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Murray Bender: "Living like locals" in Tel Aviv and loving it, even the bomb shelters
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (916+ words) Why we decided not to cut short our two-month visit to Israel despite the Iranian war "Stuck in Tel Aviv?" asked a rugged-looking Israeli as we chatted in the local bomb shelter following an alert signalling oncoming missiles from Iran....
FIRST READING: Canada told mentally ill must be euthanized lest they kill themselves
1+ hour, 15+ min ago (1246+ words) The argument has been at the core of Canadian euthanasia policy since the beginning A leading MAID advocate argued to parliamentarians last month that Canada must legalize assisted suicide for the mentally ill, lest those same patients commit suicide. The…...
Charles Lammam: State grocery stores an expensive policy adventure that ignores the real problem
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (660+ words) Governments love expensive new adventures, but state-run grocery stores ignore the real drivers of high food prices Toronto City Council recently voted 21-3 to launch a pilot project establishing four city-operated grocery stores. The goal is to make food more affordable…...
Jamie Sarkonak: No one knows who this mental patient is. They were put on cross-gender drugs anyway
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (625+ words) Though this person was found not criminally responsible for assault, officials aren't even sure if they're a Canadian citizen Housed in the Women's General Forensic Unit of Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is a male inpatient, detained…...
Pakistani man who came to Canada on a student visa pleads guilty to plotting to kill Jewish people in the U. S.
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (592+ words) Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 21, planned a mass shooting to coincide with the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks A former international student in Canada has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge Wednesday, telling the court it was a "morally reprehensible idea…...
Raymond J. de Souza: Jack Nicklaus, not Tiger Woods, still defines greatness at Augusta
6+ day, 15+ hour ago (763+ words) Forty years after his magical 1986 victory, the Golden Bear returns as both supreme athlete and man of character Forty years ago, Augusta gave sports the most perfect afternoon of golf ever played, perhaps the most perfect moment in professional sports....
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3+ hour, 14+ min ago (17+ words) 24 Sussex Drive is a slow-motion disaster. So we asked architects how to fix it'National Post...
Daily Horoscope - Thursday, April 9, 2026
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (146+ words) There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Capricorn. The Stars Rate Your Day If Your Birthday Is Today Actress Cynthia Nixon (1966) shares your birthday today. You are competent, practical, energetic and focused. You…...
J. D. Tuccille: U. S. airport security shutdown exposes government inefficiency
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (462+ words) While unpaid TSA workers quit and lines grow, private security runs smoothly, proving government is the ultimate single point of failure The debate in Washington, D. C. is rooted in legitimate concerns. The Trump administration's escalated enforcement of immigration rules was controversial…...
B. C. woman who flew to South Korea for love faces drug smuggling charges
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (851+ words) Spring Parks was arrested in Korea with close to four kilos of meth in her bags. Her daughter says she was the victim of an online scam A woman from British Columbia is facing drug-smuggling charges in South Korea, but…...