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VideoStormy Daniels testifies in Trump hush money trial
All eyes are on porn actor Stormy Daniels, who took the stand in Donald Trump's trial Tuesday and recounted the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the encounter took place.
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Ottawa approves British Columbia's request to scale back drug decriminalization pilot
OTTAWA — The federal government has granted British Columbia's request to scale back its drug decriminalization pilot program in public places, Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks said Tuesday. Saks said the change takes effect immediately. "We know that we need to address the opioid crisis and the overdose deaths that we're seeing as a public-health issue. This is a health crisis, not a criminal one," she told reporters in Ottawa. "That being said, communities need to be safe, peo
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Israel's military operation in Rafah 'completely unacceptable,' Joly says
OTTAWA — Liberal ministers expressed disappointment and dismay Tuesday in response to Israel's invasion of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip — the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in the territory. Canada's foreign minister rebuked Israel for its military operation in Rafah, but said she's holding out hope that ceasefire talks will prevail. "An invasion of Rafah, which would endanger the lives of women and children and innocent civilians, is completely unacceptable," Foreign Affairs Mini
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Orca pod spotted in vicinity of orphan B.C. killer whale, but no evidence of family
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — A reported sighting of an orca pod off Vancouver Island near where an orphan killer whale is spending her time after escaping from a lagoon has an expert expressing caution and downplaying a possible family reunion. A confirmed sighting of a pod of nine orcas was reported Monday near Kyuquot Sound, about 80 kilometres southeast of Zeballos, near the inlet where the two-year-old calf has been seen. This is the first official report of orcas near the female calf since late March,
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Haitian says Canada used property for helicopter airlift, but wouldn't lift sanctions
The Canadian government used a Haitian executive's property for helicopter evacuations of its citizens as violence escalated there last month, even while refusing to remove him from a sanctions list, a Federal Court application says. The Canadian government sanctioned Reynold Deeb in December 2022, along with two other "high-profile members of the economic elite in Haiti," Global Affairs Canada said at the time. In his latest Federal Court application as he seeks removal from the sanctions list,
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VideoIsraeli troops enter Rafah hours after Hamas agrees to a Gaza cease-fire
Israel's military says its forces are in “operational control” of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, pressing their offensive into the southern city on Tuesday as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remain precarious.
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Security guard at Drake's home seriously injured in overnight shooting
TORONTO — Drake's sprawling Toronto mansion was surrounded by police on Tuesday after a security guard working outside the rapper's residence was seriously injured in an overnight shooting. Toronto police were searching for suspects who fled in a vehicle and said it was too early to comment on a motive. Insp. Paul Krawczyk said he was aware of the headline-grabbing feud between Drake and rapper Kendrick Lamar but made no connection to it and would not comment further. Krawczyk said he could not
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