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• Immigration minister says 'something' happened to trigger order to surrender citizenship docs

  24-06-2026 02:33
  
  Immigration Minister Lena Diab said she told her department to investigate when she became aware that "something" had happened to trigger a wave of citizenship document recalls.
  
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• Thunderclouds are on the horizon in Carney's long, hot political summer

  24-06-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to be doing much more this summer than flipping burgers and pancakes.With the looming deadline of Alberta’s pipeline application, a referendum on the horizon, trade discussions to decide the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and several MP resignations in the coming weeks which will lead to byelections, he is bound to have a lot on his plate.And if Canada’s inflation numbers take hold, the food on that plate might b
  
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• Canada will battle Switzerland for key World Cup match teeing up next round

  24-06-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Team Canada is looking to punch its ticket to the next round of the men's FIFA World Cup with a win over Switzerland in a high-stakes match Wednesday.
  
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• Ottawa student flagged as security threat over research helpful to Iran’s weapons program

  24-06-2026 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Classified intelligence reports call an Iranian doctoral candidate a threat to Canada’s security.
  
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• Why a 25% discount on airline tickets wound up costing a Montreal couple more

  24-06-2026 10:00
  
  A Montreal couple was confused and upset after they rebooked their Air Canada flight to take advantage of a new sale, and the rebooked tickets cost slightly more. Dynamic pricing, which can cause base fares to fluctuate, was partly to blame. Some experts are calling for more transparency when companies use dynamic pricing during a discount promotion.
  
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• StubHub cancels thousands of World Cup tickets, leaving fans furious and heartbroken

  24-06-2026 10:00
  
  StubHub is facing thousands of angry consumer complaints after cancelling World Cup tickets hours before game time.
  
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• Ottawa has new powers to ban Chinese telecom companies. It says it's not planning to use them

  24-06-2026 10:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government has no plans to use its new cyber legislation to ban two Chinese telecommunications equipment companies from Canadian networks, even though Ottawa has described the new law as critical to national security.The government passed amendments last week to the Telecommunications Act, giving Ottawa the power to ban telecom gear from companies deemed to be security threats, or even strip that gear from existing Canadian networks. The legislation was widely seen as
  
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• Does it seem easier to book a dermatologist for Botox than a mole check? You're not alone

  24-06-2026 10:00
  
  Across the country, Canadians are waiting months to get access to a dermatologist for medical purposes, including skin checks, mole removals, eczema and psoriasis.
  
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• B.C.’s expanded chronic offender initiative welcomed but concerns raised

  24-06-2026 03:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  The hubs will monitor up to 420 high-risk individuals and connect them with services such as housing, mental health supports and addiction treatment.
  
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• Poilievre says there are too many ‘heritage months’ in Canada. There are 17

  24-06-2026 02:49 via nationalpost.com
  
  At a B.C. town hall last week, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said there are too many federally recognized heritage months, and that it’s “kind of getting hard to keep track of which month is for what cause or for what group.”The spur for the question appears to have been a Liberal MP’s recent attempt to have July declared as Somali Heritage Month.In reply, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani sponsored a petition for Canada to never declare another heritage month ever aga
  
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• Regina mosque faces threats after launching weekly amplified call to prayer

  24-06-2026 02:40
  
  A downtown Regina mosque says it has received threats after beginning a weekly amplified Muslim call to prayer from its rooftop speaker. Police said the permit is based on Regina's noise abatement bylaw and is in place until July 10, 2026, when the city and police will review the application.
  
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• Years in the making: An inside look at the PWHL's 1st outside investment

  24-06-2026 02:29
  
  A "belief in the growth of the game" is behind a "significant" investment in the PWHL from the Detroit-based Ilitch Companies, according to a company executive. The Ilitch Companies and Toronto businessman Larry Tanenbaum's Kilmer Sports Ventures were announced as the first outside investors in the PWHL earlier this week.
  
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• Complexity growing as 911 fields more than 1 million calls for help each year in Calgary

  24-06-2026 02:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary's 911 emergency call centre officers are answering more calls for emergency services, with more complex issues. Over a million calls were answered last year.
  
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• First Nation demands Carney apology amid 60-year mercury crisis

  24-06-2026 01:54
  
  Grassy Narrows First Nation is demanding an apology from Prime Minister Mark Carney, and for a paper mill linked to mercury contamination to be closed. Protesters say the Dryden paper mill, which dumped about nine tonnes of mercury into the English-Wabigoon River System in the 1960s and '70s, continues to pollute their community's water system.
  
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• Debate over Calgary Stampede party tent noise has been cranked to 11

  24-06-2026 01:40
  
  Danielle Smith's government put much of its weight behind Cowboys Music Festival's demand for later weeknight curfews. City council barely budged.
  
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• Calgary Stampede party tent noise dispute has been cranked to 11

  24-06-2026 01:40
  
  Danielle Smith's government put much of its weight behind Cowboys Music Festival's demand for later weeknight curfews. City council barely budged.
  
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• Needing only a draw, Canada coach Marsch cautions against playing safe in Group B finale vs. Switzerland

  24-06-2026 01:04
  
  Canada coach Jesse Marsch suggested he’s not going to ask his team to stray from its relentless, baked-in style — even if a tie, if just this once, would be victory enough when it plays Switzerland on Wednesday.
  
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• This Ontario city's set for final vote on a data centre moratorium. Here's more on the debate

  24-06-2026 00:57
  
  Hamilton city council is poised to decide whether to approve a moratorium on data centre development pending new local rules. Proponents say it'd give the city time to respond to a growing industry. Critics worry developments would be driven to other jurisdictions and there'd be missed business opportunities.
  
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• Winnipeg outreach worker wrongly detained after fatal stabbing says he feels he was racially profiled

  24-06-2026 00:50
  
  A community health worker who was detained near the scene of a fatal stabbing last week says he believes he might have been a victim of racial profiling.
  
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• Steve Nash encourages Canadian men's team ahead of World Cup match against Switzerland

  24-06-2026 00:48
  
  Ahead of Canada's group-stage finale at the World Cup, the team got a bit of encouragement from a Canadian sporting hero. Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash sent a message to the team on Tuesday before Canada's match against Switzerland on Wednesday, coach Jesse Marsch said.
  
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• Ottawa starting process to designate new N.W.T. highway as national interest project: sources

  24-06-2026 00:47
  
  CBC News has learned the federal government is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is planning to list a proposed highway in the Northwest Territories as a project of national interest.
  
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• New N.W.T. highway set to be Carney government's 1st national interest project: sources

  24-06-2026 00:47
  
  CBC News has learned the federal government is expected to announce on Wednesday that it is planning to list the Mackenzie Valley Highway in the Northwest Territories as a project of national interest.
  
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• ‘Something’ led to ‘lost Canadian’ citizenship recalls, minister says

  24-06-2026 00:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lena Diab didn't say exactly what problem led to an unknown number of people getting emails last week ordering them to surrender their proof of citizenship.
  
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• Indigenous advocacy group calls on Swiss collector to avoid private sale of artifacts

  24-06-2026 00:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bringing Them Home is calling for the return of thousands of Indigenous artifacts that belonged to a Swiss collector who is considering selling the items as he nears retirement.
  
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• Canadian Army battalion commander, chief warrant officer removed amid investigation

  24-06-2026 00:07
  
  The Canadian Army has sidelined the commanding officer and chief warrant officer of the Edmonton-based battalion. Defence officials will not disclose the reasons, but current and former military sources point to an alleged alcohol-related incident.
  
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• N.S. Tories add to their supermajority with byelection win

  23-06-2026 23:54
  
  The Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives just picked up the province's newest and smallest riding with 48.76 per cent of the vote.
  
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• Tracing the terrifying moments of how the Montreal shooting unfolded

  23-06-2026 23:29 via nationalpost.com
  
  At around 11:30 a.m. on Monday morning, the crack of gunfire began ringing out in a newly developed commercial hub in central Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges district.In the brief shootout that ensued, and captured through eyewitness videos that were later posted on social media site X, one police officer was shot while another officer, apparently female, crouches behind a waist-high concrete planter and exchanges fire with a man clad in camo. In a second video, the downed police officer
  
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• Provincial auditor urges Sask. to include all expected wildfire costs in budgeting

  23-06-2026 23:01
  
  In each of the past three years, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency's costs to respond to wildfires has exceeded its initial budget by more than $70 million.
  
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• No Quebec English leaders' debate before provincial election as 2 parties decline invite

  23-06-2026 23:00
  
  There will not be an English-language debate before the upcoming Quebec provincial election, after two of the main parties declined an invitation.
  
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• ‘We’ve lost a member of our community’: Montreal Jews react to deadly attack

  23-06-2026 22:51 via nationalpost.com
  
  Montreal’s Jewish community was still struggling to understand Tuesday whether antisemitism was the motive behind a deadly attack in the predominantly Jewish neighbourhood of Côte-des-Neiges that left a police officer and bystander dead.“It was obviously a horrible, horrible attack and really unfortunate,” said Yair Szlak, the chief executive officer of the Federation CJA, a Jewish organization in Montreal.When he was first informed of the attack, “of course your m
  
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