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Toronto hospital performs Canada’s first heart transplant using a heart that stopped beating: UHN

Canada’s first-ever heart transplant using a heart, which had stopped beating before donation, has successfully been performed in Toronto, according to the University Health Network.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 19h

pro-Israel pro genocide

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 21h

Britain’s once-mighty Conservative Party is battling to avoid extinction

Britain’s Conservatives used to boast they were the world’s most successful political party. Not anymore.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 19h

sigh

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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 2d

‘Something doesn’t smell right’: $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants traced to lobbyists with ties to Ontario premier

Clients of lobbyists with ties to Ontario's premier and his office snagged at least $100 million in Skills Development Fund grants, according to an analysis of the data by CTV News.

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 2d

Trump says may consider pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, says Diddy asked for one

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday left the door open to a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of helping the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 2d

And people still follow this pedo

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 2d

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison term, though she was moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after she was interviewed in July by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 2d

Majority of Canadians support Canada’s decision to recognize Palestinian state: Nanos

A majority of Canadians support the federal government’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, but many believe it could negatively affect trade relations with the United States, according to a new survey by Nanos Research commissioned by CTV News and the Globe and Mail.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 3d

now show college educated

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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 3d

Coffee prices rising for Canadians at Tim Hortons, grocery stores

Canada’s iconic coffee chain is charging more for the drink, reflecting a wider trend of jittery coffee prices.

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Canadians detained in Israel over Gaza-bound flotilla: Global Affairs

Global Affairs Canada says two Canadian citizens have been detained in Israel in connection with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 4d

Holy crap this guy is so annoying do people really believe a word he says

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 4d

International journalists visit Gaza City under the supervision of Israel’s army

An Israeli army vehicle rumbles through the empty streets of a shattered neighborhood in Gaza City, and with help from a video camera, a soldier spots people standing inside a blasted out nearby building. The armored personal carrier revs its engine and moves on.

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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 5d

Marineland asks Ottawa for emergency cash to feed whales — or euthanasia imminent

Marineland has asked Ottawa for emergency funding to feed and care for the last captive whales in the country, saying euthanasia is otherwise imminent and will be a “direct consequence” of the fisheries minister’s decision to deny export permits for the belugas.

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 5d

Two million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

More than two million people across Italy rallied in over 100 cities Friday for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission, Italy’s largest union said.

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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 5d

Mark Carney-launched Net-Zero Banking Alliance votes to shut down

A global banking group that Prime Minister Mark Carney helped launch in 2021 to fight climate change has voted to shut down.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 5d

Financial institutions have no interest in fighting climate change

Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 6d

not surprising the amount of racism in canada is insane

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 6d

Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record

Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year with a 3 per cent drop in total volume — the fourth-largest annual drop on record — due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss glaciologists reported Wednesday.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 6d

Good news

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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 7d

#BREAKING: Ontario falling short on reaching $10-a-day child-care goals: auditor general

Ontario falling short on reaching $10-a-day child-care goals: auditor general

The Ontario government is not on track to meet its targets when it comes to affordable childcare, a new report from Ontario’s auditor general says, with decreased enrolment for low-income families and poor tracking of available spaces.

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Drew🇨🇦 @drew-t.bsky.social · 7d

this would be front page news if it were any other politician.

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Unofficial CP24 Mirror @cp24-mirror.bsky.social · 7d

‘Not fair, transparent or accountable’: Ontario’s auditor general weighs in on $750M in Skills Development Fund grants

More than half the time, the Ontario labour minister’s office overrode the opinions of non-partisan staff to dole out around $750 million in grants to a multi-billion-dollar job training fund, according to the province’s Auditor General’s report released Wednesday.

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 8d

OpenAI’s Sora joins Meta in pushing AI-generated videos. Some are worried about a flood of ‘AI slop’

If the future of the internet looks like a constant stream of amusing videos generated by artificial intelligence, then OpenAI just placed its stake in an emerging market.

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