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VideoLondon's iconic Tower Bridge gets spring clean
One of London's most iconic landmarks, Tower Bridge, had a spring clean in the early hours of Wednesday morning.Specialist sub-contractors abseiled from the structure’s twin high-level walkways, suspended 42 metres above the waters of the River Thames.
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New Brunswick to mourn those who never returned from work
Melissa Brown tells the story of a woman who set the breakfast table in anticipation of her husband's return. But it never happened because of a workplace accident."She was six months pregnant with her first child and her 27-year-old husband didn't make it home," said Brown, the president of the Moncton & District Labour Council.Brown said that woman will share her story Sunday afternoon during an event at Moncton's Bore Park to mark a national day of mourning.Melissa Brown is the president of M
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Woman dies after head-on collision on highway west of Montreal
Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, Que., roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early this morning.Police spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car the woman was driving.She was initially brought to the hospital in critical condition but later died.Deshaies says police arrested the driver of the second vehicle,
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Transit trips up among seniors since Montreal introduced free fare program, city says
Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect on July 1 of last year, offers residents who are 65 or older free fare for transit trips within the city of Montreal and suburbs on Montreal Island. The six-month results were released in a 2025 budget planning document the city published earlier this week. Montreal also reports 47 per cent of eligibl
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Youth cyclist injured in vehicle collision in Regina
Regina police say a youth cyclist struck by a vehicle Friday night suffered minor injuries but was taken to hospital out of caution. Officers were called to the 4500 block of Harbour Landing Drive at about 8:50 p.m. CST, alongside paramedics, where the youth was hit. Police would not confirm the youth's age. The driver stayed at the scene and no charges have been laid.
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Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison
Iraq's parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison sentence on Saturday, in a move it said aimed to uphold religious values but was condemned by rights advocates as the latest attack on the LGBT community in Iraq. The law aims to "protect Iraqi society from moral depravity and the calls for homosexuality that have overtaken the world," according to a copy of the law seen by Reuters. It was backed mainly by conservative Shi'ite Muslim parties who f
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VideoAnti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity
Police in riot gear cleared an encampment on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston as several dozen students shouted and booed at them from a distance.
