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Bryan Garson moved into Kelowna, B.C.’s, first tiny home community last March, shortly after it opened. Step Place is a 60-unit transitional housing development that supports people experiencing homelessness.“I don’t feel homeless now because I have a key to my door,” Garson said. “It makes you feel human again.”The 47-year-old man said he was unhoused for about three years due to some tough life circumstances.“I don’t ever want to experience it again,” Garson told Global News.Now after months at Step Place, Garson will soon be moving into permanent housing.He was recently approved for a rent supplement through BC Housing and…

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred is reviewing a request for Pete Rose to be removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list, which could lead to his eventual selection to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.According to reports published last Saturday, Manfred met with Rose’s daughter, Fawn, and his former lawyer Jeffrey Lenkov about reinstatement in December. A formal petition was submitted on Jan. 8.On Friday evening, one day before that news was reported, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he planned to posthumously pardon Rose and advocated for MLB to rescind Rose’s lifetime ban, which was issued in…

There was a show of faith in Cooper Connolly by Australia in their defeat to India that proves the 21-year-old West Aussie will be a long-term investment for the national team, writes Jackson Barrett.

Israel’s domestic security service on Tuesday assumed responsibility for failing to heed warning signs of a planned Hamas attack before the militants’ devastating strike on Oct. 7, 2023. But the agency also faulted the Israeli government for policies it said had allowed Hamas to quietly amass weapons, collect funds and gain support, among other failures.The conclusions from the Shin Bet, as the security agency is known, were published days after a similar inquiry by Israeli military found that senior officers had vastly underestimated Hamas and misinterpreted early warnings that a major attack was coming.The report published on Tuesday consisted only…

Sweeping tariffs imposed by President Trump threatened economic upheaval for consumers and businesses in the United States on Tuesday as the country’s biggest trading partners struck back, raising fears of a burgeoning trade war.Canada and China swiftly condemned the U.S. tariffs and announced retaliatory tariffs against American exports. President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said that if the U.S. tariffs were still in place on Sunday, she, too, would announce countermeasures.“This is a time to hit back hard and to demonstrate that a fight with Canada will have no winners,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said in a stern and,…

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower on Tuesday as trade tensions intensified following US President Donald Trump’s implementation of new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.Trump’s 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, along with a doubling of duties on Chinese goods, took effect at midnight. In response, China and Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs, while Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed to follow suit, though she did not provide specifics.The Dow tumbled for a second straight day, reflecting investor concerns over potential economic fallout. The blue-chip index dropped 670.25 points (1.6%), extending Monday’s nearly 650-point decline.…

Wall Street stocks fell for the second day in a row on rising concerns Donald Trump’s tariffs will deal a blow to the US economy. The blue-chip S&P 500 was down around 0.9 per cent on Tuesday afternoon, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.2 per cent. The S&P 500 briefly on Tuesday fell below the November 5 closing price, meaning the gauge had wiped out all of its gains since the election. But it recovered slightly above those levels later in the session. Stocks had initially rallied after Trump’s election victory, with investors betting that his promise of tax…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Vineyard values have tumbled by as much as a third in the past year as oversupply of wine weighs down on the industry amid sinking global consumption, according to a new report. In its latest wealth report, published on Wednesday, Knight Frank said “few of the world’s key vineyard regions remain unscathed” by a drop in demand for wine, adding that consumption has fallen 12 per cent globally from its peak in 2007.New Zealand’s vineyard values have suffered most, with prices in…

  Updated 2m ago Why this speech isn’t a “State of the Union” President Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House chamber on Feb. 4, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Constitution says the president shall, “from time to time,” give a report on the “State of the Union” to Congress. This speech typically takes place in January or February, and gives presidents the opportunity to tout their accomplishments over the past year and lay out their agenda for the months ahead.Since Mr. Trump has only been in office for six weeks and a…

Veterans, who make up a disproportionate share of federal employees, are feeling the brunt of the Trump administration’s rapid push to downsize the work force, generating discord in a reliable political base for Republicans.Some Republican lawmakers are facing backlash at town hall gatherings where people have raised concerns about veterans being part of the deep cuts made by President Trump and his partner in this mission, the tech billionaire Elon Musk.And in an act of protest, some Democrats are bringing fired veterans as their guests to Mr. Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, where Mr. Trump…