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Your guide to Eurovision 2025

Your guide to Eurovision 2025

Here’s everything you need to know about Eurovision, where acts from 37 countries vie for the continent’s musical crown in a song contest that has been likened to a pop Olympics, complete with triumph, tears and geopolitical rivalries.

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Death toll from Iran port explosion rises to 70

Death toll from Iran port explosion rises to 70

Iran finally extinguished a fire Monday at a southern port that was rocked by an explosion over the weekend as the death toll rose to at least 70 people killed, authorities said. Local news reports raised more questions about the cause of Saturday;s blast at the Shahid Rajaei port near Bandar Abbas.

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Are Iranian 'sleeper cells' a threat to Canadians? Here’s what intelligence experts say
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March 24, 2026

Are Iranian ‘sleeper cells’ a threat to Canadians? Here’s what intelligence experts say

The U.S.-Israel war with Iran has stoked fears that Tehran…

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The RCMP, the spy and the betrayal of national chief George Manuel
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March 24, 2026

The RCMP, the spy and the betrayal of national chief George Manuel

The secret agent was code numbered A-828.Intelligence reports say the…

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Why Mounties paid 5 informers to spy on Dene leaders: Inside a secret surveillance operation
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March 24, 2026

Why Mounties paid 5 informers to spy on Dene leaders: Inside a secret surveillance operation

There was something suspicious about the young, hippie-looking man who…

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Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs targeted by RCMP spies in 1970s 'Native extremism' program
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March 24, 2026

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs targeted by RCMP spies in 1970s ‘Native extremism’ program

Newly released RCMP Security Service files reveal that it amassed…

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How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement
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March 24, 2026

How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement

The Mounties called it the “Native extremism program.” Today, it…

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Syrians fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon return home to a country still rebuilding
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March 24, 2026

Syrians fleeing Israeli strikes in Lebanon return home to a country still rebuilding

More than 125,000 people have crossed from Lebanon into Syria…

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Ontario mandated e-learning to expand course options. Some worry it's being used to boost marks
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March 24, 2026

Ontario mandated e-learning to expand course options. Some worry it’s being used to boost marks

Six years after the Ontario government made e-learning a mandatory…

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Business, Construction, Politics, Prairies/BC, Real Estate, Social

March 23, 2026

Dayne Patterson

Calgary looks to repeal blanket rezoning as it considers how best to improve housing

CALGARY — Calgary city councillors worked through a gauntlet of…

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Business, Economy, Justice, Ontario/Quebec, Politics, Social, Transport

March 23, 2026

Liam Casey and Allison Jones

Ontario to declare Toronto island airport a special economic zone

TORONTO — Ontario will declare Toronto’s island airport the province’s…

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