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By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted March 23, 2026 8:58 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s provincial members of parliament are heading back to Queen’s Park Monday, as the legislature sits for the first time since December. The governing Progressive Conservatives recessed the legislature on Dec. 11 for an unusually long winter break, which the opposition has called undemocratic.The spring session should be a busy one, with the budget being delivered Thursday and Premier Doug Ford’s government facing criticism for restricting public access to records and reducing the amount of grants college…

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US President Donald Trump has backed down on targeting Iran’s power network, saying the United States and Iran have held constructive talks and that he will postpone any strikes on power plants and energy infrastructure.Trump’s statement came after Iran threatened to attack Israel’s power plants and those supplying US bases across the Gulf region if the US targets Iran’s power network.Conversations with Iran will continue throughout the week, Trump said in a social media post.However, Iran’s Fars news agency, citing a source, said there are no direct or indirect communications with the United States.The White House did not respond to…

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Esmaeil Baghaei denies the long-range missile attack, which could change the calculus of the war for US allies.Published On 23 Mar 202623 Mar 2026Iran has denied targeting a joint military base of the United States and the United Kingdom on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia with missiles, dismissing the claim as an “Israeli false flag” attack.Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the accusations reflected a pattern of “disinformation” after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance could not confirm Israel’s claim that the projectiles used were Iranian intercontinental ballistic missiles.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend…

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Washington — The Supreme Court is considering Monday a major elections dispute involving whether federal law bars states from counting mail ballots that are postmarked by, but received after Election Day.The case before the high court involves Mississippi’s deadline for late-arriving mail ballots and whether its law, as well as similar measures from 13 other states, conflicts with federal statutes that set Election Day as the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in certain years.Arguments are taking place as President Trump pushes to end mail voting, with some exceptions, and a decision in the case from the Supreme Court…

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The River Cafe, a bustling London restaurant, has kept its Michelin star since the late ’90s. Ruthie Rogers is not just co-founder, owner and chef; she is maestra of this Italian restaurant, conductor and, on the floor of her blue-carpeted, celebrity-filled world, connector.”I love talking to Wyclef Jean; that was really spontaneous,” she said. “And he just loves food. And within 10 minutes he was just talking, and talking, and talking.”What could be dismissed as name-dropping (“And when Tina Fey came with her husband…”) is, for Rogers, just genuine chat about people in her orbit. Ruthie Rogers welcomes guests to…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Frantic air traffic control audio has been released revealing the moment of the crash that left two pilots dead and at least 42 injured after striking a fire truck Sunday at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.In the moments before the crash, an air traffic controller could be heard on a radio transmission discussing the request for the emergency vehicle to cross part of the tarmac, then trying to stop it.”Stop, Truck 1. Stop,” the transmission says, which can be heard repeatedly.The controller can then be heard frantically diverting an incoming aircraft from landing.FEDS…

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Two Air Canada pilots are dead after their flight originating from Montreal collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night. The flight with Jazz Aviation, Air Canada’s regional airline, was carrying 76 people when it touched down and slammed into a fire truck on a runway at around 11:30 p.m.Kathryn Garcia, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, said the 72 passengers and four crew have been accounted for.However, the two pilots – who were based out of Canada – died, she told reporters early Monday morning.Garcia…

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JAKARTA: Indonesia has arrested a Swiss man accused of using expletives to denigrate a Hindu religious holiday observed on the tourist island of Bali, a police official said.Luzian Andrin Zgraggen risks up to five years in prison on hate speech charges, Bali police spokesman Ariasandy said in a statement late on Sunday (Mar 22) that did not specify the suspect’s age.Bali’s Day of Silence or “Nyepi” was celebrated on Thursday and requires locals and tourists on the Hindu-majority island to stay at home for 24 hours for self-reflection.Work, travel, entertainment and even electricity use are discouraged. Zgraggen was arrested on…

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