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Carney says he looks forward to Gordie Howe bridge opening after Trump threatened to block it

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday morning to explain the mutual benefits of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will soon connect Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, after the president threatened on Monday evening to block the opening of the new border crossing. Read More
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These large, luxury Japanese strawberries just launched in Canada

The viral Oishii strawberry is now available in Canada. A package of eight large or 11 medium Koyo Berries retails for $12.99 at all Fortinos locations across the GTA and is for sale at other select Toronto grocers. For point of comparison, that's $10.74 per 100 grams for the Koyo Berry versus $2.06 per 100 grams for greenhouse-grown Ontario strawberries. Read More
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Peter MacKinnon: University censorship is out of control

The Jan. 31 edition of the Economist tells a depressing story of the academy in peril. An instructor of an introductory philosophy course at Texas A&M University — one of America’s largest post-secondaries — faced reassignment unless he excluded Plato from his reading list; another professor at the same school was dismissed for discussing gender fluidity; and 200 courses are under administrative review for prohibited content. At the University of Texas at Austin, 40 per cent of faculty reported being pressured to make changes to their curricula, and the university’s faculty council, elected to advise the administration on academic matters, was dissolved last year. Read More
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