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thespec.com > news > canada > curfew-probation-for-woman-who-bit-er-nurse > article_55ea3fd4-ec6e-5897-aa7a-912bd502e167.html

Curfew, probation for woman who bit ER nurse

19+ hour, 16+ min ago  (290+ words) A woman who bit a nurse at University Hospital of Northern BC was sentenced March 26 to five months under a curfew in the community, followed by 13 months on probation. Provincial Court Judge Judith Doulis agreed to the joint Crown and…...

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thespec.com > news > canada > walking-together-bridging-two-worlds-to-protect-one-landscape > article_ca9b6eb6-273d-5a4b-9dfb-c1d326cbadc7.html

Walking together: Bridging two worlds to protect one landscape

2+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1616+ words) HURON COUNTY - Members of Neyaashiinigmiing's Bagida'waad Alliance joined staff and volunteers from Maitland Conservation for a muddy spring walk on Mar. 26, using bird migration, the history of local trees and changing waters as starting points for collaboration, reconciliation and sharing…...

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thespec.com > news > world > asia > chinas-communist-party-investigates-ex-xinjiang-leader-ma-xingrui > article_5036f627-c1f4-56a3-b7db-8bef3ef92c7b.html

China’s Communist Party investigates ex-Xinjiang leader Ma Xingrui

2+ hour, 53+ min ago  (229+ words) Ma Xingrui is a member of the party's Central Committee and served as party secretary of the Xinjiang region in China's northwest from 2021-2025. He also previously served as director of the National Ethnic Affairs Commission and deputy party chief in…...

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thespec.com > news > world > europe > exclusive-orbn-challenger-magyar-says-election-is-a-referendum-on-hungarys-place-in-the-world > article_759fcc89-1bd2-5eb4-930c-e5d714c2c7d2.html

Exclusive: Orbán challenger Magyar says election is a ‘referendum’ on Hungary’s place in the world

2+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1131+ words) Magyar, once an Orb'n ally, poses the most serious threat to the nationalist prime minister's hold on power since he took office in 2010. Yet despite that drift, "Hungarians still see that Hungary's peace and development are guaranteed by membership of…...

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thespec.com > news > world > middle-east > gulf-kingdom-of-bahrain-cracks-down-on-dissent-as-iran-war-reignites-internal-unrest > article_374e71b9-436d-5985-8798-66bfd52b4b59.html

Gulf kingdom of Bahrain cracks down on dissent as Iran war reignites internal unrest

6+ hour, 41+ min ago  (1100+ words) FILE - This image released by Bahrain's Interior Ministry shows firefighters extinguishing flames after an Iranian projectile struck an industrial area in Ma'ameer, Bahrain, March 9, 2026. (Bahrain Interior Ministry via AP, File) A man detained in Bahrain last month as the island…...

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thespec.com > news > canada > new-secularism-law-is-looming-over-way-of-the-cross-marches-on-good-friday-in-quebec > article_922c765e-224c-5a18-8678-73437cb19de9.html

New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec

11+ hour, 19+ min ago  (738+ words) People take part in a Way of the Cross procession in Montreal, Friday, March 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes MONTREAL - Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, only a day after the provincial…...

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thespec.com > news > canada > marathon-awards-contract-for-recreation-hub-construction > article_812ec9d7-6519-5dfa-8165-fb5bbd87456c.html

Marathon awards contract for recreation hub construction

19+ hour, 26+ min ago  (477+ words) MARATHON " Town council has awarded a construction contract for Marathon's proposed Active Living Centre to Finn Way General Contractor Inc. of Thunder Bay. The decision, made in a special meeting of council on Tuesday, follows completion of the project's first…...

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thespec.com > entertainment > music > goo-goo-dolls-announce-2026-td-coliseum-tour-date > article_213a13aa-1bf3-5d1b-aa87-2d6e89adb371.html

Goo Goo Dolls announce 2026 TD Coliseum tour date

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (270+ words) The band heads on the road as their song "Iris" gets a TikTok revival. The Goo Goo Dolls perform in St. Catharines in 2014. TD Coliseum is about to go gaga for the Goo Goo Dolls. In the middle of a…...

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thespec.com > news > hamilton-region > open-closed-easter-weekend > article_01727a70-13ac-5298-b370-e9133e516a1b.html

What’s open and what’s closed this Easter weekend?

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (566+ words) Here's a look at what is open " and what's not " from Friday to Monday. Most stores are closed Friday and Sunday, but open Saturday and Monday, according to the Retail Council of Canada. However, there are some exceptions. Schools are…...

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thespec.com > news > hamilton-region > goo-goo-dolls-cancel-hamilton > article_2dd6ae59-6dbc-5ce0-946d-c57bba2e31bd.html

Goo Goo Dolls cancel Hamilton show just hours before curtain

17+ hour, 37+ min ago  (152+ words) Band expected to play next show, slated for London April 4. John Rzeznik, lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls, performs at the 10th annual Love Rocks NYC concert benefiting God's Love We Deliver at the Beacon Theatre on Thursday, March 5, 2026, in…...