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Russia Stands With Maduro (While Hedging Its Bets)

MOSCOW — On a rainy afternoon this week, a group of Russian officials and oil executives gathered for Mass in a Catholic church tucked away behind the imposing secret service headquarters in central Moscow. They did not come to pray. Instead, they were commemorating the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, who poured billions of dollars […]

Crews battling 4-alarm fire at large home under construction in Toronto’s north end

Toronto firefighters are trying to contain and extinguish a four-alarm fire at a Lawrence Park house under construction. Emergency crews were called to the home on Rochester Avenue, near St. Ives Crescent, after 7:20 p.m. on Thursday. Toronto Fire Services acting division chief Doug Harper told reporters Thursday night it appeared the fire began in […]

Humboldt father’s cancer diagnosis spurs Saskatoon stem cell drive

A Humboldt man’s cancer diagnosis and struggle to find a stem cell donor are the catalysts to a cheek-swabbing drive at the University of Saskatchewan Friday. Jamie Ficko is a 38-year-old hard-working father who loves being outside with his three kids, aged three, six and seven, his wife Cynthia Ficko told Global News. Related Ovarian […]

MPP Donna Skelly wants to encourage more clothing donations

‘Don’t dump, donate!’ That’s the message from Flamborough—Glanbrook MPP Donna Skelly. She has introduced a motion Thursday that would encourage retailers and consumers to donate old clothing to charity. Skelly hopes it will result in more clothing being diverted from landfills and into donation bins. “Most consumers are unaware of the environmental cost of fast […]

Peterborough suspends tree-cutting bylaw

If you live in Peterborough, you won’t need a permit to cut or trim a tree on your property. Sitting as general committee, councillors voted to suspend the permitting process temporarily while staff takes a look at making changes to the current bylaw, which will also involve public consultation. “When it first passed, I did […]

Who is US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar?

“I stand here before you tonight, as your Congresswoman-elect, with many firsts behind my name.” Supporters greeted Ilhan Omar’s emotional victory speech with rapturous applause when the Democrat won Minnesota’s fifth congressional district in November 2018. The 37-year-old mother of three is the first Somali-American, first African-born American, and one of the first two Muslim […]

This is the blizzard that kept Justin Trudeau out of Iqaluit

With a perfect political storm threatening to engulf his government in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set off to Iqaluit on Thursday — only to be denied by a severe winter storm in the Arctic city. Trudeau was scheduled to make a public appearance in Nunavut’s capital city to issue an apology for the Canadian […]

Deaths From Drugs and Suicide Reach a Record in the U.S.

The number of deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2017 hit the highest level since the collection of federal mortality data started in 1999, according to an analysis by two public health nonprofits, the Trust for America’s Health and the Well Being Trust. To reach their conclusion, the two groups parsed the latest available […]