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    Trump trial updates: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker details efforts to help Trump's 2016 campaign

    In what amounted to incredibly damning testimony, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker laid out the 2015 deal he reached with Donald Trump “to help the campaign.”

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  • NewsGlobal News

    Trudeau says Saskatchewan residents will still receive carbon rebates despite Moe's resistance

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that the federal government will continue to deliver the carbon rebate to Saskatchewan residents despite provincial Premier Scott Moe’s controversial decision to cease collecting and remitting the carbon levy. Trudeau said the Canada Revenue Agency “has ways of ensuring that the money that is owed to them is eventually collected.”

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Zameer acquittal demonstrates why politicians should keep quiet on bail, lawyer says

    OTTAWA — A leading voice for criminal lawyers in Canada says police and political leaders need to learn the consequences of weighing in on bail decisions. And Boris Bytensky, president of the Criminal Lawyers' Association, says the case of Umar Zameer offers a perfect teachable moment. A jury found Zameer not guilty Sunday in the death of a Toronto police officer who was run over in an underground parking garage in July 2021. Zameer was granted bail some months later — a decision that drew publi

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  • BusinessCBC

    It's been a long road, but Uber is now live in Newfoundland

    Gary Noftall was the driver for Uber's first trip in St. John's on Tuesday. (Heather Gillis/CBC)After weeks and months — and maybe even years for some — of anticipation, Uber officially went live in Newfoundland on Tuesday, bringing with it an alternate form of travel outside of public transit and private cab companies. The company bills itself as a safe, affordable and reliable transportation option at the touch of a button, where users can order rides, track their journey and make a payment al

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    RCMP alleges two former UN workers in Montreal tried to sell military drones in Libya

    MONTREAL — Two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones that can carry multiple missiles, and other military equipment in Libya, the RCMP said Tuesday. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Charles Poirier said the alleged offences occurred between 2018 and 2021, when the two men were working at the International Civil Aviation Organization, a UN agency headquartered in Montreal. He said the two men — Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, 61,

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    B.C. places online harms bill on hold after agreement with Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat

    VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is putting its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement with some of the largest social media platforms to make people safer online. Premier David Eby says in a joint statement with representatives of the firms Meta, TikTok, X and Snap that they will form an online safety action table, where they'll discuss "tangible steps" towards protecting people from online harms. Eby says the social media companies have "agreed to work

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  • NewsCanadian Press Videos

    Transgender Louisianans lost their ally in the governor's seat. Now they're girding for a fight.

    Last year there was an LGBTQ+ ally in the Louisiana governor's office. Now, there is nothing standing in the way of this year's legislation hostile to transgender people.

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