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Former Liberal MP Han Dong will not seek re-election after he says the party told him that they’d be running another candidate. Dong, the independent member for Don Valley North, says he’s “disappointed” that he won’t be running in the upcoming contest, but said he didn’t want to split the vote in the safely Liberal riding to give the party its best shot at winning.Dong stepped away from the Liberal caucus on March 22, 2023, after Global News, citing unnamed national security sources, published alleged details about his interactions with the Chinese consulate in Toronto. Dong reportedly had discussions with…

More alleged Venezuelan gang members have been deported from the United States to El Salvador, in violation of several court orders.

WASHINGTON: The United States said Monday (Mar 31) it has dispatched a disaster relief team to Myanmar days after a major earthquake, defending the pace of the deployment following President Donald Trump’s dismantling of America’s main overseas aid agency. The United States has announced US$2 million in support to aid organizations on the ground in Myanmar, where the earthquake death toll has surpassed 2000. “A US aid team of humanitarian experts based in the region are traveling to Burma now to identify the people’s most pressing needs, including emergency shelter, food, medical needs and access to water,” State Department spokeswoman Tammy…

New York Yankees World Series champion Brett Gardner and his wife Jessica released an obituary for their late son Miller on Saturday after he died at age 14 during a vacation in Costa Rica. The family shared details of the upcoming funeral and reflected on his life in the obituary, which was published in the Charleston Post and Courier. “The void Miller’s passing leaves in the hearts of his family, friends, teammates, teachers, coaches and others will be felt for years. The Gardner family will forever cherish the places they visited, the people they met, the friends they made, and the memories…

Prince Harry announced on March 25 that he had stepped down as a patron of Sentebale, the charity he co-founded in memory of his mother, after a monthslong dispute between the charity’s chair and the board of trustees broke into the open.Harry and his fellow co-founder, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, said they had quit in solidarity with five board members who had resigned over a dispute with the chair, Sophie Chandauka.Both Ms. Chandauka and the group of former trustees have made allegations of wrongdoing against each other, and both parties said they had submitted claims and evidence of their arguments…

President Trump last week commuted the lengthy fraud sentence of a former business associate of Hunter Biden’s who assisted a Republican investigation into the Biden family.Jason Galanis was sentenced in 2020 to 189 months in prison and ordered to pay nearly $162 million in forfeiture and restitution after pleading guilty to his role in two securities fraud schemes. One of the schemes, which defrauded investors and a Native American tribal entity of tens of millions of dollars, involved a company for which Mr. Biden was listed as the vice chairman, according to documents introduced at trial.The commutation is the latest…

For some federal employees, returning to the office has meant an expansion of their duties to include cleaning toilets and taking out the trash. For others, it has been commuting to a federal building only to continue doing their work through videoconferencing.Some showed up at the office just to be sent home. Others showed up early and had no where to sit. Some employees with the Federal Aviation Administration returned to an office where lead had been detected in the water. And spending freezes have meant a shortage of toilet paper in some buildings.Federal workers have been returning to offices…

A fresh round of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs is set to hit Canada this week and experts are warning that Canadians will feel the pinch almost immediately on some items. Trump has announced plans for “reciprocal” tariffs on foreign goods entering the country from countries with tariffs or trade measures that he says impede the flow of American goods into that country.The reciprocal tariffs will be on top of sweeping 25 per cent tariffs put on Canada and Mexico at the start of March, as well as the 25 per cent steel and aluminum tariffs earlier this month.The “reciprocal” tariffs…

Australian motorists can no longer take advantage of the Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) exemption for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), despite the tax break continuing indefinitely for electric vehicles (EVs).Launched in July 2022, the FBT exemption applies to all new EVs – and until yesterday PHEVs – priced under the Luxury Car Tax (LCT) threshold for fuel-efficient vehicles (currently $91,387), and purchased through a novated lease.Under the scheme, the government effectively absorbs the cost of your employer’s FBT bill, which would typically be passed on to you, bringing annual savings of up to five figures.While there’s no time limit on the…