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The U.S. Department of the Interior says its revamped national parks policy will charge foreign visitors higher entry fees than U.S. residents, as part of its initiative to prioritize American tourists. In an email to Global News, the department said that starting in January, all international visitors to U.S. national parks will be charged an…

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn’t afraid to defend its record as it faces more than a dozen recall petition campaigns. Smith, during question period Wednesday, said that’s especially true for two of her ministers as their accomplishments speak for themselves. She said Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides, one of seven…

Canadians with roots in Hong Kong have been watching in horror at news of the fire that tore through seven highrise towers in the Chinese special administrative region, leaving dozens dead and hundreds missing. Vancouver resident Albert Wai Yip Chan, a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, said the fire risk in the…

Representational picture (AP photo) Grocery stores in the US are absorbing the rising cost of turkeys this Thanksgiving. A spike in bird flu cases has pushed up wholesale prices, according to new data from the US department of agriculture (USDA). But these higher costs are not being passed on to shoppers. USDA figures show that…

Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday afternoon just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack. FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said they were hospitalized in critical condition. The rare shooting of National Guard members, on the day before…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and former environment minister Steven Guilbeault will not resign from Mark Carney’s cabinet over the upcoming pipeline agreement between Ottawa and Alberta, according to a senior government source. Guilbeault had been rumoured to be unhappy with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A court in Thailand said Wednesday that it has issued an arrest warrant for a co-owner of the Miss Universe Organization in connection with a fraud case. Jakkaphong “Anne” Jakrajutatip was charged with fraud then released on bail in 2023. She failed to appear as required in…

A judge in Georgia has dismissed the last pending criminal case against president Donald Trump, ending efforts to charge him for trying to overturn the 2020 election. With this, all three criminal cases filed against him before his re-election have now been taken down. Charges against his co-accused, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, were…

A family of four has been rescued off the coast of Clearwater, Fla., after spending approximately 20 hours clinging to their capsized vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard reported. Footage from the rescue shows four men waving down an aircrew at around 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday. #Breaking A @USCG Sta Sand Key boat crew rescued 4…

A new oilsands pipeline to the northern B.C. coast is a non-starter as long as oil tankers are forbidden there, but experts say a removal of the federal ban would only lift one of many obstacles deterring the private sector from such a project. Media reports say the federal and Alberta governments are poised to…