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Why don’t people want more kids? That’s the wrong question, says a new global report
It's often assumed that low fertility rates are due to people simply not wanting to have children, or more than one or two, but a report released Tuesday from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA ...
Iran confirms top officials killed after Israel targets nuclear sites, leaders, scientists in wave of strikes
The strikes came amid simmering tensions over Iran's rapidly advancing nuclear program and appeared certain to trigger a reprisal, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning that severe ...
1 passenger survives after Air India flight bound for London crashes with 242 aboard
One passenger survived the crash of an Air India plane bound for London that killed at least 240 people on Thursday in Ahmedabad, one of India's worst airline disasters in decades, officials said.
Family says Ontario dentist was aboard Air India flight that crashed after takeoff
The Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff is a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., her family has confirmed. The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel ...
More than a dozen Canadian Sikhs face active assassination threats, organization warns
More than a dozen Canadian Sikhs live under active threats on their lives, an advocacy organization is warning. Those threats originate from India, said Balpreet Singh, a lawyer and spokesperson for ...
Montreal’s Rizzuto crime family targeted in major police sweep
Since the 1980s, the Rizzuto clan has ruled Quebec after winning a crime war against the Calabrian Mafia. The Sicilian Mafia was led by Nicolo Rizzuto and was allegedly succeeded by his son Vito ...
G7: Why there is hope of a Carney-Trump tariff breakthrough at Alberta summit
Global trade will be a major focus at next week's G7 summit as world leaders gather in Alberta, including U.S. President ...
Are there ’snooping provisions’ in Carney’s massive border bill?
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner said Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act, contains ‘snooping provisions.’ Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree responded that the bill ‘does not violate the ...
Gen Z is facing the worst youth unemployment rate in decades. Here is how it’s different
Chung is part of a generation facing Canada's highest youth unemployment rate in about a quarter-century. Apart from the pandemic, Canadian graduates between the ages of 15 and 24 are facing the ...
Defence targets E.M.’s credibility, judge questions ’consent videos’ shown at world juniors sex assault trial
Defence lawyer David Humphrey is targeting the complainant E.M.’s reliability as a witness. He argued E.M. “chose to abandon ...
Robert Miller, billionaire accused of sex crimes, unfit to stand trial, judge rules
Robert Miller, the Montreal billionaire accused of multiple sex crimes, is too sick to stand trial, Quebec Superior Court ...
Carney facing some Liberal pushback over Modi’s invitation to G7 summit
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal said he met with Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday morning to express concerns he says his constituents have with Indian Prime ...