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TikTok parent company ByteDance has no plans to sell app after Biden signed bill that includes potential ban. Here's the latest.
The company made the announcement on Thursday.
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Toronto police investigating fatal Etobicoke shooting
A male is dead after an overnight shooting in Etobicoke, Toronto police say.The incident happened around 2:25 a.m. in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard W. and Long Branch Avenue, according to a post from police on X, formerly Twitter.Officers were called about someone shot inside an apartment unit and found a male victim with injuries, upon arrival.He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.The only suspect description investigators have provided so far is that the suspect
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Toronto to install 1,000 modified sidewalk trash bins this year
Toronto's controversial sidewalk litter bins have officially gotten a makeover, with the city saying it has made enhancements to the older model bins to address some of the functionality and maintenance issues.At a news conference Thursday, Mayor Olivia Chow said the city is working to address Toronto's trash problem by adding four new sidewalk litter bins this week, with more than 1,000 expected to be added in high-density areas by the end of the year. "I literally inherited a mess, and yes we
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Wildfire triggers evacuations, state of local emergency near Chetwynd, B.C.
CHETWYND, B.C. — An out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia has triggered the province's first evacuation of this year's fire season. The Peace River Regional District declared a state of local emergency and issued an evacuation order for an area near Chetwynd, B.C., last night. The 50-hectare Wildmare Creek fire has also prompted an evacuation alert covering homes directly west of the community, with the district saying there's "potential danger to life" and residents should be
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Warning issued for beef, sheep products from Shawville slaughterhouse
Quebec's agriculture ministry is urging people not to consume several meat products sold by a slaughterhouse in Shawville, Que.The warning issued Thursday by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food covers several cuts of beef, along with cattle offal and sheep carcass products, that were packaged at Les Viandes du Pontiac from March 7 to 11.The animals were slaughtered without respecting the inspection process and the products may be unsafe to eat, the ministry said in a French-language
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VideoWorld Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza honored at memorial
A memorial at the National Cathedral in Washington honors seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza this month. Celebrity chef José Andrés, who is behind the World Central Kitchen relief group, spoke at the service Thursday.
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Man accused of trying to kill taxi driver, 2 others north of Belleville
Police allege a 36-year-old man from Tweed, Ont., took a taxi to a rural part of nearby Madoc, stabbed his driver, stabbed a man and a woman inside a home, and fled in a stolen vehicle before being found, arrested and charged.In a news release, Ontario Provincial Police said the attacks happened Wednesday between 11:30 p.m. and midnight.The accused took the taxi to McCann Road in Eldorado, about 50 kilometres north of downtown Belleville, police said.He then allegedly stabbed the 59-year-old dri
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