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Quebec family reimbursed $10,000 for being shipped wrong body after death in Cuba
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area family that was sent the wrong body after a loved one's death in Cuba has received a $10,000 reimbursement and an apology from the Caribbean country. Miriam Jarjour says her family was refunded the money paid to repatriate her father's remains but still doesn't know what happened to his body. Laval, Que., resident Faraj Allah Jarjour had a heart attack and died on March 22 while vacationing with his family near Varadero, Cuba. But the casket that was sent to Canada las
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of N.L.'s COVID-19 travel ban
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal related to Newfoundland and Labrador's decision to close its borders early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The case, which was launched by Kim Taylor of Nova Scotia and backed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, claimed the province's travel ban was unconstitutional. It was dismissed in September 2020 by provincial court Judge Donald Burrage, who said it did violate one section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms but was supp
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Tropics are waking up with the first disturbance of 2024
The National Hurricane Center issued the first tropical outlook of the 2024 hurricane season early Thursday morning.
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Juno reveals 'smooth as glass' lava lake on Jupiter's moon, Io
Images from NASA's Juno probe have revealed some surprising details about Io's tortured volcanic surface.
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Pride society, Catholic archdiocese discuss sexuality and faith
A pride group and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver are coming together for a conversation about the divergence of faith and sexuality, five years after the group was barred from hosting an event at a church-owned facility. The event, titled What is Love? An Open Conversation About Faith and Sexuality, will bring together leaders from the Catholic, United and Baptist churches, as well as the White Rock Pride Society, to talk about how love is "informed by faith and sexuality," accordin
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Here's the latest for Thursday, April 25th: Trump visits construction workers on way into hush money trial; Prayer held at Jerusalem's Western Wall for hostages held by Hamas; Windmill falls at famed Moulin Rouge; Irbil International Book Fair underway in Iraq
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Yellen says range of options to deal with frozen Russian assets
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday the outright seizure of Russian assets is justifiable but is only one possibility, with assets instead able to serve as collateral for borrowing in the market to help Ukraine. The European Union has agreed to segregate that interest and essentially move forward on a program in which it can be transferred to Ukraine.
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