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• Canada stares down toughest opponent yet in Saturday’s World Cup match

  04-07-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian team is set to face their highest-ranked opponent thus far in the tournament, looking to keep its World Cup dreams alive in the Round of 16.
  
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• Candidate for Quebec Conservatives apologizes for 2020 post about euthanizing pro-vaccine people

  03-09-2026 00:06 via cbc.ca
  
  A candidate for the Conservative Party of Quebec is apologizing for online comments he made at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He wrote that Quebecers in favour of vaccines should be euthanized. Just seven days into the election campaign, several other candidates in various parties have faced pushback and even calls to resign.
  
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• Apology sanction struck for Red Deer school trustee who compared Pride to Nazism

  02-09-2026 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The issue erupted in the summer of 2023 and led Monique LaGrange to resign from the board of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools after fellow members voted to disqualify her.
  
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• Argos, Ticats meet in pivotal Labour Day contest

  02-09-2026 22:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  There's much more on the line for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts than just Labour Day bragging rights.
  
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• Montreal West parents want crossing guard back at troubled intersection near school

  02-09-2026 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Reconfiguration of the intersection is expected to begin Wednesday with the new layout expected to be completed by the first week of October.
  
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• ‘Keep human culture alive’: Halifax music venue takes a stand against AI posters

  02-09-2026 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Gus' Pub in Halifax has decided it will no longer be accepting AI event posters. Staff say they want to promote and support local artists and 'human culture.'
  
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• U.S. admiral compares military action against Canada to fighting extraterrestrials

  02-09-2026 21:34 via nationalpost.com
  
  A question to a U.S. admiral about the possibility of military action against Canada was met with incredulity from the military leader, who called it “preposterous” and added: “Would you ask me please, also, what my attack plans are for the Martians?”General Jennie Carignan, Canada’s chief of the defence staff, and Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, were holding a joint news conference on Wednesday as the three-day annual Indo-Pacific
  
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• Hilroy says sorry for leaving Newfoundland, Cape Breton off notebooks' Canadian map

  02-09-2026 21:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Hilroy has apologized for leaving Newfoundland and Cape Breton off the Canadian map on its glossy notebooks, after the mistake led to backlash online.
  
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• Federal government admits two trans inmates charged with sexual assault after transfer to women's prisons

  02-09-2026 21:16 via nationalpost.com
  
  The federal government has acknowledged that two transgender inmates incarcerated in women’s prisons faced sexual-assault charges following complaints made by female inmates.On Monday, the government filed its statement of defence in an ongoing constitutional challenge to Correctional Service Canada’s (CSC) policy allowing some “gender diverse” inmates to be transferred to women’s prisons. The CSC uses the term “gender diverse” to describe identities or
  
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• An island is floating around a B.C. reservoir — and it keeps disappearing

  02-09-2026 21:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The floating forest, which is 70 metres wide and 140 metres long, was first spotted in July near Finlay Bay in the middle of Williston Reservoir in the northern interior of B.C.
  
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• Republicans split on Canada as Trump’s trade war escalates: polls

  02-09-2026 21:05 via nationalpost.com
  
  Americans are becoming increasingly divided on their feelings about their northern neighbours and the freshly stoked trade war, according to new polls released this week.Polling conducted by YouGov for The Economist found that 38 per cent of Republican voters “now view Canada as unfriendly or an enemy, by far the highest level in the past decade” and up from 22 per cent in February polling. Only 12 per cent of Republicans felt the same way in April 2024, before U.S. President Donald
  
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• Private company to take over New Brunswick veterinary services next year

  02-09-2026 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Starting next year, Hartland-based company Carleton AgriSolutions will take the reins of providing care for the province's livestock.
  
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• Liberal MP Idlout violated conflict of interest code, ethics watchdog finds

  02-09-2026 21:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa's ethics commissioner found Liberal MP Lori Idlout violated Parliament's conflict of interest code, but recommended against imposing any penalties against her.
  
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• Ethics watchdog finds Liberal MP Idlout violated conflict of interest code

  02-09-2026 21:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Ottawa's ethics commissioner found Liberal MP Lori Idlout violated Parliament's conflict of interest code, but recommended against imposing any penalties against her.
  
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• Lutnick says Canadian minister didn't deny trying to 'blow up' negotiations

  02-09-2026 20:54 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said a Canadian minister did not deny it when asked if Canadian negotiators were trying to “blow up” trade negotiations last month.Lutnick, the brash Trump cabinet member who is a close advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, made the claim during an interview on CNBC Wednesday morning when discussing the end of negotiations late Friday Aug. 21.“Friday at 4 o’clock, the Canadians call. They start adding crazy ideas to
  
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• George Clooney calls out Pete Hegseth for mocking Canadian military cadets

  02-09-2026 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  'You see what the secretary of defense just tweeted out a picture about women in the military in Canada, and you're going, 'What's wrong with you?' George Clooney said.
  
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• 2 more B.C. Conservative MLAs step away from party to sit as Independent

  02-09-2026 20:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Donegal Wilson, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen, and Scott McInnis, MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke, separately announced their departures from the party on Wednesday.
  
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• 2 more B.C. Conservative MLAs quit caucus to sit as Independents

  02-09-2026 20:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Donegal Wilson, MLA for Boundary-Similkameen, and Scott McInnis, MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke, have have quit the B.C. Conservative caucus.
  
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• Canada is an ‘indispensable’ ally despite political tensions: U.S. admiral

  02-09-2026 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The commander of U.S. Pacific Command tells reporters military-to-military relations need to stay above the political fray, as relations between Canada and the U.S. remain tense.
  
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• Winnipeg woman who saved drowning child, father did what ‘anybody should do’

  02-09-2026 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Winnipeg police said the child entered the Red River first and started to drown, prompting their father to follow her. A bystander saved both.
  
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• Winnipeg woman saves father and child from drowning: WPS

  02-09-2026 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Winnipeg police said the child entered the Red River first and started to drown, prompting their father to follow her. A bystander saved both.
  
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• Rabies vaccine operation targets raccoons and skunks in Montreal parks

  02-09-2026 18:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers will be spreading sweet-smelling baits containing a rabies vaccine through Montreal's parks in the coming weeks to head off an outbreak of the deadly disease.
  
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• Lake Ontario renamed 'Lake America' for U.S. users of Apple Maps

  02-09-2026 18:49 via nationalpost.com
  
  Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on the web version of its Apple Maps, but only for U.S. users of the service.The decision by the tech giant took place on Tuesday, the same day John Ternus officially took over as CEO, succeeding Tim Cook, who had led the company for 15 years.It follows a move by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, to change the name of the lake on its Google Maps, also for U.S. users.“These updates follow our long-standing policy for bodies
  
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• Maritime farmers hit by major drought last summer say they're on the road to recovery

  02-09-2026 18:33 via cbc.ca
  
  While the impact of last year's drought still casts a lingering fear on the farmers, they find the crops looking great so far and expect a slow recovery.
  
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• P.E.I. premier says 'a lot more work ahead' as he shuffles cabinet for 8th time in 12 months

  02-09-2026 18:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz undertook a minor shakeup of his executive council Wednesday afternoon at Government House in Charlottetown.
  
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• P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz shuffles his cabinet Wednesday

  02-09-2026 18:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz has shaken up his executive council Wednesday afternoon at Government House in Charlottetown.
  
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• Minor cabinet shuffle Wednesday for P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz

  02-09-2026 18:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Prince Edward Island Premier Rob Lantz undertook a minor shakeup of his executive council Wednesday afternoon at Government House in Charlottetown.
  
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• 'I don't feel like a hero,' says Winnipeg woman who saved father, drowning toddler from Red River

  02-09-2026 18:27 via cbc.ca
  
  A Winnipeg woman says she's still recovering, but glad everyone is safe, days after rescuing both a child who fell into the Red River and the girl's father, who attempted to save the child.
  
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• 'I don't feel like a hero,' says Winnipeg woman who rescued father, toddler from Red River

  02-09-2026 18:27 via cbc.ca
  
  A Winnipeg woman says she's still recovering, but glad everyone is safe, days after rescuing both a child who fell into the Red River and the girl's father, who attempted to save the child.
  
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• Group prepares push for referendum on proposed downtown arena in Saskatoon

  02-09-2026 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatoon residents may soon get their say on the proposed downtown arena, a project that could become the largest in the city's history.
  
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