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Raffle winner surprised — even skeptical — upon landing $1M Picasso
A Parisian art enthusiast could not believe his luck when he found out Tuesday he’d won a Pablo Picasso painting worth more than $1 million in a raffle. Source link
2 Royal Canadian Navy sailors charged in fatal Halifax harbour capsizing
Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Applin of Shoal Cove West, N.L., died after he was thrown into frigid water when an inflatable boat hit an unlit buoy. Source link
Are you paying more than your neighbour? It could be 'surveillance pricing'
The federal NDP is introducing a motion on Wednesday to ban so-called surveillance pricing, where personal data is used to offer individual customers or groups of people different prices than others. While finding specific examples is difficult, critics argue it’s a serious problem. Source link
Canadian oil and gas losing competitive edge due to industrial carbon price: industry leaders
Leaders in Canada’s oil and gas sector say the industrial carbon levy would erode the country’s competitive edge at a time when the world is clamouring for a reliable energy supply. Source link
'We were a normal family … but then everything changed': Refugees recount brutal toll of Sudan's civil war
Three years on from the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023, the country is in the grip of what the United Nations calls the world’s worst displacement crisis, with more than 11 million people forced from their homes. Source link
Canada pledges $120M in humanitarian assistance as civil war in Sudan enters 4th year
Canada has announced more than $120 million in humanitarian and development assistance to help people in Sudan and its neighbours as the civil war in that country marks its third anniversary. Source link
Ye postpones show in France amid possible ban
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West postponed his upcoming show in the city of Marseille after French authorities said they would seek to ban the concert. Source link
U.S.-Britain political ties under significant strain with King Charles's state visit looming
British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves was not backing away from her criticism of the Iran war as “folly,” even as she prepared to meet Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and other U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday. Source link
Reality TV star Taylor Frankie Paul will not face new domestic violence charges
Taylor Frankie Paul, a star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and the recently scrubbed season of The Bachelorette, will not be charged in recent fights with her former partner, the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Source link
5 dead in Turkey's 2nd school shooting this week
A student opened fire randomly at two classrooms at a middle school in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 20 others, an official said, in the second such shooting in the country in two days. Source link