Canadian unemployment rate hits six-month high amid US-imposed tariffs

found 2025 › May › 09 (Fri) @ 16:50 UTC

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Statistics Canada showed an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent, with most cuts in the manufacturing sector.

Canada medical mystery takes twist as study finds no evidence of brain illness

found 2025 › May › 08 (Thu) @ 18:25 UTC

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Researchers link suspected cases in New Brunswick to known diseases, suggesting ‘misdiagnosis and misinformation’

A new peer-reviewed scientific study has found no evidence of a mystery brain disease …

How Temu uses casino tactics to make us spend – video

found 2025 › May › 08 (Thu) @ 13:25 UTC

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Temu’s deals feel like a game but behind the scenes the Chinese shopping app uses underhand psychological tactics known as ‘dark patterns’ to keep us spending. Temu was the most downloaded app in the…

Trump fixates on US-Canada border – does he actually want to tear it up?

found 2025 › May › 08 (Thu) @ 10:25 UTC

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President eager to revisit boundary drawn by 1908 treaty, but experts suggest Trump using border as bargaining chip

When Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, met with Donald Trump at the White House …

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for asparagus, pea and rice soup-stew | A kitchen in Rome

found 2025 › May › 08 (Thu) @ 07:25 UTC

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Asparagus is an annual springtime ritual, and this soup is a thrifty and wholesome way to celebrate it

According to the Guinness World Record’s official website, 351.7cm was the length of the asparagu…

Americanswers... on 5 Live! Are the US and Canada friends again?

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 20:55 UTC

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And will Trump really reopen the Alcatraz prison?

Trump dominated 'nervous' and 'weak' Mark Carney with 'knee pat' during awkward but 'amicable' White House meeting, body language expert reveals... as US President insists that Canada could become 51st state

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 10:25 UTC

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At the Oval Office on Tuesday, Donald Trump played host in a meeting that appeared, on the surface, to celebrate the enduring friendship between the US and Canada.

Trump news at a glance: Canada not for sale, says Carney; trans military ban proceeds for now

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 06:50 UTC

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Mark Carney takes firm line with Donald Trump during White House visit; supreme court allows ban on transgender troops to take effect. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 6 May at a glance

In the Whi…

Canadian Star Trek legend William Shatner has epic meltdown at Trump's push to make neighbor America's 51st state

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 06:15 UTC

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William Shatner has apparently had it with President Donald Trump's calls to make Canada the 51st state.

Canada's PM Mark Carney meets with Donald Trump at the White House to discuss bilateral ties, trade

found 2025 › May › 07 (Wed) @ 02:40 UTC

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Carney stresses that Canada is not for sale, and will never be, as he meets US President Donald Trump in his first visit to the Oval Office since assuming the post of prime minister last week.