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4 days ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Samuel Getachew

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopians marked Easter festivities Sunday with vows to embrace sacrifice, love and peace in a country facing armed conflict and other challenges. During Fasika, as Easter is known, Christians of all denominations — including the majority Orthodox group — come together to celebrate Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.

1 week ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Allison Jones |Liam Casey

TORONTO — Ontario's integrity commissioner has banned a former mayor wrapped up in the Greenbelt land-swap probe from lobbying for two years. The Office of the Integrity Commissioner of Ontario wrote Thursday that John Mutton, the former mayor of Clarington, failed to comply with the Lobbyists Registration Act on numerous occasions.

1 week ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Kevin Ma

A St. Albert student cruised to a first place finish at an eco-marathon last week despite storms, floods, and tornadoes. St. Albert University of Alberta student Stella Simpson and the rest of the U of A’s EcoCar team took first place in the prototype hydrogen fuel cell event at the 2025 Shell Eco-marathon, which took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from April 2-6.

1 week ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Mae Anderson |Michael Liedtke

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday. “They’re exempt from the reciprocal tariffs but they’re included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two,” Lutnick told ABC's “This Week” on Sunday.

1 week ago | lakelandtoday.ca | Mario Cabradilla

ST. PAUL – A St. Paul couple is helping raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. On April 7, Albert and Denise Jacques were at the St. Paul Registry to talk to members of the community about how organ and tissue donation can save lives. "Albert himself was a recipient of a double lung transplant and we're forever grateful for that," said Denise. Albert said he got sick in 2015, which only kept getting worse. "I went to the doctor and he diagnosed me with pulmonary fibrosis," he said.