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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A well-known Armenian bakery in Montreal’s Villeray neighbourhood says it was shocked to receive a notice from Quebec’s language watchdog over the use of English in its social media videos. Lamajoune Villeray Bakery, a family-run business operating for 40 years, recently received a letter from the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) stating that videos posted to TikTok contained too much English and did not comply with the province’s French language charter.The charter requires that French be the predominant language in commercial communications, including online content. Get daily National news Get…

More than 80 per cent of WA motorists support the introduction of mandatory safety ratings displayed on all cars for retail sale.In the latest RAC vehicle safety survey, four in five participants supported more visibility of ANCAP and Used Car Safety Ratings (conducted and published by Monash University’s Accident Research Centre) on all vehicles in WA car yards.The RAC says more then 270 members responded to the survey.RAC manager of vehicles and fuels Alex Forrest said independent vehicle safety information was available to consumers for 95 per cent of the new-car market.“Increasing the visibility of safety ratings has the potential…

Listen to this article | 5 minsinfoUnited States President Donald Trump said he is directing every federal agency to immediately cease work with artificial intelligence lab Anthropic, adding there would be a six-month phaseout for the Department of Defense and other agencies that use the company’s products.“I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic’s technology. We don’t need it, we don’t want it, and will not do business with them again!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTrump’s directive came during a…

Washington — President Trump said Friday that he is “not happy” with the pace of progress in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, as tensions continue to ratchet up amid the administration’s deployment of military assets to the Middle East.In remarks to reporters before leaving the White House for Texas, where the president will deliver remarks on energy, Mr. Trump said he has not yet made a decision on whether to authorize strikes against Iran, but said he is not happy with how the Iranians have been negotiating.”I’m not happy with the fact that they’re not willing to give…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! USA Rugby, the nation’s governing body for the sport of rugby, announced Friday it will be introducing a new “open” gender division to accommodate trans athletes.The new rule comes more than a year after President Donald Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order and nearly seven months after the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee’s (USOPC) new requirement for all governing bodies to comply with it.”USA Rugby will now have three competition categories; Men’s Division, Women’s Division and Open Division. The Open Division will permit any athlete, regardless of gender assigned…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: An illegal immigrant who reported to a U.S. Border Patrol site in Florida to perform some Information technology contractual work was arrested when authorities were made aware of his citizenship status, officials said. Angel Camacho, a Venezuelan citizen, reported to a USBP center in Dania Beach, Florida, Jan. 6 to do some IT work when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials began vetting him, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told Fox News Digital. During its investigation, it was revealed Camacho was in violation of U.S. immigration laws, authorities said. …

Alberta’s newly-tabled budget, and its impact on local property taxes, is facing criticism from Calgary council and the city’s mayor, who is calling for more transparency around how the money will be spent. On Thursday, the provincial government unveiled its budget with a second straight increase to the education property tax rate to generate $3.6 billion; $1.2 billion of that has been requisitioned from the City of Calgary.New city data shows the move means that 42 cents of every property tax dollar collected in Calgary will go to the provincial government.At a press conference Friday, Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas expressed…

Place or plate? They’re not mutually exclusive.Festivals often rely on one or more big names to anchor a program and pump up visitation. Food festivals are no exception. But for some time now, a quiet revolution’s been taking place: a trust in a location’s unique characteristics, whether it be cuisine, culture, climate or connection, to deliver the goods regardless of the talent.This shift towards region itself as star is one that festival director Erin Molloy, who heads up AHOY Management and also runs events including Cabin Fever and Subi Spritz, has championed for years.“It’s always been a very firm belief…

As Washington escalates threats of military action against Iran, negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme continue behind the scenes. But while the Trump administration insists that the standoff is about security, Iran’s state media are pushing a very different narrative: that the crisis is a deliberate distraction from the Epstein scandal that continues to implicate the US president.Contributors:Dina Esfandiary – Middle East Lead, Bloomberg EconomicsFereshteh Sadeghi – Iranian journalistJamal Abdi – President, National Iranian American CouncilSina Toossi – Senior Fellow, Centre for International PolicyOn our radar:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Israel this past week in a carefully choreographed display…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Democratic Washington state lawmaker has apologized after admitting he showed up to a committee hearing after drinking alcohol and making somewhat slurred remarks during the proceeding.  Democratic state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, the state House majority leader, said it was a “serious mistake for many reasons” when he appeared at a House Appropriations Committee meeting Wednesday where he discussed the operating budget. “I made a poor choice last night by drinking alcohol before we had finished our work for the day,” Fitzgibbon explained in a statement to “The Jason Rantz Show,” which first…