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All Manitoba schools ordered to review safety measures after student grabbed by sex offender
Every school in Manitoba must undertake a safety review and send the assessment to the province’s Department of Education, the provincial government says, responding to a child being assaulted last week. Source link
Canadian injured in West Bank settler attack says they were beaten, passports were stolen
A Canadian activist injured in a settler attack over the weekend in a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank says she and three others were thrown on the ground and beaten by settlers before some of their wallets and passports were stolen. Source link
Algoma Steel issues layoff notices to 1,000 workers
Algoma Steel says it has issued 1,000 layoff notices to workers at its plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Source link
In wake of NSL Final loss, AFC Toronto looks to impress at 7-a-side tournament
AFC Toronto, coming off its 2-1 loss to the Vancouver Rise in the NSL Final, leaves Wednesday for Florida and the first-ever North American edition of the World Sevens Football seven-a-side tournament. Source link
Complex fire still burning at Toronto buildings days after evacuation
Residents have been staying in hotels since being evacuated Thursday afternoon, waiting to hear when they might be able to return home. Toronto Fire has called the blaze one of the “more complex” in the city’s history and will be providing an update Monday afternoon. Source link
Northern B.C. bitcoin mines are transitioning into AI data centres
Iren, the company behind major data centres in northern B.C. is converting its infrastructure from bitcoin mining into AI storage. The Australia-based company is upgrading equipment at its sites in Prince George, Mackenzie and Canal Flats sites. Source link
WHO conditionally recommends GLP-1 drugs for obesity
The first conditional recommendation by the organization advises the use of GLP-1 drugs by adults, except pregnant women, for long-term obesity treatment, while the second suggests interventions like a healthy diet and physical activity to be offered alongside the medicines. Source link
'Rage bait' is the Oxford University Press word of the year, because apparently anger fuels us
Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. Source link
Crown Royal plant closure now a done deal, union says
“They had made their mind up and they were not changing it,” says the head of the union. Source link