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• 2 boys missing after being swept into rapids at Manitoba provincial park

  20-07-2026 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of Sunday afternoon, Manitoba RCMP said two boys who had fallen into fast moving water at Nutimik Lake in the Whiteshell had yet to be found despite an extensive search. 
  
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• IN PHOTOS | Canadian science photos win at global image competition

  21-08-2026 00:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology joint image competition awards scientific research photos each year. University of New Brunswick graduate student Liam Brennan and Queen's University researcher Allen Tian each won best in category awards for their photos in this year's edition.
  
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• Drug trafficking suspects sought by U.S. may seek trial in Canada instead

  20-08-2026 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Gurtej Smagh, Jaskarn Baghri, and Ravinder Dhanda were arrested last month in B.C. and face charges in the U.S. for their alleged involvement in cross-border drug trafficking. 
  
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• Brief shutdown of Bearspaw water main coming in September for Calgary region

  20-08-2026 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents of Calgary and surrounding communities, freed nearly five months ago from water restrictions, are being warned of another possible Bearspaw feeder main shutdown.
  
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• N.S. energy minister apologizes after ‘harmful’ rap lyrics prompt resignation call

  20-08-2026 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  MacLeod, 37, said the recording was posted online 13 years ago and never generated any money.
  
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• ‘It’s heartbreaking,’ says Ontario First Nation amid 2nd evacuation this summer

  20-08-2026 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neskantaga First Nation had to be evacuated again after a flood at the community's only nursing station, the northern Ontario community's chief said. 
  
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• Kinew says you can't get a good deal with a 'bad person' as U.S. trade deal gets 'very close'

  20-08-2026 23:01 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew expressed his dislike on Thursday for the current interim trade deal being finalized by Canadian and American negotiators, but acknowledged the need for the federal government to get an agreement.“The deal will not be right for me, I expect,” said Kinew, during a press conference in Winnipeg. “But it’s not about me, it’s about team Canada.”The premier said there will be tariffs in the deal, but he was waiting on the e
  
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• B.C.'s Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill announces permanent closure

  20-08-2026 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  'Everybody's just kind of walking zombies right now at the mill, just trying to figure out what their next step," Andrew Appleton said.
  
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• B.C.'s Howe Sound Pulp and Paper announces mill operations stopping 'indefinitely'

  20-08-2026 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Domtar has announced what it describes as the "the indefinite idling" of operations at the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper mill on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast.
  
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• Body of Halifax man found at recycling facility, police investigating

  20-08-2026 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say the death of a 50-year-old Halifax man whose body was found at a recycling facility is not considered suspicious.
  
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• Runners from botched Edmonton race may still qualify for Boston Marathon

  20-08-2026 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  The extra distance has led to uncertainty for runners hoping to use their times in Edmonton to qualify for other prestigious races, such as the Boston Marathon.
  
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• Alberta minister warns feds not to meddle with private health law

  20-08-2026 21:49 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The minister in charge of Alberta’s hospital system is calling on her federal counterpart to shut down talk of sanctioning the province over its new private health care law.Alberta Hospitals Minister Adriana LaGrange said she was surprised but undeterred by a report earlier this week that federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel is considering penalizing Alberta under the Canada Health Act for provincial legislation that allows some physicians to practice in both the public
  
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• 'NOT it': Some fans cry foul over new Toronto Tempo mascots

  20-08-2026 21:38 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Tempo of the WNBA revealed their much-anticipated mascots this week, but many fans aren’t rushing to give them a hug. Some commentators online see Dez the snapping turtle and Dot the arctic hare as unsettling and uninspired.
  
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• 'A bad taste left in my mouth': Will Canadians buy U.S. booze again?

  20-08-2026 21:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Provincial leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney is asking them to allow American booze sales, ending a ban in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada.
  
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• Canadian travel to the U.S. increases for 3rd month in a row

  20-08-2026 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Return trips from the U.S. via automobile rose 7.6 per cent compared to June 2025, hitting 1.7 million in June 2026. A little more than 66 per cent of those were same-day trips.
  
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• Canada’s biggest grocers named in class action over ‘fake’ maple syrup

  20-08-2026 21:04 via nationalpost.com
  
  Metro, Sobeys and Loblaw are now defendants in a proposed class action over maple syrup tests found to be half cane sugar.An amended application filed Aug. 3 in Quebec Superior Court added the three chains and Groupe Epicia, which runs Val-Mont grocery stores, CTV News reported.The four are accused of demonstrating “negligence, recklessness, carelessness, or serious indifference” by putting the syrup on their shelves. The suit says the price alone should have prompted them to check
  
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• Even if U.S. alcohol returns to provincial shelves, will Canadians buy it?

  20-08-2026 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several premiers, including Nova Scotia’s Tim Houston, have said that Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked provinces to restock American alcohol on their shelves.
  
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• Is a mystery man who collapsed in Amsterdam a Canadian who's been missing for 33 years?

  20-08-2026 20:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Police are investigating if a mystery man who collapsed on the street in Amsterdam three years ago is actually a Canadian who went missing from Vancouver more than three decades ago.
  
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• Could ‘Lucky’ found in Netherlands be a Vancouver man missing since 1994?

  20-08-2026 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The man, who has been nicknamed 'Lucky,' collapsed on a street in Amsterdam on May 10, 2023. It was determined after he received medical care that he was left with aphasia.
  
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• Lifetime ban blocks local president from re-election bid in PSAC's latest internal battle

  20-08-2026 20:27 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has issued a lifetime ban against one of its own local presidents just days before he planned to run to keep his job, marking the latest battle between the country’s largest public sector union and one of its own.In an Aug. 11 letter obtained by National Post, PSAC National President Sharon DeSousa wrote to Theo Lagakos, president of a local that represents more than 1,200 workers at a popular Toronto casino, to say that he had b
  
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• Education minister ‘very optimistic’ Ontario teacher negotiations won’t bring disruption

  20-08-2026 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Education contracts will expire at the end of August, but they've already faltered over technical disagreements between the government about which issues should be negotiated.
  
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• Amid 2nd evacuation this summer, Neskantaga First Nation calls on Ontario, feds to act

  20-08-2026 20:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Leaders in Neskantaga First Nation are seeking provincial and federal support for a new health-care facility, as the northern Ontario community's most vulnerable navigate their second evacuation this summer. The remote Ojibway community declared a state of emergency on Aug. 4, after a sewage leak at the First Nation’s only nursing station. The incident happened five days after more than 140 community members returned home from Toronto, following an evacuation triggered by nearby wildfires.
  
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• Advance voting in 3 federal byelections starts Friday. Here’s how to vote

  20-08-2026 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two federal byelections were held in Toronto-area ridings and one Montreal-area riding on April 13, which allowed Prime Minister Mark Carney to achieve a majority government.
  
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• Kids running lemonade stand assaulted, woman facing charges: Windsor police

  20-08-2026 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Two boys, ages eight and 13, had set up a lemonade stand near the intersection when a woman approached 'and became hostile toward them,' police said.
  
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• Crown fails to get longer sentence for Ontario man who shot at intruders who shot his son

  20-08-2026 19:57 via nationalpost.com
  
  Ontario’s top court has upheld a house arrest sentence for a man who grabbed a gun from armed intruders who shot his son and fired it at them from his porch while they fled.The Crown tried to appeal Jason Munroe’s conditional sentence from the Ontario Court of Justice. But the province’s Appeal Court dismissed the case.“Given the exceptional circumstances of the offence and the significant mitigating factors, we see no error in principle in this case. Nor do we find that
  
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• Report says wait times in Quebec emergency rooms were 11 minutes shorter last year

  20-08-2026 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The report by the Montreal Economic Institute shows that this represents an 11-minute improvement from wait times the previous year.
  
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• Winnipeg artists design national monument recognizing the LGBT Purge

  20-08-2026 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Winnipeg team designed a monument that's being unveiled in Ottawa to mark the harm caused by the LGBT Purge.
  
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• Quebec coroner recommends Montreal police review use of force after 2025 death

  20-08-2026 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to Géhane Kamel's report dated Aug. 12, police use of a hogtie restraint technique likely contributed to the death of the 29-year-old. 
  
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• Magloire, Smart and 8 others join Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame

  20-08-2026 19:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2026, which includes former NBA player Jamaal Magloire, former Carleton Ravens men's head coach Dave Smart and Olympic flag-bearer Miranda Ayim, was set to be inducted Thursday night.
  
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• Quebec’s referendum is on hold until Trump leaves. What if Trumpism does not?

  20-08-2026 19:02 via nationalpost.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, leader of the Parti Québécois, said this week that a PQ government would not hold a sovereignty referendum while Donald Trump is president of the United States, even if the party wins a majority in Quebec’s October election.St-Pierre Plamondon’s announcement illustrates what political observers see as a significant domestic aftershock of Trump’s pressure campaign: the president is reshaping Canadian politics belo
  
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