A seismic international drug-smuggling scandal that led to the arrest, imprisonment and detention of 12 Canadians in the Dominican Republic for eight months began with a seemingly innocuous inquiry. “I am looking for some charter services with your company. We have a couple of our client groups coming in from USA and Dubai next week… …
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After 25 days in space, Artemis I, NASA’s unmanned spacecraft, returned to earth landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. The successful mission will act as a foundation for human deep-space exploration. The spacecraft’s return happened Sunday at approximately 12:40 p.m. EST — the same day as the …
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There’s one very important thing missing from The Witcher: Blood Origin: Geralt of Rivia. Of course, it makes sense that the iconic character isn’t in the new four-episode prequel series, given that it takes place more than 1,000 years before he was born, at a time when witchers (and the monsters they love to hunt) …
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Orion capsule made a blisteringly fast return from the moon Sunday, parachuting into the Pacific off Mexico to conclude a test flight that should clear the way for astronauts on the next lunar flyby. The incoming capsule hit the atmosphere at Mach 32, or 32 times the speed …
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Three months ago, Pierre Poilievre proved he was the populist fighter Conservatives wanted in the next federal election, winning the party’s leadership contest in a landslide. But how much is he fighting to win over the first of the country’s voters to have their say during his tenure? On Monday, people living in the Greater …
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Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada decision that ruled Indigenous people hold rights to the exclusive use and occupation of their land. While some progress has been made, leaders of the Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan nations say they continue to fight for that land title recognition. Hanamaux, a …
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There’s a new artificial intelligence tool in town, and it’s getting massive mainstream attention. ChatGPT is a program where users can type in a question or a task, and the software will pull information from billions of examples of text from across the Internet, to come up with a response designed to mimic a human. “One of …
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On Monday, a group of eight security police showed up at Semiramis Babaei’s home in Tehran with a blank warrant, then used her brother’s phone to send a text urging her to return home, according to her family in Canada. No one has heard from the award-winning author and playwright since. Her cousin, who lives in Vancouver, …
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ruled Thursday that Telus is not able to charge a credit card processing fee for regulated home telephone services. This ruling applies to Alberta and B.C. services that are regulated by the CRTC, which are generally home telephone services in certain smaller communities. Since Oct. 6, most Canadian businesses, …
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OTTAWA — Three months ago, Pierre Poilievre proved he was the populist fighter Conservatives wanted in the next federal election, winning the party’s leadership contest in a landslide. But how much is he fighting to win over the first of the country’s voters to have their say during his tenure? On Monday, people living in …
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