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The Toronto Dominion (TD) bank logo is seen on a building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 16, 2017.

TD Bank says comprehensive overhaul of anti-money laundering program underway

Reuters |Updated just now |1 min read

(Reuters) - Canada's second-largest lender TD Bank said on Friday a comprehensive overhaul of its U.S. and global anti-money laundering (AML) program was well underway. The bank has been subject to regulatory probes over its AML compliance ...

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 Owner and Creative Director of Soli Productions Management Inc, Solitha Shortte, for De Souza story in Halifax Monday April 29, 2024.

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Halifax modelling agent breaks industry stereotypes, becomes catalyst for change

Warren D'Silva |Updated 51 minutes ago |8 min read Premium content

She smiles with her eyes. Her words affirm and can ring in anyone’s ears. She talks the talk and walks the walk. She is revered and feared in the industry for her no-nonsense mentality. She is Solitha Natasha Shortte. Walking into the Light House ...

The Sydney Justice Centre.

Cape Breton boxer Ryan Rozicki charged with assault; Cape Breton court report for May 3, 2024

SaltWire Network |Updated 1 hour ago |4 min read Premium content

A provincial court trial date has been set for a Sydney-based boxer charged with assault. Ryan Joseph Rozicki, 29, who holds both national and international titles (cruiserweight), is charged with two counts of uttering threats and a single count of ...

An aerial view of the Clifton Museum Park taken from a drone in 2016 by Paul Illsley. - Contributed

Windsor museum changing names after former title tied to slavery

Atlantic Briefs Desk |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read Premium content

A museum in Hants County named after a businessman linked to slavery in the 19th century is getting a new name. The Clifton Museum Park, located in Windsor, will now be known as the Haliburton House Museum, an estate originally named after Thomas ...

A journalist wears mask near a forest fire in Samoeng District, Thailand April 4, 2019.

Environmental journalism is increasingly dangerous profession, UN chief says

Juana Casas |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

(Removes duplicate words in paragraph 3) By Juana Casas SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Journalists covering environmental issues have become increasingly targeted with violence as the world faces an unprecedented environmental emergency, U.N.

The price of baby formula is causing financial stress for a lot of families. CAPE BRETON POST PHOTO

Sticker shock on essential baby formula still stinging in Cape Breton

Barb Sweet · Multimedia journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |12 min read Premium content

With a three-month-old, a five-year-old and a seven-year-old, Devon McIsaac of Glace Bay is well versed in the recent spike in baby formula prices. “I’ve seen the prices go through the roof with each child,” McIsaac said. “This last one, there’s just ...

Women walk under the rain in the Malfety neighborhood of Fort Liberte, Haiti April 27, 2024.

Haitians brace for more rain after downpours kill 13

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Heavy rains are expected to continue across Haiti on Friday, the national weather service said, after killing at least 13 people in the north and damaging thousands of homes. "If you live by a river, ravine or ...

In an interview with SaltWire on May 3, Charlottetown Police Services Chief Brad MacConnell said a lot of planning went into arresting one of Canada's most wanted men. File

Charlottetown police chief explains arrest of Canada's most wanted man

Dave Stewart · Journalist |Updated 2 hours ago |4 min read Premium content

Charlottetown police spent days investigating Canada’s most wanted man once informed the accused was in the P.E.I. capital, the police chief said on May 3. Just before 7:30 p.m. on April 30, Michael Bebee, 35, was arrested at a business at the corner ...

Bruce MacKinnon cartoon for July 12, 2023.

Cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon wins big on global stage

Kaitlyn MacNeill |Updated 3 hours ago |3 min read Premium content

Chronicle Herald cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon worries about how AI can be used to steal artwork. “It can be a tremendously powerful tool for research and many other things,” said MacKinnon in an interview Friday. “But it can also be a tremendously ...

Students attend a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at University of California, Berkeley during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Berkeley, U.S., April 23, 2024.

Explainer-What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at US universities?

Reuters |Updated 3 hours ago |4 min read

(Reuters) - Student protests over the war in Gaza have swept the U.S. in past weeks, with police clearing a number of encampments, at times after confrontations between protesters and counter-protesters; other tent protests dismantled after ...

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