Canada

Alberta man later accused US authorities of finding 650 kg of methamphetamine on a ship bound for British Columbia

U.S. authorities say they stopped a small boat carrying a large load of methamphetamine after seeing it go down into the water near the Canadian border with Washington state. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers stopped the 5.5-meter Bayliner speedboat on Wednesday in the San Juan Islands, east of Victoria, on its way to …

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LGBTQ advocates fear monkeypox stigma could spread “like a virus”

Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. Health authorities are investigating more than two dozen confirmed cases of monkeypox in Canada as part of an unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease that rarely spreads outside of Africa. Twenty-five infections have been confirmed in Quebec and …

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Toronto lawyer says she is “shocked” after arrest in front of Doug Ford rally near Hamilton airport

Hamilton police arrested and fined a Toronto lawyer for entering near a Conservative progressive campaign stop on Thursday evening, but Caryma Sa’d says she was attacked for criticizing party leader Doug Ford. Police say Ford was at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport to make a campaign stop around 5:30 p.m., when protesters showed up. …

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Live updates from stock market news: stocks rebound to end 7-week loss streak, S&P 500 records best week since November 2020

US equities jumped on Friday, and major indices ended a week-long streak of losses after a series of more optimistic corporate results at least temporarily offset fears of a sharp economic downturn. The S&P 500 rebounded at the close, gaining 2.5% to finish at 4,158.24. The blue-chip index ended a seven-week streak of defeat and …

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“If There Were Even a Five-Minute Warning”: Ontario Woman Questions Storm Warning System

Noushin Ziafati, The Canadian Press Published Friday, May 27, 2022 2:33 PM EDT Last Updated on Friday, May 27, 2022 14:33 EDT Bethany Armstrong watched as the sky turned green on Saturday afternoon. The woman from Peterborough, Ont., Was camping with friends in Lakehurst, Ont., At the time, so she checked a weather app on …

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