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After a three-century wait, Salem’s last “witch” can rest easy now that her name has been officially erased. Massachusetts lawmakers eventually acquitted Elizabeth Johnson Jr. Thursday, 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. She was sentenced to death in 1693, but received a suspension of execution along with a …

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Shares continued to recover after a sharp drop that plunged the market for seven consecutive weeks, with the rebalancing of institutional investors likely to increase stocks at the end of the month. The S&P 500 eliminated its May losses and recorded its biggest weekly gain since November 2020. Global equity funds saw their biggest gains …

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The Battle of Alberta ended with the elimination of the Calgary Flames from the series on Thursday, making Edmonton the only Canadian team left in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Edmonton Oilers emerged victorious in the first playoff game of the NHL Battle of Alberta in 31 years. It was a tough defeat for the …

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Blue Jays 4 Angels 3 My first Apple TV + game was good and bad. I liked the cleanliness of the video. I liked the noise of the field. I hated the comment. They didn’t seem to know anything about the Blue Jays. He talked about Kirk’s speed (not low speed), talking about Star Wars, …

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One person died after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Toronto on Saturday morning. At around 8:10 a.m., firefighters responded to a fire in an eighth-floor apartment in a building on Victoria Park Avenue near O’Connor Drive. Teams said they encountered heavy smoke and had to force their way into the unit. …

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A 31-year-old Toronto disabled woman who was conditionally approved for a medically assisted death after an unsuccessful offer for safe housing says her life has been “changed” by a spill of support after explaining the its history. “It’s … amazing and inspiring,” Denise said in a telephone interview. Her voice sounded considerably louder than in …

Disabled woman approved for medically transferred assisted death thanks to “inspiring” support. Read More »

There are no clear answers about how humans become infected, as the host animal has not been identified There are no clear answers about how humans become infected, as the host animal has not been identified Monkeypox was first reported in 1958 in laboratory monkeys, and the first human case was reported in 1970 in …

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Federal Conservative candidate Patrick Brown says calling social conservatives “dinosaurs” in a book he wrote about his time in Ontario politics was “the wrong terminology.” “I guess a better way to articulate that would be to say, I don’t think the Conservative Party needs to review these issues,” Brown said in an interview Friday. The …

Listing dinosaurs to social conservatives was “incorrect terminology,” says Patrick Brown Read More »

There are no clear answers about how humans become infected, as the host animal has not been identified There are no clear answers about how humans become infected, as the host animal has not been identified Monkeypox was first reported in 1958 in laboratory monkeys, and the first human case was reported in 1970 in …

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When Steve Hamre wanted to play a song on guitar but didn’t know the notes, he just had to call his friend Rob Hayami for help. “I would call him and say,‘ Hey Rob, listen to this song, what are the chords? ’” The 50-year-old recalled. “I had an ear for music. I could play …

“It sounds like a nightmare”: friends and family mourn an Ottawa man killed by the storm Read More »