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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 2, 2026 4:41 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia Premier David Eby hasn’t had to familiarize himself with a new face in his office after deputy director of communications James Smith left for another job — he simply tapped Smith’s identical twin brother, George. The brothers have been confusing the B.C. political scene for years and it’s a familiar post for George Smith, who previously held the same job under late former premier John Horgan, before being promoted to director of communications under both Horgan…

Hospitality businesses warn of potential weekend closures as penalty rates force them to charge Australians millions in holiday surcharges.

Ten Muslim civil rights groups have issued a joint letter denouncing the arrest of a Palestinian American community leader in Wisconsin, Salah Sarsour.The president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee and a vocal Palestinian advocate, Sarsour was reportedly pulled over by 10 federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while driving on March 30.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe joint letter explains that Sarsour was transferred to a detention facility in Illinois, then to Indiana, leaving his family “scrambling to determine his whereabouts”.A lawful permanent resident, he had lived in the US for 32 years, according to…

A former FBI agent who was prosecuted for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and later hired by the Trump-era Justice Department has left his government post, he announced Thursday.In a post on X, Jared Wise said he came to the Justice Department hoping to expose alleged abuses by prosecutors and agents who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, but he now believes it’s not possible to complete that mission from his role at the department.”I returned to Washington to fully expose the abuses by the FBI and DOJ against J6 defendants, but it…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A jealous ex-boyfriend allegedly plotted a horrifying acid attack that left a young New York college student burned and disfigured — then mocked her injuries afterward, prosecutors say.Shaquille Coke, 31, pleaded not guilty at his March 24 arraignment in Nassau County court on charges including first-degree assault in connection with the 2021 attack on a 21-year-old woman outside her Elmont home. He was arrested in Brooklyn by Nassau County police.Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly described Coke as a “jealous, possessive, and jilted former boyfriend” who allegedly orchestrated the brutal assault after…

The Conservative critic for Indigenous Services is adding his voice to calls for Prime Minister Mark Carney to apologize to Grassy Narrows First Nation after he said he could “outlast” a protester raising concerns about mercury poisoning in her community. Conservative MP Billy Morin told The Canadian Press Carney “laughs at First Nations’ frustrations over the Liberals failing to keep their promises,” and that his remark was more arrogant than a similar quip former prime minister Justin Trudeau made to a Grassy Narrows demonstrator in 2019.Chrissy Isaacs, a Grassy Narrows First Nation woman suffering from mercury poisoning, was in Toronto on Monday…

Labor’s workplace laws introduced in 2023 risk causing Australia to suffer from stagflation, a University of New South Wales professor has warned.

Now, however, this approach appears to be in limbo. The Supreme Court’s overturning of the Liberation Day tariffs raised questions about the sanctity of the trade deals that the US made with Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. In fact, there is ongoing confusion in Malaysia about the status of their deal with the US. The announcement of the Section 301 investigations into excess capacity and forced labour raised further questions about the value of entering deals with the US when they can be broken so easily. Public hearings for the Section 301 cases will occur in late April and early May. Accused…

US president has said that he will use tariffs to bring down costly pharmaceutical drugs, but the impact remains uncertain.Published On 2 Apr 20262 Apr 2026United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that could slap long-threatened tariffs of up to 100 percent on some patented drugs if pharmaceutical companies don’t reach deals with his administration in the coming months.Under Thursday’s executive order, companies that have signed a “most favoured nation” pricing deal and are actively building facilities in the US will have a zero-percent tariff.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFor those that don’t have a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released additional evidence it says confirms that a staffer for Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, lied about being an attorney for detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in an effort to meet with them and sneak in smuggled cell phones.In March, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons informed Escobar in a letter about Benito Torres, a senior caseworker on the congresswoman’s staff, who he said lied about being a lawyer for detainees in ICE custody at the Camp East Montana facility at Fort…