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• Canada moves to help Canadians trapped in Kuwait without exit permits

  Some Canadians who wanted to leave Kuwait had been denied exit permits by their employers. "The situation is a hostage-like one," one Canadian there said.

  Canada

  45 mins
• Retired air force major-general missing for nearly 2 weeks, FBI joins search

  Retired Air Force Major General William 'Neil' McCasland left his home on foot at 11 a.m. local time on Feb. 27 and has not been in contact with his family or friends since.

  U.S. News

  58 mins
• Suspect dead after ramming vehicle into Michigan synagogue: police

  Oakland County Sheriff Sheriff Mike Bouchard said the suspect's pickup truck breached the front doors of the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township outside Detroit.

  U.S. News

  2 hours
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• Ford government to allow shopping on 2 public holidays across Ontario

  Doug Ford said previously he was inundated with calls from people 'wanting to go to shopping malls' over the Family Day weekend. At the time, he mused about allowing more to open.

  Canada

  3 hours
• Police will get new powers for online data in tweaked ‘lawful access’ bill

  Bill C-22 narrows the scope of the original legislation that sought to give police new powers to access internet user data from service providers.

  Canada

  3 hours
• Ontario influencer killed outside home, OPP join hunt for murder suspect

  Ontario Provincial Police are joining the hunt for a murder suspect after an Ontario woman was stabbed multiple times while leaving a home earlier this month.

  Crime

  3 hours
• Europe sees decline in bird flu case detections, report finds

  Between November 29 and February 27, authorities recorded 406 outbreaks of bird flu in domestic birds in 32 European countries and 2,108 outbreaks in wild birds, they said.

  Health

  3 hours
• 3 in 4 Canadians say they are paying more for home, car insurance: survey

  A look at local data reveals that car insurance premiums have been rising rapidly, accounting for most household expenditure on insurance.

  Money

  3 hours
• Kelly Clarkson says she never received her ‘American Idol’ prizes

  'They said you get a car, and I needed it because my car was bashed in and I couldn't afford the deductible,' Clarkson said of her 'American Idol' win in 2002.

  Entertainment

  4 hours
• Vehicle exports fell sharply in January as trade deficit grew: StatCan

  Canada's trade deficit with the world increased in January as the number of vehicles exported to international markets dropped more than 20 per cent, according to the latest data.

  Economy

  5 hours
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• Oil spill in Ontario river ‘contained,’ cleanup ongoing: Suncor

  An oil spill in the St. Clair River from Suncor Energy’s refinery in Sarnia, Ont., Wednesday evening has been 'contained,' the company says.

  Canada

  5 hours
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• Mickey Rourke evicted from his L.A. home over nearly $60K in unpaid rent

  'Withholding rent was not a decision I made lightly. I simply could not continue paying for a house that was in such poor condition,' Mickey Rourke claimed.

  Entertainment

  5 hours
• Niagara chair resigns after accusations of owning signed copy of Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’

  An Ontario government appointee has resigned as chair of Niagara Region after allegations surfaced that he owned a copy of Adolf Hitler’s "Mein Kampf."

  Canada

  5 hours
• Kingston goes back to the drawing board on Block 4 conference centre

  The City of Kingston is re-evaluating its plans for a new downtown conference centre on Block 4 after failing to reach a final agreement with its preferred developer.

  Canada

  7 hours
• Non-sufficient funds fees are now being limited to $10 under new rules

  The changes were announced by Ottawa last year and kicked in on Thursday, also prohibit banks from charging more than one NSF fee in two business days for the same deposit account.

  Money

  7 hours
• Iran’s leader vows to continue attacks in 1st statement since appointment

  Iran’s secretive new supreme leader on Thursday vowed to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage.

  World

  7 hours
• Oil prices jump, U.S. markets retreat as Iran war worsens supply concerns

  U.S. benchmark crude oil jumped US$4.52 to US$91.77 a barrel. Brent, the international standard, climbed US$5.34 to US$97.32 per barrel after briefly eclipsing the US$100 level.

  World

  7 hours
• Carney set to fly to Yellowknife then Norway with defence-focused agenda

  Carney will be the first Canadian prime minister to make an official visit to Norway since 1980. Heads of government from Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Finland will also be present.

  Politics

  7 hours
• Young Canadian men more likely to say gender equality has gone ‘far enough’

  The Ipsos results were part of a 29-country survey done with the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College London that was released last week.

  Canada

  10 hours
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• Montreal’s Fowler finds his form after call-up

  Martin St. Louis may have tough decisions ahead.

  Sports

  11 hours
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• Children of some of Iran’s most outspoken regime leaders live in West

  As Iran’s regime suppresses protests and launches missiles at neighbouring countries in response to the U.S. and Israeli war, its sons and daughters are living more comfortably.

  Canada

  11 hours
• MPs reject bill to close arms export loophole despite some Liberal support

  NDP MP Jenny Kwan's bill came after the U.S. sought to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a Canadian ban on exports of various types of weapons to that country.

  Politics

  Mar 11
• Ford government could keep school boards under supervision for ‘years’

  Education Minister Paul Calandra has put eight school boards under supervision over the past year, sidelining trustees at some of the province's largest school boards.

  Education

  Mar 11
• Carney to vacation in UK, Italy after latest PM trip: sources

  The prime minister will not fly home with the Canadian delegation that is scheduled to come back to Canada from Carney’s trip to Yellowknife, Norway and London on March 16.

  Politics

  Mar 11
• Details about Tumbler Ridge firearms will be released after investigation, minister says

  Gary Anandasangaree was responding to a group of gun control advocacy groups that say they are alarmed and disappointed that the RCMP still has not disclosed basic information.

  Crime

  Mar 11