Toronto Star
Canada ends permanent residency path for migrant food workers
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- Canada ends permanent residency path for migrant food workers
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- 2:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- During the pandemic, they were called essential. Migrant workers who packed our meat, picked our produce, and kept grocery shelves stocked. In return, many were offered a pathway to permanent residency through a federal pilot program. Now that option has been taken away.
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- Inside Cirque du Soleil's Toronto 'OVO' show
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- 1:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A behind-the-scenes look inside the pop-up venue known as the Pavilion as Cirque du Soleil prepares for their upcoming show “Ovo.”
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- I scream, you scream, we all scream for ... healing
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Hundreds of people joined a “group scream” in Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday evening. (Steve Russell / Toronto Star Video / May 3, 2025)
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- What it really takes to keep Toronto’s festivals safe
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- 6:46
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- After a deadly attack at a Vancouver street festival, Toronto organizers are sounding the alarm about rising safety needs and costs. Star reporter Mahdis Habibinia joins host Saba Eitizaz to break down what it takes to keep public events in Toronto safe.
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- Places to see Toronto cherry blossoms and other blooms (that aren't High Park)
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- 1:29
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- There are tons of places to admire cherry blossoms and other blooming trees in Toronto this spring.
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- Liberals pull off unexpected election triumph in Canada, but Trump still looms, expert says
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- 1:42
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won the federal election, but a historian said the issues swirling around the nation’s southern neighbor persist. (AP video: Mike Householder / April 29, 2025)
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- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney dances as he celebrates election result
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won the federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war. (AP Video / April 29, 2025)
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- Mark Carney addresses supporters as his Liberal Party wins a Canadian election upended by Trump
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on Monday, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war. (AP Video / April 29, 2025)
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- Canada election results: What surprised Toronto Star politics reporters
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- 4:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The day after a very late Canadian election, Toronto Star Ottawa deputy bureau chief Alex Ballingall and Ottawa bureau reporters Ryan Tumilty, Raisa Patel and Mark Ramzy, sit down with host Althia Raj on the It's Political podcast. Listen to the whole episode and subscriber at http://www.thestar.com/itspolitical
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- Reaction at Liberal, Conservative and NDP party headquarters' as final election results come in
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- 0:32
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Reaction at Liberal, Conservative and NDP party headquarters' as final election results come in near midnight on April 28, 2025.
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- 5-year-old girl and parents among those dead in vehicle ramming in Vancouver
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vancouver's Filipino community is mourning after a man rammed his black Audi SUV into the crowd at a Filipino heritage festival, killing 11 people and injuring dozens. The victims range in age from 5 to 65. (AP Video shot by Manuel Valdes / April 28, 2025)
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- A Catholic priest influencer is bringing young people into the fold ahead of the conclave
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Meet Father Sam French, who in between his priestly duties in the parish of Manly, uploads short videos about his faith on social media, attracting thousands of young viewers. (AP Video: Albert Lecoanet / April 28, 2025)
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- Reaction at Liberal headquarters as election is called for their party
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Seven people remain in critical condition after Vancouver festival attack
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vancouver Police say seven people remain in critical condition and three more have serious injuries after an SUV raced down a crowded street lined with food trucks at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver on Saturday. Sgt. Steve Addison told a news conference that one of the 11 people killed was a five-year-old girl. Her parents are also among the dead. (April 28, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Vancouver Police give update on Filipino street festival tragedy
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- 1:47
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Sgt. Steve Addison of the Vancouver Police Department updated media on Monday, after a vehicle drove through a Filipino street festival in Vancouver on Saturday night killing 11 and leaving dozens injured.
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- The life of a ballot during the federal election in Canada
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Canada still uses paper ballots, and all ballots are counted by two election workers in front of witnesses, usually the candidates or their representatives, according to information provided by Elections Canada. Visit https://www.thestar.com for live election coverage.
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- Murder charges filed against suspect in ramming attack on Vancouver street festival that killed 11
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- 1:56
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Murder charges have been filed against a suspect in a car ramming attack that killed 11 people between the ages of 5 and 65 at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver. (AP Video shot by Claire Rush / April 28, 2025)
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- Canadians vote in an election dominated by Trump's trade war and bluster
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Canadians are voting whether to extend the Liberal Party’s decade in power or hand control to the Conservatives as Trump has infuriated many Canadians and made the race closer. (AP Video: Mike Householder / April 28, 2025)
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- Festivalgoers speak of shock, 'survivor’s guilt' over deadly Vancouver ramming attack
- Runtime
- 1:11
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Vancouver residents on Monday continued to pay their respects to the victims who died after a driver rammed a crowd of people at a Filipino heritage festival. (AP Video / April 28, 2025)
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- Catholic cardinals set May 7 as start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis' successor, delaying the secret voting for two days so they can get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel. (AP Video / April 28, 2025)
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- Canadian Prime Minister Carney visits memorial for Vancouver attack victims
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday placed flowers and lit a candle at a memorial for those killed in an attack in Vancouver over the weekend. (AP Video / April 28, 2025)
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- Hundreds gather in Vancouver park for community vigil after Filipino Lapu-Lapu day attack
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Filipino BC Chair RJ Aquino addressed a crowd of hundreds of mourners who attended a vigil at Vancouver’s Kensington Park on Sunday April 27, less than 24 hours after a vehicle plowed through a crowd celebrating the Lapu-Lapu day festival. (April 28, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Residents express sadness at vigil for victims of Vancouver ramming attack
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- 1:36
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A 30-year-old man was charged with multiple counts of murder on allegations he killed 11 people when he rammed a crowd of people at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, as hundreds attended vigils across the city for the victims. (AP Video / April 28, 2025)
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- B.C.'s Filipino community reeling after deadly festival attack
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Filipino community is gathering at a church in Vancouver on Sunday morning to honour and support festival victims as shock and grief ripped through the community after Saturday’s SUV attack that killed 11. Hip-hop artist Jacob Bureros performed at the block party Saturday, and he saw the vehicle had run into the crowd, prompting him and other bystanders to chase down the suspect. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- B.C. premier, Vancouver mayor vow support for community after deadly festival attack
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- B.C. Premier David Eby says the province is focused on supporting victims and their families, a day after an SUV plowed into a crowded festival held by the Filipino community and killed 11 people. Eby says people have a right to be angry, but the province cannot let the tragic attack define itself. Meanwhile, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city will conduct a full review of its public safety measures, after criticisms emerged about the lack of barriers at the festival protecting pedestrians from vehicles. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Election 2025: Party leaders react to deaths in Vancouver on final day of election campaign
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Liberal Leader Mark Carney, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre paused their campaigns briefly Sunday to reach out to the Filipino community following a Saturday evening vehicle attack in Vancouver that has claimed 11 lives. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Death toll in Vancouver festival attack rises to 11
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Steve Rai, interim chief of the Vancouver Police Department says an attack that has killed 11 people is the “darkest day” in the city’s history. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Witnesses recount scene after 9 killed by car plowing into Vancouver festival crowd
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- 1:43
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Three eyewitnesses described what they saw after the driver of a car struck revellers at a street festival in Canada, killing at least nine people. The three eyewitness, who all have links to the Filipino community and are Vancouver residents, said they were in the shopping area at the end of the all-day Lapu Lapu festival when they heard the revving of a vehicle and loud noises from the street. (AP Video / April 27, 2025)
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- Several dead as SUV plows through B.C. festival
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Vancouver Police Interim Chief Steve Rai provides an update after an SUV plowed through a Vancouver street festival being staged by the city's Filipino community Saturday night. Police said several people are dead and multiple people were also injured and sent to several hospitals. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney expresses shock over 'horrific' Vancouver attack
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Prime Minister Mark Carney is giving his condolences to victims and their families in the wake of a vehicle attack on the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver killed nine people and injured many more. Carney paused from his election campaign the following morning, cancelling an event in Hamilton to address the public and express condolences to the Filipino Canadian community, before leaving for Saskatoon. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Sanderson scores in OT, Sens stay alive in Battle of Ontario
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 in overtime to cut their deficit to 3-1 in the teams’ first-round playoff series. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Nine dead in Vancouver festival ramming attack
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- A ramming attack on a Vancouver Filipino community street festival killed at least nine people and injured many others. A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested for the attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival. Vancouver Police say they are "confident" the incident was not an act of terrorism. (April 27, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Montreal resident describes being in Rome for pope's funeral
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Montreal resident Mirjam Guesgen was among the hundreds of thousands of people at the funeral for Pope Francis. She happened to be on vacation in Rome when the pope died, and so she decided to attend the funeral. She says the masses outside St. Peter's Square were abuzz. (April 26, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Mourners reflect as Pope Francis is remembered at funeral in the Vatican
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- 1:22
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- World leaders and Catholic faithful have said farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his wishes as pastor. Some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral, held on a brilliant spring day that was supposed to have been a special Holy Year celebration for adolescents. (AP Video / Aprl 26, 2025)
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- Powerful and poor celebrate Pope Francis in moving funeral mass: AP explains
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- 250,000 people packed into St. Peter's Square this morning for a very moving funeral mass for Pope Francis. Shortly before the mass began, various world leaders emerged on the altar area, including U.S. President Donald Trump, wearing a navy blue suit, and his wife, First Lady Melania, dressed all in black with black veil and black spike heels. (AP Video / April 26, 2025)
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- Still images from the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- World dignitaries and Catholic faithful have attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square. Despite the presence of presidents and princes, prisoners and migrants ushered him into the basilica where he will be buried, reflecting his priorities as pope. (AP Video / April 26, 2025)
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- Tonda MacCharles on the political mood in the final days of the election
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- 7:06
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As the election campaign wraps up, Ottawa bureau chief Tonda MacCharles joins Saba Eitizaz to break down the political mood, key turning points, and what to watch for as results roll in.
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- Visit Toronto’s First Post Office for a trip back in time
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- 1:51
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Next time you’re in Old Town take a trip back in time at Toronto’s First Post Office on Adelaide Street.
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- Man fatally shot by police at Toronto Pearson airport following ‘dispute’ outside Terminal 1
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- A 30-year-old man is dead after being shot by police at Toronto’s Pearson airport Thursday morning.
The Special Investigations Unit says Peel police officers were called to the airport’s Terminal 1 departures drop-off area after reports of a man in distress in an SUV. The man reportedly produced a firearm, the SIU added.
Read the full story: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/man-fatally-shot-by-police-at-toronto-pearson-airport-following-dispute-outside-terminal-1/article_7f4bb1ce-14fd-41e1-8f3f-e1ef0d73c20e.html
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- Maple Leafs playoff live chat with former goaltender Curtis Joseph
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- 1:02:05
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Is this the year? The Maple Leafs enter the playoffs for the ninth straight season with an eye toward ending a Stanley Cup drought dating back to 1967. Our Leafs panel of experts — former Leafs goaltender Curtis Joseph, Toronto Star NHL and Leafs reporter Kevin McGran and sports columnist and TSN contributor Dave Feschuk — discuss Toronto's first-round series against the Ottawa Senators, in a conversation presented by Chop Steakhouse and Bar, and answer readers' questions.
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- Title
- Pope's funeral to be held on Saturday; This is what we can expect
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- 1:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pope Francis' funeral will take place on Saturday, but before that his body will lie in state in St. Peter's Basilica, where ordinary faithful will be able to pay their respects. Cardinals met on Tuesday to begin preparations for the funeral, and the conclave to decide the Pope's successor. The AP's Trisha Thomas explains. (AP Video / April 22, 2025)
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- Cardinals meet at Vatican to finalise plans for funeral of Pope Francis and conclave
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican's synod hall to chart the next steps before a conclave begins to choose Francis' successor. According to current norms, the conclave must begin between May 5 and 10. (AP Video / April 22, 2025)
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- Key terms for understanding what is happening at Vatican following Pope Francis' death | AP Explains
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- 1:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- These are the need-to-know terms — some of them in Latin — to help make sense of news in the coming days. (AP Video / April 22, 2025)
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- Election 2025: Party leaders trade blows over campaign platforms
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- As Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames the incumbent Liberals for the deficit forecasts in his election platform, Liberal Leader Mark Carney accuses Poilievre of using "phantom numbers" and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh claims both of his rivals are planning deep spending cuts. (April 22, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- Canadian Catholics remember Pope Francis
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pope Francis is being remembered by Canadians as a man of compassion and progressive values. Religious leaders say Francis was accessible and eager to listen, including when he met with Indigenous people to hear about their stories and experiences. (April 21, 2025 / The Canadian Press)
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- SIU investigating after two Toronto police officers fire guns during traffic stop
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- 1:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The SIU is investigating after two Toronto police officers fired their guns during a traffic stop late Sunday night, leaving one man in life-threatening condition.
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- Global tributes pour in to honor Pope Francis after his death
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88. (AP Video / April 21, 2025)
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- Argentine faithful mourn Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff; AP explains
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. (AP video/Pablo Barrera / The Canadian Press)
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- The death of a pope initiates a centuries' old ritual to elect a new pontiff
- Runtime
- 1:38
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The death of a pope initiates a centuries' old ritual to elect a new pontiff (AP Video / April 21, 2025)
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- Archbishop of Vancouver remarks on death of Pope Francis
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
- Description
- The Archbishop of Vancouver has expressed his admiration for Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88. (AP Video / April 21, 2025)
