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From tiny succulents to thriving fiddle leaf figs, the right planter can make all the difference in how your greenery shines. In celebration of stylish spaces (and happy houseplants), we’ve rounded up some of our favourite chic planters to elevate your indoor or outdoor area featuring standout designs from brands like Article, Umbra, Veradek and more.

 

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A 31-year-old man has been charged following a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night.

U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other top leaders of the U.S. were evacuated from the annual dinner at the Hilton Hotel.

The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

Trump said the suspect was armed with multiple weapons before being stopped by the Secret Service.

One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest. “He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun, and the vest did the job,” Trump said.

Jeanine Pirro, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, said the suspect was charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon.

“Everybody in that room, record-setting crowd… there was a tremendous amount of love and coming together, I was very, very impressed by that,” Trump said.

He added that he and Melania Trump were quickly rushed off-stage.

“We’re not going to let anybody take over our society, we’re not going to do that,” Trump said.

“I fought like hell to stay.”

Trump added that the dinner will be rescheduled.

“We will do this again,” said Weijia Jiang, president of the White House correspondents’ association.

Shortly afterward, staff began breaking down table settings and the presidential lectern.

FBI Director Kash Patel said at a press conference after the event that people saw the best of America on Saturday night, adding that the Secret Service did exactly what they were supposed to do.

“These are crazy people,” Trump said.

Those in attendance included Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — and many other leaders of the Trump administration.

Pirro praised the Secret Service, the FBI and the Metropolitan police for their quick actions at the event.

“All of them tonight acted so quickly that they prevented what could have been a horrific event where we were all sitting there in one room,” she said.

Pirro said the defendant will be arraigned on Monday in federal district court.

-with files from The Associated Press

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A 30-year-old man is dead following a shooting in Toronto’s west end late Friday night, police say.

Toronto Police Service said officers attended the area of Scarlett Road and Scarlettwood Court shortly after 10 p.m. for reports of gunfire. They found a man inside a parked vehicle who was suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police have identified the victim as 30-year-old Ahmed-Nur Ismail, a Toronto resident. His connection to the neighbourhood has not been confirmed.

Police said in a conference Saturday that three unidentified suspects entered Scarlettwood Court and opened fire before fleeing the scene in a vehicle.

Authorities have not released suspect descriptions, and said it is too early in the investigation to determine whether the shooting was targeted or what led up to it.

Residents reported gunshots and screaming, and expressed concerns about safety in the community. Police said additional resources will be deployed in the area as the investigation continues.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage is encouraged to contact investigators.

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Governor General Mary Simon will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., next week to support the community’s “ongoing healing journey” months after a deadly mass shooting claimed eight lives.

The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General says in a statement that Simon will visit the community for three days starting Monday.

It says she will meet with local officials including Mayor Darryl Krakowka, and firefighters, paramedics and members of the Tumbler Ridge and Chetwynd RCMP detachments who responded to the shooting.

The statement says Simon will also visit the memorial site for a “moment to reflect,” and to place a “paper heart with a message written on it.”

It says Simon will meet with students, school staff and others impacted by the shooting, an event that will be closed to media.

The statement says mental health is a “central focus” of Simon’s mandate and she plans to spend time with mental health workers to find out about the services being made available in Tumbler Ridge after the tragedy.

© 2026 The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Success in the NBA playoffs is all about adjustments. Who can make the necessary tweaks to adapt their game to what the series demands?

For renowned napper Brandon Ingram, that means moving up his bedtime.

“Trying to get in the bed earlier today,” said Ingram after practice at Toronto’s OVO Athletic Centre. “My girl’s around so she’ll get on my nerves enough where I just want to go to sleep.”

Turning in early will be a necessity for Ingram — and anyone else on the Raptors who likes to nap — as Toronto hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of their opening round series at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. Cleveland leads the best-of-seven matchup 2-1.

Starting centre Jakob Poeltl isn’t sure if the unusually early tipoff will help or hinder either team.

“It might, it might not, but it’s the same for both teams,” he said. “I don’t think it really matters. We have early games throughout the season every now and then, so everybody should know what it feels like. I think we’re fine.

“It kind of changes the routine, obviously, because all day just kind of changes, but you still try to do the same things before the game.”

Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic said he scheduled Saturday’s off-day practice to line up with Sunday’s start time to helps his players create a rhythm for the weekend.

“We’re giving guys 24 hours to get ready until tomorrow,” said Rajakovic. “We’ve got to focus on things that we’re controlling.

“Those are our defensive, offensive fundamentals, our culture. That’s the main focus of it. There is not much you can do regarding your body clock.”

Toronto looked flat in back-to-back losses to start the series in Cleveland but routed the Cavaliers 126-104 in Game 3 on Thursday. Ingram said it was because everyone was more aggressive on defence.

“They didn’t make as many shots. We tried to slow down (all-star guards) Donovan Mitchell and (James) Harden a little bit more,” said Ingram. “I think Harden still got some shots that he wanted, of course, but we just tried to limit Donovan Mitchell’s touches in that game and just make them take tough shots.

“Guys just stepped up. We needed everybody, and everybody was there.”

The Raptors announced on Friday that Immanuel Quickley would miss the rest of the team’s first-round series. Quickley had missed the first three games against Cleveland with a right hamstring strain.

He had been progressing through escalating tests but aggravated the injury on Thursday when doing the latest round of tests.

Poeltl, who was an effective pick-and-roll partner with Quickley in the regular season, said Toronto wants the point guard back as soon as possible.

“He’s been somewhat of a staple, at least with me, on the court, for me to play off of,” sad Poeltl. ” quick. But now we just got to make the most of what we have. Like I said earlier, we have a deep team. We have a lot of team, a lot of guys that can come in and have an impact on this team. So we just got to go to the next option.

Quickley averaged 16.4 points and 5.9 assists in 70 starts this season. He had missed all of Toronto’s playoff games, including Toronto’s 126-104 Game 3 win, before he was officially ruled out for the rest of the series.

Second-year guard Ja’Kobe Walter started in Quickley’s place for Game 3. Jamal Shead had been in the lineup for the first two games of the series.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 25, 2026.

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A proposed treaty that would grant the Red River Métis greater self-governance is moving through Parliament, but First Nations leaders are urging Ottawa to halt the legislation, warning it could infringe on existing treaty rights.

The Manitoba Métis Federation said the Red River Métis Self-Government Recognition and Implementation Treaty reached second reading in the House of Commons this week, marking a significant step forward.

However, the Assembly of First Nations is opposing the bill, saying First Nations were not adequately consulted and that no new treaties should be established on their traditional territories.

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak said the proposed legislation lacks clarity around territorial scope.

“The undefined territorial scope of the Red River Métis within the bill would set the stage for expansive Métis jurisdiction over areas that conflict with the existing rights and jurisdiction of First Nations,” she said.

Much of Canada is already covered by historic treaties, and some First Nations leaders warn that introducing a new agreement could create overlaps and lead to prolonged legal disputes.

The Manitoba Métis Federation has said the treaty is not about land or resources, but rather about recognizing Métis self-government and addressing longstanding historical grievances.

The Federation considers the Manitoba Act, 1870 to be its original negotiated agreement with Canada, though Métis were not formally recognized as a distinct nation at the time.

While Métis leaders say the new agreement has been decades in the making, First Nations leaders maintain it must not supersede their treaty rights or inherent sovereignty, and warn they are prepared to challenge it in court.

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ANAHEIM – NHL star Connor McDavid and top forward Leon Draisaitl were given a breather Saturday while the Edmonton Oilers plotted ways to plug a leaky defence.

The Oilers, who reached the Stanley Cup final each of the last two years, trailed the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 in their best-of-seven, first-round series.

Edmonton fell 7-4 to the Ducks in Game 3 at the Honda Center. Seven goals in one playoff game was a Ducks record.

Game 4 is Sunday in Anaheim followed by Game 5 in Edmonton on Tuesday.

Edmonton has have given up 16 goals to the speedy, young Ducks over the first three games of the series.

“The simplicity, the hardness, the attention to defensive hockey hasn’t been very good, and we need to get back to that simplicity and hardness to our game,” Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch said Saturday at the Honda Center.

The Oilers were particularly porous in the latter stages of Game 3. They couldn’t stay above the puck enough to protect a 3-2 lead in the second period.

“Yeah, we’ve got to just manage the puck better,” said Edmonton defenceman Evan Bouchard. “They’re putting up a lot of goals. We know we can score. We know they can score, so it’s a matter of keeping the puck out of our end and our net.”

McDavid and Draisaitl took Saturday off for maintenance, Knoblauch said.

Draisaitl, who missed the last 14 games of the regular season with a knee injury, led the Oilers in post-season points with a goal and five assists.

The line of Draisaitl, Kasperi Kapanen and Vasily Podkolzin has been Edmonton’s top performer in the series, but there’s a drop-off after that.

Whether McDavid is dealing with an issue beyond his ankle roll in Game 2 or not, the Ducks smell blood in the water around Edmonton’s captain,

Anaheim has largely contained a player who led the NHL playoffs in points three of the last three years, but hasn’t been on his usual cracking playoff pace to start this year’s post-season.

McDavid’s first goal of the series Friday was also Edmonton’s first power-play goal. He assisted on another goal for his first multi-point game this post-season.

But McDavid was also minus-4 in the game and minus-6 in the series alongside Bouchard also at minus-6.

“Trying to make too many fancy plays, myself especially,” Bouchard said.

Top-line winger Zach Hyman was minus-5 and shutdown defenceman Mattias Ekholm minus-2 after three games.

“We need our best guys to be our best guys and they’ve carried the load so much and that’s forwards and defence,” Knoblauch said. “Overall, collectively we need to be better.”

Goaltender Connor Ingram’s numbers weren’t flattering, but there was little he could do in the face of Anaheim’s multiple odd-man rushes in Game 3.

When asked if Ingram would start again Sunday, Knoblauch replied “we haven’t decided.” Tristan Jarry was Ingram’s backup the home stretch of the regular season.

Third-line centre Jason Dickinson skated Saturday. After scoring two goals in a 4-3 victory in Game 1, he was scratched the next two with a lower-body injury.

“It’s just been killing me to watch,” Dickinson said. “Today went really well, but this has kind of been a day-to-day thing that I’m really trying to manage as best I can.

“If I wake up tomorrow and feel good, I’m definitely playing.”

The Oilers trailed the Kings 2-1 in the first round last year and won the series in six games. Edmonton was down 2-1 to the Canucks in a second-round series in 2024 and took it in six.

Edmonton dropped the first three games of the 2024 Stanley Cup final to the Florida Panthers, but forced a Game 7.

So there’s enough players in Edmonton’s lineup who know what it takes to recover when trailing in a series. It’s a matter of applying it now.

“We are in a fight right now,” Bouchard said. “We know we’ve got better to play, but … we’ve been in worse spots before. It’s time to take a step forward as a group.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 25, 2026.

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Donald Trump said he cancelled a planned trip by U.S. representatives to Islamabad to meet Iranian officials, citing delays and internal divisions within Iran’s leadership.

“Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work,” Trump said in a statement on TruthSocial Saturday afternoon.

“There is tremendous infighting and confusion within their leadership. Nobody knows who is in charge… we have all the cards, they have none.”

The remarks came as Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, left Pakistan on Saturday evening before any sign that U.S. envoys had arrived for expected indirect ceasefire talks, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press.

“Have yet to see if the U.S. is truly serious about diplomacy,” Araghchi posted after meeting with Pakistani officials.

Iran has said any negotiations would be conducted indirectly, with Pakistan relaying messages between the two sides.

An open-ended ceasefire has paused most fighting, but the economic fallout grows with global shipments of oil, liquefied natural gas, fertilizer and other supplies disrupted by the near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian officials have openly asked how they can trust the U.S. after talks last year and early this year over Tehran’s nuclear program ended with it being attacked by the U.S. and Israel.

The price of Brent crude oil, the international standard, is still nearly 50% higher than when the war began because of Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz, leaving global economic uncertainty high.

Meanwhile, Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend a ceasefire by three weeks. Hezbollah has not taken part in the Washington-brokered talks.

– With files from The Canadian Press

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The Gardiner Expressway is closed in both directions between the Humber River and Spadina Avenue this weekend for scheduled maintenance work.

The closure began Friday at 11 p.m. and is expected to remain in place until approximately 5 a.m. Monday.

City officials say crews are working around the clock on street lighting, traffic sensors, catch basin flushing and guardrail repairs.

Crews also plan to start paving once weather conditions improve.

The city says the full weekend closure is intended to avoid multiple overnight disruptions and is urging drivers to plan alternate routes.

With several major sporting events and other large-scale gatherings underway across the city this weekend, some commuters and residents have taken to social media to voice their concerns.

“With the number of events this weekend, none of this sounds critical or time sensitive enough to close the Gardiner for,” said Vlad Petrov on X.

Next month, the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) will also be fully closed from Highway 401 to the Jarvis Street ramp on the Gardiner Expressway from 11 p.m. on Friday, May 8, until 5 a.m. on Monday, May 11.

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