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Drivers along Nevada‘s interstate highway from Las Vegas to Reno this weekend were greeted with an unexpected sight: a 13-metre-tall, naked statue of former U.S. president Donald Trump. The 6,000-pound sculpture, which was held upright by a crane on an industrial estate, caused offence among the state’s Republicans, who have branded the effigy “deplorable.” The…
Kyshawn George was raised in Switzerland so he never expected he’d get to play an NBA game in front of a “hometown” crowd. But because his Washington Wizards are starting the pre-season against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday in Montreal, where his dad was raised, he’s getting that chance. “I never thought about it,” said…
Toronto city council has taken a step toward banning misleading fossil-fuel advertising on city property, building on federal anti-greenwashing rules and a similar proposal approved by the city’s transit agency. It’s the latest in a series of city-level moves across Canada, including in Ottawa and Montreal, that seek to target greenwashing — a term for…
Raquel Ohnona Look wipes back tears when her eyes fall on the plaque in honour of her son Alexandre, affixed to a bench in a suburban Montreal green space that was recently renamed for him. “Forever in our hearts. Our hero,” it reads above his name and the dates of his birth and death —…
The far-right Freedom Party had a lead over the governing conservatives in Austria’s election on Sunday and was well-placed for its first win in a national parliamentary vote, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear. The projection for ORF public television, based on partial counting, put support for the Freedom Party at…
The Yukon government says mercury levels that “exceeded the water quality objective” were found in a creek near the site where a mine’s ore containment facility failed, causing a torrent of cyanide-contaminated rock to escape in June. A statement from the government says high levels of cyanide and dissolved metals continue to be detected in…
Half of British Columbians are opposed to the province’s timeline to phase out the sale of gas-powered vehicles in the next decade, according to a new poll. Under B.C. legislation, 90 per cent of new cars sold by 2030 will need to be zero-emission vehicles, rising to 100 per cent by 2035. As of 2024,…
Donald Trump ‘s latest town hall in Pennsylvania turned into a spontaneous playlist concert Monday after two medical emergencies in the crowd interrupted the evening’s event. The 78-year-old Republican presidential nominee was about half an hour into the event in the Philadelphia suburbs when a medical emergency brought a question-and-answer session to a halt. Noticing…
According to a lawyer for rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, there’s likely a simple explanation for the more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil authorities seized from the musician’s home: bulk purchasing. In a new interview with TMZ, Combs’ lawyer attempted to answer questions about the baby oil, which U.S. federal prosecutors said was seized alongside…
Australian airline Qantas has apologized to passengers after an R-rated movie was broadcast to every in-flight entertainment screen during a trip from Sydney to Tokyo. Travellers on board the plane Saturday were told technical difficulties meant individual movie selection was not available for the international flight. Crew members took requests from flyers for one movie…
