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U.S. soldier involved in Maduro capture accused of profiting from knowledge of raid on Polymarket
A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday. Source link
Coastal B.C. First Nation leaders go to Calgary to dissuade pipeline investors
A delegation of First Nations leaders from British Columbia have come to Calgary to relay a message to pipeline executives face-to-face: steer clear of investing in a new bitumen pipeline to the northwest coast or risk a prolonged legal fight. Source link
B.C. premier talks U.S. liquor ban, pipeline rumours in call with prime minister
B.C. Premier David Eby said Prime Minister Mark Carney assured him in a call Thursday that rumours circulating about a potential southern route for an oil pipeline from Alberta didn’t originate in his office. Source link
Couple accused in international kidnapping case used fake Canadian camping trip as cover story: prosecutors
A couple from the United States is facing international kidnapping charges after prosecutors claimed they took a 10-year-old child to Cuba to potentially undergo gender transition surgery, allegedly deceiving the child’s biological mother with a fake Canadian camping trip to get there. Source link
Alberta pipeline could receive federal financing through Indigenous loan guarantee program: energy minister
Canada’s energy minister said public dollars could flow to Alberta’s potential bitumen pipeline to the Pacific Coast through the federal government’s Indigenous Loan Guarantee program. Source link
MrBeast's production company sued over alleged sexual harassment
A former Beast Industries employee is suing MrBeast’s media production company after she was allegedly fired from her social media manager job upon returning from maternity leave and following years of what she described as sexual harassment and workplace gender bias. Source link
Lebanon and Israel agree to extend ceasefire for another 3 weeks, Trump says
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House on Thursday, according to U.S. President Donald Trump. Source link
RCMP charges consultant with fraudulently overbilling the federal government
The RCMP says it has charged a consultant with fraudulently overbilling the federal government. Source link
Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk announced as part of a crew heading to the International Space Station
Hot off the heels of the Artemis II mission around the moon that included Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, another Canadian has been announced for another space mission. Source link
Federal employee found not guilty of sexual assault
A federal public servant at Global Affairs Canada has been acquitted on all 11 charges against him in the Ontario Court of Justice. Source link