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In one of history’s little-known ironies, the Maple Leaf country pushing back against Donald Trump’s annexation bid is also host to a tiny, remote restaurant and brothel that helped launch the U.S. president’s family fortune more than 100 years ago. To find it, look west. Way west.On a quiet, remote trail in British Columbia near the Yukon boundary sits a replica wooden facade of the brothel and restaurant Trump’s grandfather built at the turn of the century.Friedrich Trump called his business in Bennett, a town that sprang up because of the Klondike Gold Rush, the Arctic Restaurant & Hotel.Parks Canada…

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The Uber driver critically injured in a horror Dalkeith crash which killed his passenger and resulted in a Perth doctor being sent to jail charged with manslaughter has been discharged from hospital.Muhammad Usman broke both legs and fractured his hand after Rhys Bellinge’s speeding jaguar allegedly ploughed into his Uber, claiming the life of his passenger Elizabeth Pearce last month.A Royal Perth Hospital spokesperson on Thursday confirmed he had been discharged from hospital.Mr Usman was placed in an induced coma after being rushed to RPH on on February and was fighting for life for several days.The Pakistan-born driver was moved…

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As I do every year, I’ve written up a handful of big leaguers who’ve lost their rookie/prospect status and who I think are candidates to make a significant improvement this season, whether it’s from a change in skills, a change in role or just positive trends from them over the last year or two.I had one of my shortest breakouts lists ever last year, and I would say only one of the five players in that piece fulfilled my prediction, as Hunter Greene posted a 6.3 WAR and his 2.75 ERA was nearly two full runs below his career mark…

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VICTIMS ARE IN “SAFE PROTECTION”  The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection told CNA it is aware of three alleged victims of Fajar, and said they are being cared for.  “None of them have fled. They are in safe protection. Two of the victims are still being accompanied by their parents, so they do not need to stay at a safe house,” said Ciput Eka Purwianti, the ministry’s assistant deputy for child protection. Social workers from Kupang and East Nusa Tenggara province also continue to provide psychological support to the victims.  The ministry works with the Witness and Victim…

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A fragment of a face from a human ancestor is the oldest in Western Europe, according to the results of a new study published this week.The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found in northern Spain in 2022 and published in the journal Nature on Wednesday.Archaeologists believe the fossil is between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years old. Researchers hope the discovery will provide some new insights about the first inhabitants of Western Europe during the Early Pleistocene epoch. Much of the available information from Western Europe is confined to the Iberian…

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Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Republican representative and President Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will appear before the Senate health committee on Thursday, the first time an agency director has been subject to the confirmation process.Dr. Weldon, 71, is perhaps the least known of the men nominated to lead major agencies at the Department of Health and Human Services. But he is the one aligned most closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary.Dr. Weldon, like Mr. Kennedy, has long questioned the safety of certain vaccines, and the two have maintained…

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By Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press Posted March 13, 2025 7:30 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A major foreign-policy summit is underway in Quebec Thursday, with the Liberals welcoming foreign ministers from the U.S., Europe and Japan. The Group of Seven ministerial meeting is taking place in the Charlevoix region, just as Canada seeks support against damaging American tariffs.The leaders are set to discuss the functioning of the G7 Thursday, as well as geopolitical challenges ranging from Haiti to Sudan. 0:41 G7 summit agenda won’t include how US will ‘take over’ Canada, Rubio…

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What inspires the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter? Her first picture book, “Tori and the Muses,” offers an answer. In an email interview, she shared how her gently rebellious mother made her a reader. SCOTT HELLERWhat books are on your night stand?“Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals,” by Jamie Sams and David Carson. It’s an interactive book and card set where you can pull a card and read about the healing properties that each animal embodies as it relates to mind, body and spirit. Jamie Sams was of Indigenous heritage, and I feel like some of it was…

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