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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government says it plans to expand tailgate permits to let people bring and drink their own alcohol at certain events, including some movie screenings and farmers’ markets. The province announced the move on Tuesday afternoon, suggesting it would drive local tourism and economic growth by boosting attendance at some festivals or other municipal events.Premier Doug Ford told reporters he saw it as a policy to help attract more people to outdoor events. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s…

Not all heroes wear capes, but at one Perth primary school they just might.Hillcrest Primary School students will swap their school uniforms for superhero costumes next month as they rally behind a local charity born from the legacy of a remarkable little boy, Hunter Madden.Former Hillcrest PS student Hunter bravely battled acute lymphoblastic leukaemia for five years after being diagnosed when he was just three years old.Camera IconHunter was only three-years-old when he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Credit: Hero HunterOn April 1, which is also Hunter’s birthday, the school community will hold its annual Hero Hunter Day in…

Indonesian petrochemical enterprises have issued force majeure notifications to their respective buyers and suppliers, said Bhima Yudhistira, executive director of the Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) think tank. Force majeure is a contractual clause that allows a party to be freed from liability when an event beyond its control prevents performance.Among firms that have declared force majeure is Jakarta-based company PT Chandra Asri Pacific which operates the country’s largest integrated petrochemical complex, producing olefins and polyolefins, according to its website.The firm has implemented precautionary measures to safeguard operational resilience across business units and adjust operating levels at its plants, it…

Real Madrid has dumped 10-man Manchester City out of the Champions League for the fourth time in five seasons, as a 2-1 victory at Etihad Stadium completed a 5-1 aggregate victory for the Spanish giants.City had to make history in overturning a 3-0 first-leg deficit against the 15-time European champions, but a difficult task became an impossible one on Tuesday when captain Bernardo Silva was shown an early red card for handling the ball on his own line.Vinicius Junior converted from the spot to kill the tie as a contest as City exited to Madrid for the third consecutive year.Erling…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House is digging in against congressional Democrats, revealing several compromises the administration has been willing to make on immigration enforcement to end the government shutdown.In a letter from a White House official obtained by Fox News Digital, the administration laid out five key concessions to congressional Democrats who have continued to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a bid to get stringent reforms to immigration operations.It’s the first peek behind the closely guarded veil of the funding stalemate and comes after congressional Democrats broke the ice…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A comedy club owner who reportedly had terminal cancer is dead after gunning down his ex-father-in-law and attempting to kill his ex-wife outside her Alaska business.Anchorage police had launched a manhunt to search for 61-year-old Mathew Thomas Becker after he killed his former father-in-law, Romaine Clark, and attempted to murder his ex-wife on Saturday, March 14, according to Anchorage Daily News. Becker was reportedly a suspect in the killing, and faced first-degree murder and third-degree assault charges after he attempted to shoot his ex-wife outside her self-owned hair salon on Saturday morning. Police…

By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted March 17, 2026 6:15 pm Updated March 17, 2026 6:17 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is appealing to the Supreme Court a lower court decision that found its use of the Emergencies Act four years ago unconstitutional. The government invoked the act to quell protests in the national capital and at key border points. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. In 2024, a federal court ruling rejected the use…

One of Australia’s biggest companies has named its new chief executive to replace a man who was in the job for more than six years.

Gen Z angst led to the removal of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli but it was not directed only at him or his Communist Party of Nepal-UML. Rather it lashed out against the entire political apparatus represented by the big party players, including the Nepali Congress and the Maoist Centre.Mr Shah’s RSP fit the bill. Gone are the old political elite – and to add insult to injury, Mr Shah defeated Mr Oli in his own constituency.A DIFFERENT MANDATEBut a big electoral victory brings bigger expectations, From the creation of a constitutional monarchy in the 1990s to the establishment of a…

President Donald Trump has said that the United States does not “need any help” in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, despite his appeals for an international coalition to support shipping during the war against Iran.Speaking from the Oval Office during a meeting with Irish Taoiseach Michael Martin, Trump told reporters, “We don’t need too much help, and we don’t need any help” on the Strait of Hormuz.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe then criticised several parties that have rejected joining such a coalition, including the United Kingdom, France and the NATO alliance.“Despite the fact that we helped them…