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This alleged pyramid scheme targets Filipino migrant workers, promising a life in Canada; A composite image of four disgruntled clients of a purported immigration consultancy\. The second person's face is in shadow\.

This alleged pyramid scheme targets Filipino migrant workers, promising a life in Canada

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Former clients and employees allege that Vancouver-based company PLC Global operated a pyramid scheme to scam foreigners looking for jobs in Canada — putting migrant workers in a situation one lawyer likened to "modern-day slavery."

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What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about?; Jeff Rath, a lawyer for the separatist Alberta Prosperity Project, sits beside the group's proposed question for a potential referendum on Alberta separation, at a Monday news conference\. Threats of separation have reached new heights since the April election of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney\.

What, exactly, are Alberta separatists mad about?

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Threats of Alberta separation go back decades, and have reached new heights since the April election of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney. Why do some Albertans feel they're being treated so unfairly?

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Israeli military airstrikes kill at least 50 in Gaza; Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday\.

Israeli military airstrikes kill at least 50 in Gaza

May 14 , 2025 at 06:47:07 a.m. EDT • :

Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in a significant escalation of the bombardment as U.S. President Donald Trump continued his visit to the Middle East.

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​Where in the world is the U.S. trying to deport 3rd-country migrants?; Family members of Venezuelan migrants, who were detained at the Terrorism Confinement Center \(CECOT\) prison in El Salvador after being expelled by the U\.S\., hold signs and pictures of their loved ones, during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 9\.

​Where in the world is the U.S. trying to deport 3rd-country migrants?

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

U.S. President Donald Trump promised voters that if elected a second time, his administration would pursue mass deportations of those unauthorized to be in the country, and it appears they are looking far afield in pursuing that goal.

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Immigrant women call for better interpreter access during births in Quebec City hospitals; Marielle M'Bangha, who supports immigrant women, encourages patients to make official complaints to the hospital network if they feel they don't have adequate access to interpreters\.

Immigrant women call for better interpreter access during births in Quebec City hospitals

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

One English-speaking woman says she did not have access to an intepreter during the birth of her first child, which left her hospitalized for a week. She says she does not feel as if staff made sure she understood what was going on.

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WATCH | Hawaii just made it more expensive to be a tourist — on purpose; A composite image of a woman with her hand on her chin in front of some cliffs overlooking blue waters\.  

May 13 , 2025 at 09:02:11 p.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Hawaii just made it more expensive to be a tourist — on purpose

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Alessia Cara on her new album, new tour and old secrets; Alessia Cara appears in a promotional image for her new album, Love & Hyperbole\. The Canadian musician sits down with CBC to talk about her career, artistic inspirations and a return to touring\.  

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Alessia Cara on her new album, new tour and old secrets

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Zelenskyy says he is ready to meet Putin in Turkey. But Russia's president may be a no-show; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, seen here in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, is headed to Ankara, Turkey\.  

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Zelenskyy says he is ready to meet Putin in Turkey. But Russia's president may be a no-show

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Pikangikum First Nation takes federal government to court over lack of water, wastewater infrastructure; Pikangikum First Nation is seen in this June 2023 file photo\. About 4,000 people live in the remote Ojibway community, and the population is growing\.  

May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Pikangikum First Nation takes federal government to court over lack of water, wastewater infrastructure

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The 'New Deal' of grift: Trump sets standard for presidential self-enrichment; U\.S\. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Fla\., on April 11\. Trump says he wants to use an airliner being offered as a gift by Qatar as a temporary replacement for the aging, official aircraft\.  

May 13 , 2025 at 07:53:28 p.m. EDT • :

The 'New Deal' of grift: Trump sets standard for presidential self-enrichment

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May 13 , 2025 at 10:15:31 p.m. EDT • :

Phillips records 1st playoff shutout as Charge beat Victoire, taking control of semifinal series

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May 13 , 2025 at 03:06:13 p.m. EDT • :

Canada's multibillion-dollar bets on the EV industry aren't all working out

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May 13 , 2025 at 01:07:33 p.m. EDT • :

RCMP say they are interviewing dozens of people in search for missing N.S. children

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May 14 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

From baby wipes to aluminum panels, Hong Kong businesses are caught in U.S.-China trade scrap

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May 13 , 2025 at 08:31:34 p.m. EDT • :

Deadly Israeli strikes target 2 separate Khan Younis hospitals in 1 day

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