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    US optimistic revised Hamas proposal may break Gaza ceasefire impasse

    The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in negotiations over the Palestinian militant group's latest ceasefire proposal, as talks resume in Cairo on Wednesday. Israeli forces on Tuesday seized the main border crossing between Gaza and Egypt in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than one million displaced Palestinians have sought shelter during Israel's seven-month-old offensive. In Cairo, all five delegations participating in ceasefire

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  • NewsCBC

    3,000 march in Toronto in support of Palestinian people, police estimate

    Thousands gathered in downtown Toronto as part of a pro-Palestinian protest on Tuesday evening.Toronto police estimate that 3,000 people are taking part in the demonstration.The "Hands off Rafah!" protest, which began outside the Israeli consulate at Yonge and Bloor streets, headed south on St. George Street. By 9 p.m., police said the group had reached the University of Toronto campus.Police said there have been no arrests and no altercations.Organizers said the protest was an emergency call to

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  • NewsCBC

    Major redevelopment near Chinook Centre gets preliminary green light from city council

    Calgary city council has given its tentative approval for a major redevelopment at Fisher Park, near CF Chinook Centre, in the city's southeast. Dubbed "Midtown," the project by Cantana Investments would be built out over 34 acres (14 ha) southeast of the intersection of Macleod Trail and Glenmore Trail. The proposed development would include up to 6,200 housing units, as well as commercial spaces and hotels. It would encompass 28 new buildings. Cantana Investments has said it would pay for a ne

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  • NewsThe Weather Network

    Nocturnal storms could reach severe criteria in parts of Ontario south

    Thunderstorms are expected to rumble their way into parts of southern through Tuesday night, with a chance some could become severe, so make sure you stay alert and be weather-aware

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    Media speculation about shooting at Drake's mansion 'irresponsible,' writer says

    A security guard at Drake's mansion in Toronto was badly injured in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday, police say. The shooting happened amid an ongoing musical beef between Drake and Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar. But David Dennis Jr., a senior writer at Andscape, says there's no indication Lamar had anything to do with the shooting and that there's a racial component to speculation that it's linked to the feud.

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  • NewsThe Canadian Press

    Orca pod spotted in vicinity of orphan B.C. killer whale, but no evidence of family

    ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A pod of killer whales has been spotted far offshore from the remote Vancouver Island inlet where an orphaned orca has been spending time since escaping a lagoon last month, but a member of her rescue team is downplaying the prospect of an imminent family reunion. The sighting of a pod of nine orcas occurred Monday in waters off Kyuquot Sound, about 80 kilometres southeast of the inlet where the two-year-old female calf has been seen. It's the closest confirmed report of orcas s

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    The mother of killed Australian surfers gives a moving tribute to her sons at a beach in San Diego

    The parents of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico paid tribute to their children on Tuesday during remarks to the media in the U.S. state of California.

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