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Measles outbreaks are spreading across Canada and here in Manitoba. Cases continue to climb after the province of Manitoba confirmed the first case only three months ago.“This virus is very good at spreading. As a reminder, it can stay in the air two hours after the person infected with measles has been in the room and left,” epidemiologist Cynthia Carr said.There has been 60 confirmed cases of the highly-infectious virus this year, according to Manitoba Health. The first case was reported in February and just this month alone has seen 42 new cases.“It can lead to ear infection, lung infection,…

Fire authorities are treating a house blaze, which has left two children and a woman with critical burns injuries, as suspicious.

Brennan Johnson scores the only goal as Tottenham beat Man Utd to lift the cup and qualify for the Champions League.Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League final, lifting its first European trophy in more than four decades to qualify for next season’s Champions League. It is the first major title for Tottenham since it won the English League Cup in 2008, and its first European triumph since it won its second UEFA Cup — the equivalent of the Europa League now — in 1984. Brennan Johnson squeezed in the winner at the end of the first…

The typically calm confines of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee were the site of several clashes Wednesday between Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Democrats on the panel adjudicating his annual budget request.Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., rattled off a list of cancers he claimed Zeldin’s actions at the agency could cause, remarking the New York Republican must be proud of how many regulations he’s slashed in such a short time. “Your legacy will be more lung cancer — it’ll be more bladder cancer, more head and neck cancer. There’ll be more breast cancer, more leukemia and pancreatic…

A group of keffiyeh-wearing anti-Israel protesters ripped up and burned diplomas outside Columbia University on Wednesday shortly after a graduation ceremony at the Ivy League institution, while unruly demonstrators also tangled with police. Chaos erupted outside the university when the protesters – many of whom had their faces covered with masks – torched diplomas in food trays next to a sign that read “Free Mahmoud Khalil,” the former student who was arrested by immigration agents in March and whom the Trump administration is trying to deport. “Free, free Palestine,” and “You’re committing genocide,” the protesters yelled in the rain to the sound…

A group of Albertans who oppose efforts to have the province separate from the rest of Canada has filed an application to have its referendum petition approved. The group, which calls itself Forever Canada, has filed paperwork with Elections Canada in the hope of being able to ask Albertans this question: “Do you agree that Alberta must remain in Canada and any form of separation be rejected?”Thomas Lukaszuk, who spent time serving as deputy premier as part of Alison Redford’s Progressive Conservative government, told Global News on Wednesday that he filed the paperwork a week earlier because he wants the…

Kids as young as 10 will face adult jail time for a range of new offences after a state government passed its second tranche of controversial youth crime laws.The “adult crime, adult time” laws now include 20 more offences after passing through during a late-night sitting in Queensland Parliament on Wednesday.Young offenders can now face lengthy adult sentences for attempted murder, rape, sexual assault, torture and kidnapping.”It is a significant day,” Attorney-General Deb Frecklington told reporters.It is the second wave of the laws that were central to the Liberal National government’s pitch to voters at the 2024 election.The first wave…

Hollywood spy techniques aren’t entirely fiction, according to former CIA chief of disguise Jonna Mendez.During an interview on “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday, Mendez said some of the high-tech espionage depicted in the Tom Cruise action series “Mission Impossible” using masks that allow characters to dramatically peel off realistic facial disguises has real-world parallels.”The idea of a mask that you could quickly put on, quickly take off was very real,” she said. “We used it with some discretion, but we used it when we needed it and got great results.”Mendez said that the CIA developed masks capable of changing an agent’s…

Jony Ive, the celebrated former Apple industrial design maven behind the look of the iPhone, iPad and other of the technology giant’s products, has joined OpenAI as part of a $6.5 billion deal that will merge’s Ive’s startup with Sam Altman’s company.Ive will help the artificial intelligence company, which developed ChatGPT, launch devices with generative AI capability, according to a video posted on OpenAI’s X account on Wednesday. As part of the deal, OpenAI announced it will acquire with Ive’s startup io, according to a statement posted by OpenAI. Ive and his startup team will lead design efforts at the AI company. “Two…

Cyril Ramaphosa's Oval Office visit began with a video making false claims of anti-white discrimination.