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  • Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. Voters could change that
    Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist.
    World
    Mar 8
  • Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2023
    From movie and TV stars to musicians and other notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
    Entertainment
    Dec 30, 2023
  • Canada’s plant hardiness zones map ready to bloom for 1st time in 10 years
    Natural Resources Canada is hoping to release an updated version of Canada's plant hardiness zones map in 2024. The last time it was updated was in 2014.
    Canada
    Dec 19, 2023
  • Manitoba’s next premier to join colourful list of provincial leaders
    After the Oct. 3 election Manitoba's next premier will join -- or rejoin -- a long list of past leaders. How many do you know?
    Politics
    Sep 23, 2023
  • Tiny home community planned at former Peterborough Humane Society property
    Peterborough Action for Tiny Homes plans to establish 15 sleeping cabins on the property of the former humane society building on Lansdowne Street East.
    Economy
    Apr 25, 2023
  • Documents show Black activist who became Dominican PM was target of RCMP
    Recently released records reveal just how far the Mounties would go in the early 1970s to keep an eye on the young visitor from the Caribbean.
    Canada
    Feb 26, 2023
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  • Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2022
    From movie and TV stars to musicians and notable personalities, we said goodbye to a lot of familiar, beloved faces this year.
    Entertainment
    Dec 30, 2022
  • Teen crushed to death during Montreal St. Patrick’s parade
    Organizers of Montreal’s St. Patrick’s parade were in shock Sunday night after a 19-year-old man was run over and killed by a parade float downtown, the first fatality in the history of the 186-year-old event.
    Mar 14, 2010
  • ‘Dragon Tattoo’ writer’s partner says he wouldn’t have approved of merchandising
    STOCKHOLM - The longtime partner of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson says he wouldn't have approved of merchandise being linked to this week's release of a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling novel, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo."
    Entertainment
    Dec 19, 2011
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  • Ireland to end state guarantee to bank bondholders, says nation’s 3 surviving banks are stable
    DUBLIN - The Irish government announced Tuesday it will no longer insure the bonds of its three surviving banks, ending an infamous chapter in the country's struggle to safeguard its financial system from collapse.
    Money
    Feb 26, 2013
  • Indigenous filmmaker is calling for fines and jail time for those falsely claiming to be Indigenous
    A popular Haida Nation filmmaker is trying to put an end to people falsely claiming to be Indigenous by introducing the Indigenous Identity Act.
    Politics
    Jan 19, 2021
  • Protesters disperse as St. Patrick’s parade goes off without a hitch
    A planned anarchist demonstration never really posed the threat many feared it would.
    Mar 22, 2015
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  • Singular ‘they’ named 2015’s Word of the Year
    Grammar nerds be damned. The language gods have spoken.
    Lifestyle
    Jan 11, 2016
  • Montreal’s United Irish Societies struggling to fund Saint Patrick’s Day parade
    Saint Patrick's Day parade organizers say it's getting harder to put the festivities together.
    Money
    Mar 10, 2016
  • Author runs across Quebec & Ontario to honour Irish heritage
    Collins is retracing the route of Irish immigrants who arrived in 1847 to escape the famine to help the push to build a commemorative site adjacent to the Black Rock.
    Canada
    Jun 17, 2016
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  • Study into why women fake orgasms reveals harmful sexual norms
    Some Canadian women are consenting to sex they don't want for troubling reasons, according to a new study.
    Health
    Jul 25, 2016
  • ‘It’s a little tough,’ but many will still celebrate St. Patrick’s Day: Hudson’s Irishman of the Year
    “Everyone’s a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day,” Ken Doran said. “We’re all welcome to be — we might just be a little further away from each other.”
    Canada
    Mar 17, 2020
  • Montreal’s United Irish Societies select St. Patrick’s Day parade royalty
    The 197th Montreal St. Patrick's Day parade is set to take place on March 22 on Ste-Catherine Street from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
    Features
    Feb 2, 2020
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  • Montreal’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, other events postponed amid coronavirus concerns
    In a statement, the group said in light of COVID-19 concerns, it feels it is in the best interest of public health.
    News
    Mar 12, 2020
  • Suu Kyi, in Myanmar since 1988, starts world tour
    For 24 years, Aung San Suu Kyi was either under house arrest or too fearful that if she left Myanmar, the government would never let her return. Now, in a sign of how much life there has changed, the democracy activist and long-time political prisoner is resuming world travels, arriving Tuesday night in neighbouring Thailand after an 85-minute flight from her homeland.
    World
    May 29, 2012
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