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With close to a million Canadians requiring care at home, personal care workers are in an important position of trust. But a Nova Scotia woman is speaking out and calling for better oversight after her sister was allegedly robbed in her own home.Patty Naugler’s late sister, Kathy Newman, was diagnosed with ALS — a terminal nervous system disorder also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — in 2023.Last year, RCMP charged a woman the family had hired to care for Newman with fraud after her credit and debit cards were allegedly used without her knowledge.“How could somebody do that? We opened…

A decision on a proposed sand extraction site in Casuarina has been deferred for another 90 days.

Indonesia move clear in fourth spot in Group C of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia with 1-0 win against Bahrain.Indonesia secured a crucial 1-0 win in their Group C qualifier against Bahrain in Jakarta to increase their hopes of reaching the 2026 World Cup. It was head coach Patrick Kluivert’s first win in charge after the former Netherlands international lost his opening game 5-1 to Australia last Thursday. Ole Romeny scored the only goal of the game in the 24th minute as he latched onto Marselino Ferdinan’s pass before beating the keeper. The win moves fourth-placed Indonesia three…

For the Bronx crew ESG, another group formed by sisters — Renee Scroggins and her younger siblings Valerie, Deborah and Marie, along with a friend, Tito Libran — Lincoln Center was the far-off home of the New York Philharmonic, watched on PBS. Renee Scroggins, ESG’s frontwoman, said the show next month will be the first time she has set foot in the space. (ESG has performed at Carnegie Hall, and in arenas like Barclays Center, opening for Robyn, one of the many acts that followed in its sonic footprints.)ESG — it stands for emerald, sapphire and gold — was born…

Paris — French cinema icon Gérard Depardieu is in court in Paris this week, accused of sexually assaulting two women in 2021. A set designer, 34, and an assistant producer, 54, claim the actor grabbed and groped them while filming “Les Volets Verts” (“The Green Shutters”) in Paris in August and September 2021.Taking the stand Tuesday for the first time, Depardieu told the court he was nothing like the man described by the two women.”I don’t see why I would grope a woman, her buttocks, her breasts,” he said. “I’m not somebody who rubs himself up against people on the metro.”The…

The World Liberty Financial website arranged on a smartphone in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWorld Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance venture backed by President Donald Trump and his family, has launched a stablecoin, joining an increasingly crowded market.The company said Tuesday that the stablecoin, dubbed USD1, will be pegged to the U.S. dollar and be backed by short-term U.S. government treasuries, U.S. dollar deposits, and other cash equivalents. It will soon go live on the Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain networks.”USD1 provides what algorithmic and anonymous crypto projects cannot — access…

The crumbling apartments in Aurora, Colo., that President Trump seized on to insist the city had been overrun by Venezuelan street gangs are now boarded up and nearly empty. But in one building, the smashed door of Apartment 300 captures the fresh divisions sown by Mr. Trump’s immigration crackdown.On a recent spring morning, a crew of construction workers fixing up the apartments pointed to the door as evidence of the violence wrought by criminals let into the country by Democrats. “They allowed this sanctuary nonsense,” said Karl Baker, a contractor, who voted for Mr. Trump.Jackelin Melendez, who lives nearby, had…

The families of Israeli hostages are suing Mahmoud Khalil and other Columbia University protest organizers for allegedly running Hamas’ “propaganda arm” on campus. The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York on Monday, sues Khalil, a former Columbia graduate student who was the principal leader of Columbia University Apartheid Divest and a spokesman for the so-called “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” as well as Nerdeen Kiswani, the co-founder and chair of Within Our Lifetime; Maryam Alwan, a representative for Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine; and Cameron Jones, a representative for Columbia-Barnard Jewish Voice For Peace. “Defendants in this case are Hamas’ propaganda…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 25, 2025 12:46 pm Updated March 25, 2025 12:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says no Canadian would lose their federal dental care or pharmacare coverage under a government led by him. At a campaign stop Tuesday in Vaughan, Ont., Poilievre was asked whether he would cut these programs — a popular point of attack among his opponents.Poilievre said a Conservative government would “protect those programs, and no one who has them would lose them.” Get breaking National news For news impacting…

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal is recovering in hospital following the heart attack he suffered during a domestic T20 match.The 36-year-old, his country’s record ODI run-scorer, was captaining Mohammedan Sporting Club in Monday’s Dhaka Premier League fixture against Shinepukur when he complained of chest pains and later went into cardiac arrest.He received emergency treatment on site and was given angioplasty to relieve a blockage of the arteries.It has been reported locally that he will remain under close observation at the KPJ Hospital in Savar for the next 72 hours but he was well enough to post on social media.”The heartbeat…