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X-ray glasses? All the 'mind-boggling' allegations in the FBI's NBA gambling probe
The specific allegations in the FBI’s illegal gambling investigation that’s thrown the NBA into chaos are, to quote FBI director Kash Patel, “mind boggling.” Source link
Why are kids yelling ‘6-7’ in class?
The viral term is sweeping through classrooms and derailing lessons. But what does it even mean? Source link
'Remarkable' fossil footprint discovered on P.E.I. dates back around 290 million years
An Islander discovered a large fossil footprint along the shores of P.E.I.’s Hillsborough Bay. It’s believed to date back to the Permian Period, before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and experts say it may belong to a Pareiasaur. Source link
Rachel Homan, Canadian teammates rally for 3rd consecutive win at Pan Continental event
Canada’s Rachel Homan rallied from an early deficit to post an 11-9 win over South Korea’s Eunji Gim on Thursday at the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Virginia, Minn. Source link
B.C. MLA's act to prohibit land acknowledgements in schools fails 1st reading
Members of B.C.’s Legislative Assembly have overwhelmingly voted down a proposed act from MLA Dallas Brodie that would prohibit publicly funded employees in schools and other public bodies from making land acknowledgements. Source link
Toys 'R' Us Canada notifies customers of breach that may have compromised personal data
In an email sent to shoppers Thursday morning, the company said the breached records may include the names, addresses, emails and phone numbers of customers — though no passwords, credit card details or similar confidential data were involved in the incident. Source link
'Heart and soul of our team': Montreal Victoire extend 3 key players
The Montreal Victoire locked up three members of the team’s core through the 2027-28 season. The team announced the contract extensions with captain Marie-Philip Poulin, assistant captain Laura Stacey and starting goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens on Thursday, a few weeks before the team opens its season on the road against the Boston Fleet. Source link
Ottawa hoping for a Carney-Xi meeting in Asia next week, says official
A senior Canadian government official told reporters Thursday that it’s hoped Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a summit in South Korea next week. Source link
Quebec family doctors end teaching boycott as government's special law threat looms
One week after they stopped teaching medical students amid stalled contract negotiations with the government, Quebec family doctors announced Thursday they were ending their teaching boycott. Source link
Amazon cloud outage downed millions of sites — and exposed the risks of overdependence
A few days after Amazon’s cloud services company AWS had an outage that plunged millions of popular websites and apps into the dark, questions still linger about why some companies get so big in the first place — and why it’s so hard to keep them from controlling markets. Source link