Unpublished Newswire
Picking flooring can seem like a monumental task. With so many materials and colours, how do you choose? Here are a few tips from the experts. Start with the basics Determine how much you can spend on the project. Inexpensive flooring choices include vinyl tiles, laminate flooring and wall-to-wall carpeting. If you have more funds […]
June 5, 2025 - 09:32 | Paul Welch | Ottawa Citizen
A dozen Canadian men and children detained in Syria are complaining to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that Ottawa is discriminating against them by not assisting their return to Canada.The Canadians are among the foreign nationals who have endured squalid and dangerous conditions for years in camps and prisons run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-ravaged region from militant group the Islamic State.
June 5, 2025 - 09:29 | Jim Bronskill | The Globe and Mail
More than 2,200 Ontarians died from opioids last year, a 15 per cent decrease from 2023, newly released data from the Office of the Chief Coroner shows.“What goes through my head is a small degree of optimism in the fact that we have seen less people die last year, which is very good, but that’s within a context of 2,231 people dying last year,” Dr. Dirk Huyer, the chief coroner, told The Canadian Press in an interview.
June 5, 2025 - 09:12 | Liam Casey | The Globe and Mail
Canada’s trade deficit in April widened to an all-time high of a whopping $7.1 billion, data showed on Thursday, as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump sucked out demand for Canadian goods from the United States.Its exports to the rest of the world rose, but could not compensate for the drop in exports to the U.S., data from Statistics Canada showed.
June 5, 2025 - 09:09 | Promit Mukherjee | The Globe and Mail
The bodies of Gadi Hagai and Judy Weinstein Hagai, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack were recovered from Gaza and returned to Israel on Wednesday night after 607 days.
“My beautiful parents have been released. We have certainty,” wrote daughter Iris on social media. “We welcome the closing of the circle and their return to a proper burial at home, in Israel. We want to thank the IDF and security forces who were involved in the complex rescue operation and for fighting for us for more than a year and a half. However, our hearts will not be whole until all...
June 5, 2025 - 09:08 | The Press Service of Israel | National Post
Ontario’s Bill 5, which passed on Wednesday, will give the provincial government sweeping powers to disregard its own laws in order to speed up mining or other projects – and has prompted warning of protests or blockades from Indigenous leaders who say they should have been consulted.Formally known as the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, the legislation allows the Ontario government to designate “special economic zones” where it could suspend any provincial law – including environmental or labour rules and municipal bylaws – for companies or entities it labels “trusted...
June 5, 2025 - 08:56 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
