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"No one in the future will be able to say we did not know."

Greta Thunberg says the "mistreatment and abuse" of at least 171 people detained by Israel for taking part in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla is "not the story" and accused Israel of "livestreamed genocide."

#gaza #world #news
October 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Did you catch the games this weekend?

Thanks to a combination of powerful pitching and electric batting, the Toronto Blue Jays are just one game away from the ALCS, after putting together a 2-0 series lead against the Yankees.

#baseball #bluejays #sports #news #canada
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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We have a super exciting announcement : Yahoo Canada is collaborating with venture capitalist and star on CBC’s ‘Dragons’ Den’ - @arlenedickinson.bsky.social 💜

Watch the video for all the details 👇🏻

#canada #dragonsden #entertainment
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Canada just updated its travel warning for citizens planning on visiting the U.S.

The advice applies to Canadians in the U.S. who hold a visa and to 2SLGBTQI+ people, specifically those using an X gender marker on their passports.

@bani-sg.bsky.social explains 👇🏻

#canada #usa #travel #news
September 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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A video showing what appears to be a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer yelling at a Canadian driver to “never come to the U.S. again” is currently under investigation by authorities.

#news #canada #usa #viral
September 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Two TMU students have accused on-campus security guards of assault

Yahoo Canada editor @bani-sg.bsky.social spoke to the SJP TMU, legal experts and the TMU spokesperson to find out exactly what happened and what the legal consequences could be 👇🏻

#canada #tmu #gta #security #law
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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“We can’t rebuild the world as it was, but we can build something better.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney says there "are many possibilities" for Canada after his UN visit 🇨🇦👇🏻

#news #cdnpoli
September 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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“Your countries are going to hell.”

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations to boast of his foreign policy record, inflating his role in “ending seven wars” and to lash out at the world body👇🏻

#news #usa #trump #un #europe
September 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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U.S. President Donald Trump promoted unproven ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism without giving any new evidence.

Scientists, doctors and researchers from Canada and the U.S. say there is no single cause to the disorder.

@bani-sg.bsky.social explains 👇🏻

#News #Health #Tylenol #Autism
September 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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In some adorable news, a baby alpaca just took her first steps!

The Greater Vancouver Zoo welcomed baby alpaca, Carmela, to the family in early August 👇🏻

#goodnews #canada
September 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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The Liberal government has introduced legislation, the 'Combatting Hate Act', to create four new hate-related criminal offences.

Justice Minister Sean Fraser said the bill makes it an offence to wilfully promote hate through the use of hate symbols 👇🏻

#canada #news
September 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Pete Hoekstra, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, took aim at those who use the term "trade war" to describe economic tension between the two countries and says he's had enough of the “elbow’s up” and "anti-American" rhetoric 👇🏻

#news #canada #usa
September 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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A new report from the charity Food Banks Canada says food insecurity, poverty and unemployment continue to climb, but there is some hope as new government programs could ease financial strain.

@bani-sg.bsky.social explains 👇🏻

#news #cdnpoli #prices
September 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said that the Liberal government’s upcoming fall budget will pivot Ottawa’s spending towards investments in an interview with The Canadian Press 👇🏻

#news #cdnpoli #finance
September 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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U.S. Senate Democrats have denounced the Trump administration’s threats against political critics along with ABC's recent suspension of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' over Charlie Kirk comments.

They also unveiled a bill that would bolster free speech protections.

#usa #jimmykimmel
September 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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A Halifax-area man named Donald Douglas Williams is facing sex-related charges involving 30 alleged victims at a youth corrections facility.

The 66 charges follow a four-year investigation by the Nova Scotia RCMP 👇🏻

#news #crime #cdn
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point, bringing it down to 2.5% for the first time since March.

Governor Tiff Macklem says the central bank has shifted to worrying more about a slowing economy than high inflation.

#news #boc #finance
September 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

Israel has adamantly rejected genocide allegations against it as an antisemitic “blood libel.”

#news #world #gaza
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Utah County District Attorney Jeffrey Gray said they will seek the death penalty for the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination and revealed some of the evidence against him, including alleged text messages in which he appeared to confess to the crime.

#news #charliekirk
September 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Our entertainment editor spent 10 days at the Toronto International Film Festival and here are the four TIFF movies she recommends you keep an eye on!

#entertainment #badapples #sentimentalvalue #knivesout #mileendkicks #tiff
September 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Jan Simpson, the president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, says a ban on overtime work at the postal service will end on Sept. 15.

Instead, they will stop delivering commercial flyers as it seeks to keep pressure on the Crown corporation👇🏻

#news #canada #cdnpoli
September 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Utah Governor Spencer Cox confirmed that a 22-year-old Utah man named Tyler Robinson has been arrested in connection with Charlie Kirk's shooting 👇🏻

#news #usa #charliekirk
September 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Claim your slice of the $500M bread price-fixing Loblaw settlement!

The process is now open for Canadian shoppers to get their share of the settlement in a class-action lawsuit related to the alleged industry-wide price fixing of bread.

@bani-sg.bsky.social explains 👇🏻

#news #canada #loblaws
September 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Canada is evaluating its relationship with Israel after the attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar, foreign minister Anita Anand said, in the latest sign of the government's unhappiness with the Israeli government 👇🏻

#news #canada #cdnpoli
September 11, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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@bani-sg.bsky.social breaks down the top news stories in Canada in under one minute.

A toddler's death in Ontario, Charlie Kirk’s death, a possible Alberta teachers’ strike, the arrest of a teen for murder and Prince Harry and King Charles reunion — a lot happened today 👇🏻

#news #canada #world
September 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM