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Ex-intelligence officer's arrest in Mexico raises spectre of plot behind 1994 political assassination

Ex-intelligence officer’s arrest in Mexico raises spectre of plot behind 1994 political assassination

The March 23, 1994, death of Luis Donaldo Colosio, a reformer on the cusp of winning the Mexican presidency who promised a more just and democratic country, holds a space in the country’s consciousness like the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy does in the United States. Federal authorities in Mexico recently arrested a 64-year-old man in Tijuana in connection with Colosio’s killing.

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Russia is using its hypersonic missile to send a political message. How dangerous is the Oresnik?
Star

January 9, 2026

Russia is using its hypersonic missile to send a political message. How dangerous is the Oresnik?

Russia didn’t just use a hypersonic missile to target a…

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U.S. man extradited to Canada decades after brutal slaying of senior citizen at B.C. rest stop
Star

January 9, 2026

U.S. man extradited to Canada decades after brutal slaying of senior citizen at B.C. rest stop

The victim was a great-grandfather driving through Canada. The accused…

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Tapping out: Why Calgarians might not be cutting water use during latest crisis
Star

January 9, 2026

Tapping out: Why Calgarians might not be cutting water use during latest crisis

It’s an all-too-familiar ask of a city likely weary of…

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Canada's women's hockey team for Milano-Cortina Olympics heavy on veterans from 2022 gold squad
Star

January 9, 2026

Canada’s women’s hockey team for Milano-Cortina Olympics heavy on veterans from 2022 gold squad

16 veterans from 2022 team headline Olympic rosterThe roster is…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

January 9, 2026

Paola Loriggio

Man accused in Ryan Wedding case seeks to protect IDs of sureties, citing safety risk

TORONTO — An Ontario man arrested in a sweep targeting…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec, Politics

January 9, 2026

Allison Jones and Liam Casey

Ontario sues Skills Development Fund-linked company over alleged fraud

TORONTO — The Ontario government has filed a lawsuit against…

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Canada now approves far fewer Jordan’s Principle education requests in Ontario, tribunal hears
Star

January 9, 2026

Canada now approves far fewer Jordan’s Principle education requests in Ontario, tribunal hears

The federal government has drastically cut funding for First Nations…

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Justice, Ontario/Quebec

January 9, 2026

Man, 18, arrested in two unprovoked stabbings in Toronto: police

TORONTO — Toronto police say an 18-year-old man has been…

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Iran says Israel must withdraw from Lebanon to sign tentative deal to end war with U.S.
Star

January 9, 2026

Iran says Israel must withdraw from Lebanon to sign tentative deal to end war with U.S.

Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to…

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