Canadian flags are flying at half-mast across the Okanagan in the wake of the shooting tragedy in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. It is a solemn symbol of grief that for some local residents is deeply personal.“Nothing will ever be the same. Nothing will ever be the same for any of them,” said Kelowna resident Shannon Fischer.Fischer has numerous family members who live in the small northeastern town, including a niece and nephew.She says both were inside the school, where multiple children and a teacher were killed Tuesday.“The pit in my stomach that was, ‘Oh no, oh no, oh no.’ The thoughts…
New trades deals between Calgary-based companies and the United States hit an all-time low in 2025 after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canadian goods. According to new data from Calgary Economic Development (CED), less than a quarter of the trade deals it secured in 2025 were with the U.S., down from 35 per cent in 2024.The decline represented the “smallest share of trade deals on record” for the city-owned business development organization, CED said.According to Brad Parry, president of CED, the move is in response to the tariffs and growing uncertainty in the U.S. market.“We’re still working with our…
Apple isn’t likely to move away from a controversial feature in its iOS 27 according to a report, despite some negative feedback from users.The tech giant announced Liquid Glass in June 2025, unveiling the visual theme at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in California, calling it “more expressive and delightful while being instantly familiar” in a press release. The design was created in an effort to mimic glass in the real world—translucent, with colors influenced by the background and content around it, and able to adapt to both a light and dark environment.Apple’s former vice president of Human Interface Design,…
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February 13, 2026 — 12:00pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.Save this article for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.Got itAAAThe undeniable reality is there has been a dangerous increase in antisemitism, but the real question is why there is antisemitism at all. Why do some people think it is OK to hate Jews?This will be the fundamental question for the federal royal commissioner Virginia Bell, a former High Court judge, following December’s Bondi massacre, in which 15 people were murdered because of their…
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Steve Bannon, who served as White House chief strategist during President Donald Trump’s first term, called out the Trump administration’s move to end the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surge in Minnesota, saying, “Tom Homan is a good man, and he’s trying to do it, but that’s just not going to wash.”He later told Newsweek via text message that there should be “no compromise” on the matter. Why It MattersWhite House border czar Tom Homan said the swell of federal immigration enforcement officers into Minnesota is ending, adding that the operation resulted in around 4,000 arrests.DHS announced Operation Metro…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is all but guaranteed unless the Senate rams through a short-term extension of current funding levels sometime on Thursday.But avoiding a DHS shutdown means the same measure must also pass the House of Representatives, where success will depend on delicate political maneuvering by Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to persuade a House Republican Conference with varying ideas of what a path forward should look like.”It would have to be for 60 or 90 days, I would think,” said Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C.,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! JP Cooney, who worked on the criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump with former special counsel Jack Smith, has mounted a congressional bid in Virginia as a Democrat.”I was fired by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice because of my work to prosecute him. But I won’t let Trump – or anyone – stop me from serving. I’m J.P. Cooney, and I’m running for Congress in Virginia’s 7th District,” he wrote in a Wednesday post on X.Fox News Digital reached out to Cooney’s campaign and the White House for comment on Thursday.FIRED TRUMP…
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It’s getting biblical, folks. On February 13, Saturn, our dad jeans planet of structure, punishment, wisdom, and limitations, will move into the adrenaline dumpster fire of Aries. It’s been nearly three decades since the ringed one last set up shop in the sign of the ram — and everyone will be feeling the effects of this transit. Saturn in Aries 2026 As Hong Kong-based certified counselor and award-winning astrologist Letao Wang explains, this transit is not simply a change in sign but the initiation of an entirely new astrological cycle. “This marks the completion of the current Saturn cycle that began…
