinical service leaders" trained in advanced care paramedicine have been strategically placed in Portage la Prairie, Flin Flon, Dauphin, Ashern, Neepawa, Swan River and Lac du Bonnet as part of the program, the government said in a release Wednesday.Advanced care paramedics' scope of practice is broader than oth
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