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• Gun control groups urge faster ‘protection order’ ineligibility change

  18-06-2026 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The provision is intended to quickly remove firearms from the hands of abusers at the time when they are often the most dangerous.
  
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• SPSA operations vice-president to leave role days after critical wildfire review

  20-06-2026 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Steve Roberts will leave the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency at the end of June, days after a report found significant gaps in the province's 2025 wildfire response.
  
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• 'We just have to push': Canada in position to win FIFA World Cup group

  20-06-2026 18:41 via cbc.ca
  
  An emotional 6-0 drubbing of Qatar on Thursday vastly improved Canada's chance of not only advancing to the tournament's knockout stage but winning Group B.
  
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• Bodies of Canadian woman and Mexican woman recovered after avalanche in Peruvian mountains

  20-06-2026 18:33 via nationalpost.com
  
  Peruvian rescue teams have recovered the bodies of a Canadian woman, Sandra Covone, and Daniel Navarro, her Mexican husband, after they were engulfed in an avalanche on the summit of a 6,000-metre mountain in the Andes.“The bodies of Canadian Sandra Covone and Mexican Daniel Navarro, who were found in the area of the landslide, have been recovered and taken to the city of Huaraz,” Peruvian police said in a statement to Univision , an American Spanish-language news site.The mountaine
  
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• Bodies of Canadian woman and Mexican man recovered after avalanche in Peruvian mountains

  20-06-2026 18:33 via nationalpost.com
  
  Peruvian rescue teams have recovered the bodies of a Canadian woman, Sandra Covone, and Daniel Navarro, her Mexican husband, after they were engulfed in an avalanche on the summit of a 6,000-metre mountain in the Andes.“The bodies of Canadian Sandra Covone and Mexican Daniel Navarro, who were found in the area of the landslide, have been recovered and taken to the city of Huaraz,” Peruvian police said in a statement to Univision , an American Spanish-language news site.The mountaine
  
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• Dozens of homes evacuated as out-of-control wildfire threatens Lytton, B.C.

  20-06-2026 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  The residents of 60 properties remain evacuated from their homes on Saturday, as crews battle an out-of-control wildfire burning south of Lytton, B.C.
  
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• Germany, Ivory Coast set for World Cup showdown in Toronto

  20-06-2026 17:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thousands of Germany and Ivory Coast fans are expected in Toronto Saturday as a World Cup match brings a fan march, road closures and heightened security
  
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• 6th person dead in hospital after fatal collision in Mapleton, Ont., police say

  20-06-2026 16:44 via cbc.ca
  
  A sixth person is dead after a fatal two vehicle collision in Mapleton, Ont. last week, said Ontario Provincial Police.
  
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• 'Light in the darkness': The journey of Noa Argamani

  20-06-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  The world first saw Noa Argamani in what looked like a scene from a movie: a beautiful young woman in remarkable anguish on the back of a speeding motorcycle driven by a terrorist.Now-famous Hamas GoPro footage showed Argamani screaming “don’t kill me” as the terrorists took her from the Nova music festival on October 7, while she reached helplessly toward her boyfriend, Avinatan Or, being forced away at gunpoint.Her outstretched arms and tear‑streaked face became one of
  
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• 'I built a company from scratch': How billionaire Frank Stronach went from rags to riches to convictions

  20-06-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  He arrived in Canada from Austria over seven decades back at the age of 21 with little money and rudimentary English.Frank Stronach, now 93, went on to become a tycoon in a Hollywood movie mould.He was visually striking, fit and energetic, with piercing blue eyes, his hair turning silver in the 1980s. He kept iron-fist control of his companies, installing directors at a whim, and showed distain for shareholders who questioned his judgment.“I built a company from scratch that is today reco
  
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• What's an exit tax? Gad Saad says he's getting a big bill to leave Canada over rising antisemitism

  20-06-2026 12:30 via nationalpost.com
  
  Gad Saad says he is leaving Canada due to rising antisemitism, and the tax bill on his way out has left him numb. Saad, a professor of marketing at Concordia University and author of the best-selling book Suicidal Empathy, posted Thursday night about what an “exit tax” would cost him to leave Quebec and Canada.“Following a very difficult meeting with my accountant, I just found out how much it is going to cost me,” Saad said in a post on X. “No human being in a fre
  
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• Nunavik saw a record number of tuberculosis cases in 2025. This year isn’t looking any better

  20-06-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  More than half of Nunavik's communities are struggling with a tuberculosis outbreak. The total number of cases in the region has grown annually for the past five years.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Canada's team after its historic World Cup win — and what comes next

  20-06-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  The Canadian men’s national soccer team won the biggest game in the program’s history on Thursday night, and in so doing welcomed countless Canadians on to the bandwagon.The smashing 6-0 win over Qatar, which sets up another biggest-ever game against Switzerland next week, was a relief to long-time fans, but probably a curiosity to everyone else, which would include the bulk of the television audience. Here’s what they need to know to get up to speed. How big a deal was Canada
  
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• Are the World Cup hydration breaks an excuse to run more commercials?

  20-06-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some critics see the hydration breaks as another cash grab in a tournament already facing backlash for its sky-high ticket prices.
  
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• Is Canada's teen social media ban constitutional? It's complicated

  20-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Legal experts say the federal social media ban for kids leaves many questions unanswered — including whether it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lawyers and law professors are raising flags about gaps in Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, that could leave Canada open to legal challenges.
  
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• How an Ontario man helped discover a lost Rembrandt, thought to be fake, but worth millions

  20-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Jonathan Bikker, a curator at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, led the effort to authenticate Vision of Zacharias in the Temple, a painting that had been dismissed by scholars in the 1960s and largely disappeared from public view.
  
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• Critics slam government plan to 'bail out' sagging condo sector in B.C.

  20-06-2026 03:32 via cbc.ca
  
  A plan by the B.C. government and Ottawa to buy thousands of vacant condo units and turn them into affordable housing is drawing criticism. Some call it a "bail out" for developers.
  
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• New stadium needed to keep Whitecaps in Vancouver, says MLS commissioner

  20-06-2026 03:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber said before the United States beat Australia at the World Cup on Friday that the Vancouver Whitecaps need to have a new stadium deal in order to keep the club in Vancouver.
  
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• Suspected illegal campfire blamed for Kalamoir Park wildfire as safety concerns remain

  20-06-2026 03:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  While the wildfire has now been extinguished, officials say significant hazards remain throughout the park, which remains closed to the public.
  
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• Wildfire that prompted evacuations in West Kelowna was caused by prohibited campfire, officials say

  20-06-2026 02:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Officials have determined that a wildfire that prompted evacuation orders in West Kelowna, B.C., earlier this week was caused by a prohibited campfire inside a regional park.
  
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• Provincial AI strategy could protect residents, scale Sask. workforce: advocates

  20-06-2026 02:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Advocates in Saskatchewan say a provincial artificial intelligence strategy could help protect residents and strengthen the workforce.
  
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• Museum at former residential school in Portage la Prairie to expand

  20-06-2026 02:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Executive Director Lorraine Daniels says the new building centered on cultural teachings and a dock planned for the riverbank are ways for survivors to reclaim the space.
  
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• K'omoks First Nation chief pushes back on Poilievre's opposition to treaty

  20-06-2026 01:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced Friday that he and other Conservative party MPs will oppose the ratification of the K'omoks First Nation's treaty.
  
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• Family prepares to bury 5 children killed in devastating Ontario crash

  20-06-2026 01:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Five children killed in a crash in rural Ontario last week will be laid to rest Saturday, as family, friends and community members gather to mourn the siblings.
  
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• How Saskatoon’s Rock Your Roots is shaping the next generation

  20-06-2026 01:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the next generation gathers for National Indigenous Peoples Day, Rock Your Roots hosted thousands of kids to help shape the future of reconciliation in Saskatoon.
  
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• B.C. nurses reject tentative deal with province

  20-06-2026 00:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Members of the B.C. Nurses' Union have voted to reject a tentative agreement with the province on Friday.
  
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• Stampeders seek to rein in Roughriders’ offence

  20-06-2026 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders showed what quarterback Trevor Harris can do with healthy receivers in the CFL team's season-opener.
  
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• Inuit call on Ottawa to be better partners or they will look abroad

  20-06-2026 00:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami says it firmly rejects what it calls 'outdated, colonial approaches to Arctic policy' after wrapping up a two-day Arctic sovereignty conference in Ottawa.
  
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• Feds add $5.4B to address ‘pressures’ facing $10-a-day child-care program

  19-06-2026 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu said she has heard provinces and territories' calls for more federal money, as many struggle to reduce fees, add spaces and recruit staff.
  
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• Canada’s 1st judge dedicated to reconciliation appointed in Manitoba

  19-06-2026 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Manitoba judge was appointed to a first-of-its kind associate justice role for reconciliation, to help the relationships between the courts and Indigenous communities.
  
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