Toronto Star
Why Ontario housing prices are expected to take a big dip
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- Why Ontario housing prices are expected to take a big dip
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Canada’s largest bank predicts national home prices could drop by more than 12% early next year with Ontario and B.C. at the epicentre of the shift. More here: https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/07/25/canadas-housing-market-facing-historic-correction-says-rbc.html
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- Canadian Indigenous leader moved by Pope apology
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Indigenous survivors of residential schools wiped away tears as they watched from afar in Edmonton as Pope Francis delivered his apology for residential school system abuses. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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- Highlights: Pope apologizes for church role in Canada's residential school system
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- 3:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Pope Francis calls for a serious investigation into abuses at residential schools, says the policy of Indigenous assimilation went against the gospel. More here: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/25/pope-franciss-visit-to-canada-heres-what-his-first-full-day-will-include.html
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- Shooting in Langley, B.C., leaves 3 dead including suspect
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Several people were shot in the Metro Vancouver city of Langley, B.C. Police issued a cellphone alert about 6:20 a.m. Monday, saying they were at the scenes of several shootings “involving transient victims.” UPDATES HERE: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/25/cp-newsalert-multiple-shootings-reported-in-langley-bc.html
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- Pope Francis expected to apologize for church's role in residential schools
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- On the first full day of his visit to Canada, Pope Francis will head to the site of a former Alberta residential school, where many expect he will elaborate on the apology he made in Rome this spring, acknowledging some of his church’s role in the residential school system. More here: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/25/pope-franciss-visit-to-canada-heres-what-his-first-full-day-will-include.html
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- Hundreds of Hells Angels bikers descend on east end Toronto neighbourhood
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The procession was met by police from various jurisdictions who pinned the bikers in with police cars and barricades while mostly standing on the sidelines with cameras.
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/21/east-end-toronto-braces-for-all-day-unsanctioned-hells-angels-gathering.html
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- Check out how pitas are made at Scarborough’s Marché Adonis
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Inflation just set a new record in Canada
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- According to new data from Statistics Canada released Wednesday morning, the Consumer Price Index — the main measure of inflation — rose 8.1 per cent in June. That’s higher than the 7.7 per cent figure seen in May, and is the highest year-over-year increase since January 1983. More here: https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/07/20/how-bad-is-inflation-getting-statistics-canada-is-about-to-tell-us.html
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- Wedding party hit with massive wave in wild Hawaii weather
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The large waves — some more than six metres high — came from a combination of a southern swell that peaked Saturday evening, unusually high tides and rising sea levels from climate change, the National Weather Service said. More video here: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/07/18/swell-sends-massive-waves-onto-hawaii-homes-roads.html
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- A road with ‘Curves’: Sean Brown's success story didn't start with his viral CD rugs
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- 2:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A deep dive with Canadian Sean Brown and his business partner Iva Golubovic into their journey creating a brand that brings business and art together.
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- Birds are attacking pedestrians on this Montreal street
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- 0:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- More firefighters deployed to tackle intense French fires
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Hundreds more firefighters are being sent to southwest France to combat spreading wildfires. (The Associated Press)
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- Pat King granted bail after 150 days behind bars on ‘Freedom Convoy’ charges
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- While on bail the 44-year-old must return to Alberta, live under a curfew, and is banned from social media, organizing convoy-related demonstrations, and contacting fellow leaders of the “freedom” protests in Ottawa this winter. More details: https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2022/07/18/pat-king-granted-bail-after-150-days-behind-bars-on-freedom-convoy-charges.html
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- Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vaccine for children under five
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country. Health Canada now says the Moderna vaccine can be given to young children between the ages of six months and five years old in doses one-quarter the size of that approved for adults. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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- Why the federal government just boosted your bank account
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- 0:54
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Canadian government has doled out the first of several Climate Action Incentive Payments to qualifying households. More details: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/14/ontarians-can-expect-climate-payment.html
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- COVID-19 Booster now or later? Expert advice for the great wait debate
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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Fourth time’s a charm? With the news that fourth doses, sometimes called second boosters, of COVID-19 vaccine are open to all adults in Ontario, many are wondering whether it makes sense to roll up their sleeves now, or wait until fall when it’s hoped there will be new vaccines targeting Omicron. More details: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/14/the-4th-dose-debate-should-i-get-a-covid-booster-now-or-in-the-fall-five-experts-weigh-in.html
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- The next generation of COVID-19 vaccines
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- New types of COVID vaccines are being tested, including an inhalable mist and variant-specific shots.
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- EXPLAINER: What you need to know about fourth dose COVID vaccines
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- With Ontario in the grips of a new COVID wave, this time driven by the new, ultra-contagious BA.5 variant, the province has announced that everyone 18 and older in Ontario is eligible for a second booster, or fourth dose, of a COVID-19 vaccine, starting Thursday.
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- FLASHBACK: What fired Blue Jays GM Charlie Montoyo told us to expect when he started
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Blue Jays have fired their manager in the middle of a season. As first reported by Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic, Charlie Montoyo has been let go. The Jays have now confirmed the move. Bench coach John Schneider has been named interim manager for the rest of the season. More Jays and MLB: https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball.html
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- CERB recipient reflects on pandemic as Census data reveals uptake of government supports
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- CERB recipient reflects on pandemic as census data reveals uptake of government supports For Stephanie Fortin, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit was not just a way to cover her bills during the early pandemic, when finding work would have been an uphill battle — it also gave her the time to reflect on herself and plan out her next educational and career steps. Fortin, a recent graduate of a dental assistant program, is one of millions of Canadians that received the benefit, one of several pandemic trends that skew 2021 census data. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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- Video inside school shows police response during Uvalde massacre
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Surveillance footage captured the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting enter the building with a AR-15 style rifle and later shows officers in body armour milling in the hallway outside the fourth-grade classrooms where 19 children and two teachers were killed. (The Associated Press)
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- NASA telescope shows star death, dancing galaxies
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- 1:03
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- NASA on Tuesday unveiled a new batch of images from its new powerful space telescope, including a foamy blue and orange shot of a dying star. (July 12) (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / Produced by Cody Jackson) More details: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/07/12/james-webb-space-telescopes-next-images-being-released.html
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- Rogers outage Day 5: Four things to know today
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- ‘A make or break move’ for Kyle Dubas' Toronto Maple Leafs
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Fans and analysts are sharing mixed reactions to the Leafs picking up Ottawa Senators goalie Matt Murray. More Leafs/hockey: https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey.html
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- Parkland father interrupts Biden: 'We have to do more' to stop gun violence
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Joe Biden's remarks celebrating a new law meant to reduce gun violence were interrupted by Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. (The Associated Press)
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- The ups and downs of Patrick Brown's political career in 2 minutes
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Rogers outage leaves Canadians scrambling for service and answers
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Telecom giant Rogers was working Friday to resolve issues that left customers across the country with cell and Internet service. Keep up with the latest here: thestar.com.
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- FULL SPEECH: British PM Boris Johnson announces his resignation
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- 7:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- As he announced outside No. 10 Downing Street that he would be resigning, Boris Johnson summed up his lot succinctly: “Them’s the breaks.”
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- Fabricio Lauar shares the story of how he saved a man from a burning car on QEW
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Incredible video shared by the Ontario Provincial Police late Wednesday night showed a white car travelling on the westbound QEW, with plumes of heavy smoke trailing behind.
Fabricio Lauar would end up being one of the five men who pulled a 36-year old driver from the white car that was burning. Shortly after the group pulled the driver from the vehicle, it completely bursts into flames.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/07/07/heroic-rescue-on-the-qew-as-5-men-pull-driver-from-burning-car-on-highway.html
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- Air Canada, Pearson again rank No. 1 in delays worldwide
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Air Canada and Toronto’s Pearson airport again claimed the top spots for flight delays on Tuesday, marking at least four days in a row where the country’s biggest airline has placed No. 1 of any large carrier worldwide.
https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/07/06/air-canada-pearson-again-rank-no-1-in-delays-worldwide-montreal-check-in-freezes.html
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- 6 dead, 24 wounded in shooting at Chicago-area July 4 parade
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — At least six people died and 24 were wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park, and officers are searching for a suspect who likely fired on the festivities from a rooftop, police said Monday morning.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/07/04/police-respond-to-july-4-parade-amid-reports-of-shooting.html
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- How a lawyer turned soldier ended up leading this Donbas platoon
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Mariia is leading a brigade on the frontlines of the largest ground war in Europe since World War II. Fighting in the Donbas, she and her platoon are defending the region against Russia's fierce offensive to take control of this industrial heartland. (The Associated Press)
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- Unarmed Black man killed in hail of police gun fire *Graphic Content Warning*
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- 10:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A Black man was unarmed when Akron, Ohio police chased him on foot and killed him in a hail of gunfire on June 27. (The Associated Press)
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- Air Canada announces ‘meaningful reductions’ to July and August flight schedules
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- According to an email from the airline’s CEO sent to customers Wednesday night, the reductions are needed to reduce passenger volumes and flows
https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/06/29/air-canada-announces-meaningful-reductions-to-july-and-august-flight-schedules.html
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- R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year for using his superstardom to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/06/29/r-kelly-sentenced-to-30-years-in-sex-trafficking-case.html
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- Witnesses take shocking video of Saanich, B.C. bank robbery
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- 0:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Warning: Contains graphic language. Brody Pepper and Jackson Grasky were on their lunch break Tuesday when they suddenly found themselves in what Pepper said felt like a movie as police in Saanich, B.C., opened fire on suspected bank robbers.
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- ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich arrested for breaching court conditions
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Tamara Lich, one of the best-known faces of the so-called Freedom Convoy, has been arrested in Alberta for breaching court conditions, Ottawa police confirmed Tuesday.
Word of Lich’s arrest had emerged Monday night after one of her lawyers, Keith Wilson, said on Twitter that she had been arrested in her hometown of Medicine Hat, Alta.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/06/28/freedom-convoy-organizer-tamara-lich-will-be-returned-to-ottawa-to-appear-in-court-following-new-arrest-police-confirm.html
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- Canada Day protests planned in Ottawa
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Ottawa is bracing for a new round of protests expected to start on Canada Day and the city's mayor and chief of police say they are ready. With the "Freedom Convoy" protest still top of mind for many residents, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and interim police chief Steve Bell say security plans have been drawn up to allow for safe celebrations despite the threat of demonstrations. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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- Swifty swine go head to head in pig races
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Pig races are a popular and enduring attraction at state fairs in the U.S, including at the New Jersey State Fair State Fair Meadowlands, which runs through mid-July.
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- Toronto Pride. A look back at a weekend jam packed with rainbows and revelry.
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- 4:49
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- After a two-year, pandemic-induced hiatus, throngs of people packed downtown Toronto streets for Pride.
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- Post Roe V. Wade, Pride celebrations take on new urgency in US
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- 1:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Pride parades kicked off in some of America’s biggest cities Sunday amid new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms after after at least one Supreme Court justice hinted the court could reconsider the right to same-sex marriage.
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- A brief history of Roe V. Wade challenges in the U.S.
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- 2:33
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The latest Supreme Court case challenging the constitutional right to an abortion is one step in series of legal challenges aiming to allow individual states to more heavily regulate or even ban the procedure. (The Associated Press)
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- Roe v. Wade has been overturned. What happens now?
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion put in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overrule Roe v. Wade. The outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. (The Associated Press)
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- No political interference in Nova Scotia shooting investigation: Blair
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says at no time did he pressure the RCMP in Nova Scotia to release information on the 2020 mass shooting investigation to support pending gun control legislation. A report from an inquiry looking into the investigation suggested Blair and the Prime Minister's Office were pushing for information on the type of guns to be released. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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- Raptors GM weighs in on No. 33 pick
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Unlike last year when the Toronto Raptors had the fourth overall pick, this year's challenge is trying to make a decent selection at No. 33. General manager Bobby Webster says he feels comfortable making picks in this range. (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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- Blair denies telling RCMP commissioner to release info on N.S. shootings
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- 2:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Former public safety minister Bill Blair is denying that his office or the Prime Minister's Office directed the RCMP commissioner to release information about the weapons used in a shooting spree that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in April 2020. Supt. Darren Campbell's notes have been released as part of a public inquiry into the killings. They say Commissioner Brenda Lucki promised the PMO that the RCMP would release descriptions of the weapons, adding that the information "was tied to pending gun control legislation that would make officers and public safer." (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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- 'Mermaiding' makes a splash around the world
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- 3:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Across the globe, people are increasingly embracing the subculture of “mermaiding." Merfolk have found life in the water a more inclusive, gentler alternative to the real world. Mermaid tails have become a multimillion-dollar industry. (AP Video Serginho Roosblad/Bogie Calupitan)
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- What does a Westminster dog show winner eat for lunch?
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- 0:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Trumpet, the first bloodhound to win the coveted Westminster Kennel Club title, was treated to a steak lunch at Tavern on the Green in New York's Central Park on Thursday. (AP Video/Robert Bumsted)
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- U.S. coach makes dramatic rescue of artistic swimmer at worlds
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The United States coach knew something was wrong when she saw artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sink motionless to the bottom of the pool during a solo free routine on Wednesday.
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- What it's like to interview Canada's most notorious hitman
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- 4:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Ken Murdock was a soldier in a bloody international Mafia war who brazenly executed legendary mobster Johnny Papalia. Journalist Jon Wells tells the story of Murdock’s tormented childhood and the road that led to his deadly loyalty to a ruthless crime family.
Read the "Hitman" series starting June 23, 2022 at thestar.com/hitman.
