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Back to SearchThe rise and fall of Vice Media
This week, Vice Media filed for bankruptcy. According to reports, the company may be bought for $225 million, plus its sizable debt. At its peak not …
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Hotter, faster, more destructive: wildfire’s new reality
Albertans are suffering an unprecedented wildfire season. Tens of thousands have been evacuated out of the path of massive blazes. Across the provinc…
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Canada closed a border loophole. Where will migrants go?
For a year and a half, almost 50,000 migrants had walked into Canada via Quebec’s Roxham Road to seek asylum. Then, at midnight on the morning of Ma…
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Inside a busy food bank: 'It’s the person across the cubicle'
The Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto had their worst month on record in March: more people used their services than at any other time in their 40-yea…
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom changes the game, again
When it comes to classic video games, there are names everyone’s heard of. There's Mario. Donkey Kong. And of course there’s the Legend of Zelda. The…
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Have Congressman George Santos’ lies caught up with him?
Shortly after George Santos was elected to Congress in 2022, the New York Times found that he had fabricated almost every aspect of his life story – …
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Canada-China tension high as diplomats expelled
A growing crisis between Canada and China has led to the expulsion of diplomats from both countries, following revelations that a Chinese official re…
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Wildfires force Alberta state of emergency
The weather turned hot suddenly this year in Alberta and it is already remarkably dry. Wildfires, some burning out of control, have forced people to …
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AI ‘godfather’ on the tech’s global threat
Artificial intelligence is developing at such a rapid pace that leading figures in the field are warning about the mortal threats of losing control. …
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The Cost of the Crown
On Saturday, pomp, circumstance and royal wealth will be on display in the official crowning ceremony of King Charles III. The ceremony’s estimated p…
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