From the ground floor of a low-income apartment building in Toronto, Sultana Jahangir runs an organization that helps South Asian women get established in Canada — a challenge she said is getting harder.Polling and migration experts tell a consistent story: broad support for immigration that prevailed for decades in Canada has cracked following a three-year …
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Canadian giant Olivier Rioux, dubbed the World’s Tallest Teen by Guinness World Records, must wait until 2025 to make his college basketball debut, University of Florida coach Todd Golden said on Thursday.Golden revealed plans to “redshirt” the 7-foot-9 (2.36m) 18-year-old from Terrebonne, Quebec — keeping him out this season to maintain four full seasons of eligibility …
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The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Wednesday its founding family had offered a counter-bid to a takeover attempt by Canadian convenience store rival Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT).With around 85,000 outlets, 7-Eleven is the world’s biggest convenience chain. If realised, Couche-Tard’s seven trillion yen ($45 billion) takeover would be the largest foreign buyout of a Japanese firm.Bloomberg …
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The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven is considering going private by buying back its own shares in a bid to avoid a takeover by Canadian rival Couche-Tard, reports said on Wednesday.Seven & i Holdings is eyeing the move as a countermeasure to Circle K owner Alimentation Couche-Tard’s seven trillion yen ($45 billion) takeover proposal, the Nikkei …
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Canadian women’s national team football coach Bev Priestman and two assistants suspended by FIFA over a drone scandal at the Paris Olympics will not be returning, Canada Soccer announced Tuesday.A report released Tuesday by Canada Soccer detailed findings of an investigation into the using of drones to illegally film New Zealand practices at the Paris …
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Leaders of nations beset by climate disasters appealed Tuesday at the COP29 summit for greater urgency in fighting global warming, while others defended fossil fuels and their right to exploit them.More than 75 leaders are expected to speak over two days in Baku, but the heads of many top polluting nations are giving the crunch …
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The host of the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan on Tuesday defended fossil fuels and the right of countries to exploit them as dozens of world leaders arrived for the COP29 conference.More than 75 leaders are expected, but the heads of many top polluting nations are skipping the crunch climate talks, where the impact of …
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Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN climate talks where the impact of Donald Trump’s election victory is keenly felt.More than 75 leaders are expected in Baku over two days but the heads of some of the most powerful and polluting economies are …
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Sony’s “Venom: the Last Dance,” extended its streak atop the North American box office with an estimated haul of $16.2 million on a notably slow weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.The horror threequel, with the popular Tom Hardy in the titular role, benefited from the big studios’ decision to avoid releasing major films on …
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