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The company that owns TikTok goes to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to try to fend off a new law that would see the wildly popular social media app banned later this month. CBC | World News
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Heated words about sovereignty and U.S. trade? Sounds a lot like 1988
Donald Trump’s repeated musings on seeing Canada become a part of the United States have not been warmly received in Ottawa. And he’s highlighted a persistent concern raised by some on this side of the border — fears that Canada faces potential risks to national sovereignty by getting too close to its southern neighbour. CBC | World News
Read More »Massive snowball fight brings cheer amid winter storm in U.S. capital
A major winter storm that hit the mid-Atlantic U.S. states on Monday caused federal offices and public schools in Washington, D.C., to shut down for the day. The DC Snowball Fight Association took the opportunity to transform a public park into ‘The Great Meridian Chill Battle of 2025,’ inviting residents to come out and chuck a few snowballs at each ...
Read More »Biden issues ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. waters
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling. CBC | World News
Read More »Meta to end fact-checking program on Facebook, Instagram in U.S.
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in the U.S. and replacing it with a system similar to the “Community Notes” on Elon Musk-owned X, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday. CBC | World News
Read More »Louisiana reports 1st U.S. human death related to H5N1 avian flu
The Louisiana Department of Health said on Monday that a U.S. patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu has died. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump responds to Trudeau resignation by suggesting Canada merge with U.S.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation as Liberal leader comes just two weeks before Donald Trump takes office as U.S. president while threatening to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all imports from Canada on Day 1. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. beats Czech Republic, sets up gold-medal final against Finland
Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country’s 4-3 victory over Sweden in the semifinals of the men’s under-20 tournament Saturday in Ottawa. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley Tasered during confrontation with police in South Florida
U.S. Olympic runner Fred Kerley has been arrested in South Florida following a confrontation with police, authorities said. CBC | World News
Read More »Soldier who died in Cybertruck blast outside Trump hotel left note calling it a ‘wake-up call’ for U.S.
Matthew Livelsberger wrote in the note that he needed to ‘cleanse my mind’ of the lives lost of people he knew and ‘the burden of the lives I took.’ CBC | World News
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