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NCAA rule change leads to Canadian Hockey League players making mass exodus to U.S. colleges
Cale Makar has difficulty recognizing the college hockey landscape in the wake of a seismic shift that has transformed the sport in the mere five years since he left UMass to join Colorado in the NHL. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Under Trump 2.0, this looming U.S. government shutdown looks different
A shutdown of the U.S. government is looking all but inevitable and there’s growing concern the Trump administration is poised to use it as an opportunity to launch mass firings of federal employees. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinian death toll tops 66,000 as Israel’s Netanyahu prepares to meet with Trump in the U.S.
Over 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday, a day before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the White House for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on halting Israel’s ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump administration asks U.S. Supreme Court to uphold order aimed at ending birthright citizenship
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada, U.S. to co-host 2027 women’s volleyball world championship
Canada and the United States will co-host the 2027 women’s world volleyball championship. The final rounds will be played in Anaheim, Calif., Volleyball Canada, USA Volleyball and the FIVB announced Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Rahm, Hatton take down U.S. power pair as Ryder Cup’s main event turns into big Euro win
Everyone wanted to see the first shot. The last one told the story better. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Why Canadian taxpayers spend millions on U.S. medical treatments
An exclusive CBC data analysis has found that since 2018, Ontario has spent over $ 200 million sending patients to U.S. clinics for procedures unavailable in Canada. The biggest expenditure under the program last year was a specialized cancer treatment called proton beam therapy — a treatment available in every G7 country except Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. policy changes mean Canadian children with cancer are losing access to clinical trials
Canadian researchers say they’ve had to stop offering kids with cancer places in some clinical trials because of funding and policy changes in the United States. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. film company condemns edit of horror film in China to make a gay couple straight
A Chinese film company is being criticized for an apparent edit of a scene in the horror movie Together that swaps the face of a man for a woman to make a gay couple appear straight. Editing films for Chinese distribution isn’t new — but one expert says this isn’t how it’s usually done. CBC | World News
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