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US antisemitic incidents hit record high in 2023 amid war in Gaza, report says
The Jewish advocacy group Anti-Defamation League (ADL) tallied 8,873 antisemitic incidents in 2023, a 140% increase over 2022 and a record high since the group began keeping track in 1979, the report said. Over 5,200 incidents were reported after Oct. 7, 2023, the day the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostage. Israel responded by launching a counterattack in the Gaza Strip that has killed some 32,000 Palestinians, according
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Canada's federal budget likely to up taxes to stick to fiscal goals
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is likely to raise taxes and re-apportion money in her budget speech on Tuesday to fund billions of dollars of new schemes to maintain her fiscal guardrail, according to a source and analysis of government finances. A source aware of the contents of the budget speech told Reuters on Monday the Freeland budget document will reveal a way to tax the wealthiest people. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have been on a spending spree
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Debris debate: What should happen with Fiona's remnants?
A year and a half after post-tropical storm Fiona ripped through Prince Edward Island, some are raising questions about how to deal with the debris that remains.Provincial officials have estimated that 13 per cent of the woodland on the Island lost at least 70 per cent of its trees in the September 2022 storm. The clean-up job was massive. Crews worked for weeks to untangle a web of downed trees and power lines, while the P.E.I. government opened 41 disposal sites to its contractors and another
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Israel still imposing 'unlawful' restrictions on Gaza aid, UN rights office says
Israel is still imposing "unlawful" restrictions on humanitarian relief for Gaza, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday, despite assertions from Israel and others that restrictions have eased. Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip triggered by Hamas' cross-border attacks on Oct. 7 has turned much of the Gaza strip into a wasteland, with hundreds of thousands of people now displaced and crowded into the southern corner of the enclave.
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Here's the latest for Tuesday April 16th: Trump going back to court; Israel says it will respond to Iranian attack; Israel urges displaced Palestinians to stay out of northern Gaza; Massive crane used to haul away chunks of collapsed Baltimore bridge.
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Biden targets wealthy in Pennsylvania tour with a hometown visit
U.S. President Joe Biden kicks off a multi-city tour of the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Tuesday with a stop in his hometown of Scranton where he will renew calls to increase taxes on wealthy Americans and large corporations. With 19 electoral votes, one of the highest counts among all 50 U.S. states, and voters who swing between backing Democrats and Republicans, Pennsylvania is a top prize in the 2024 presidential election that features a rematch between Biden and his Republican riva
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Moncton street where biking child was struck may get traffic-calming measures
Moncton is looking at ways to slow traffic on a north end street near where a student biking to school was struck Friday morning.The crash led to the child being sent to hospital and on Monday prompted city councillors to discuss enforcement and road safety.René Lagacé, Moncton's director of engineering, said in an interview after the council meeting that city staff were planning traffic-calming measures for Twin Oaks Drive before the crash.He said staff aim to present options to council by late
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