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Ontario Court Denies Emergency Assisted‑Dying Request for Woman with Bipolar Disorder

An Ontario Superior Court judge has refused an urgent application that would have allowed Claire…

Conservative MPs Mobilise to Urge Alberta Voters to Reject Separation in Upcoming Referendum

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Five B.C. Conservatives Leave Party to Launch New Centrist Movement

The five British Columbia legislators who resigned from the provincial Conservative caucus have announced they…

Quebec Scales Back Free Flu Shots as Other Provinces Maintain Universal Coverage

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Apple Smashes Wall Street Forecasts as iPhone Demand Pushes Revenue to Record High

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Trump’s Trade War Escalates as US Debt Surges Past $40 Trillion

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Ray Kurzweil, the legendary AI pioneer who has spent more than a decade predicting the…

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UK Braces for Subsidence Claims Surge as Record-Breaking Heat Leaves Properties Cracked and Foundations Failing

British insurers are grappling with an unprecedented spike in subsidence claims following the hottest summer…

Plastic Pollution Collapses New York: From Landfills to Lungs – The Fight Against Our Throwaway World Is Failing

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Lahaina’s Scorched Survivors Fight to Reclaim an Address the Postal Service Says No Longer Exists

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Trump Orders Review to Strip Gray Wolves of Endangered Species Protections

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to reconsider federal protections for gray…

“Don’t Be Afraid”: One Daughter’s Raw Lessons from Watching Her Mother Slip Away

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From Bathtub Nudity to Apple TV Thrillers: How Patrick Brammall Became Hollywood’s Most Reluctant Leading Man

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