Panama’s civil aviation authority at first announced the flight had to turn around due to a presumed “bomb threat”
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Indian great-grandmother, 92, finally goes to school
Salima Khan’s story of her dream to read and write emerged after a video of her counting from one to 100 went viral
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‘I said stop:’ Models describe pressure to stay thin
“I was measured almost every day. And the more weight I lost, the more congratulations I received,” said former model Maud Le Fort
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Ministry directive may have led to Peel book removals
While Ontario has ordered Peel District School Board to stop removing library books, the removal may have been prompted by a ministry directive
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Ukraine in focus at Toronto film festival
Documentary makers who screened their latest work at TIFF say they were motivated by the need to keep the war in Ukraine on people’s minds
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The rise of non-denominational baptisms
Many families are customizing religious rituals to fit their own approach to faith, adopting ‘guide-parents’ and holding non-denominational baptisms
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Scorsese’s writer muse David Grann on making facts plausible
The New York Times best-selling author talks about his research method for his back-to-back film adapted books
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How NB, Sask’s parental consent policies for pronoun changes differ
New Brunswick and Saskatchewan’s policies requiring parental consent for name and pronoun changes reveal differences in safeguards for kids
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French school abaya ban opens fresh secularism row
France’s decision to ban schoolgirls from wearing abayas has re-ignited debate about the country’s secular laws and treatment of Muslims
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Outcry after topless French woman prosecuted
Residents of a southern France town have rallied in support of a woman who faces prosecution after walking through its streets topless