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• Kelowna asks Ottawa to help shut down the downtown’s supervised consumption site

  03-09-2026 13:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mayor Tom Dyas has written to the federal health minister asking that the facility’s 2027 renewal be denied.
  
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• Hamilton NHL prospect Matthew Mayich 'needs a miracle' after training collapse, family lawyer says

  04-09-2026 23:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Hamilton-born NHL prospect Matthew Mayich 'needs a miracle' in hospital after he collapsed during a 'brutal' workout at Arizona State University last month, according to his family's lawyer. Rob Carey is calling for the university to investigate the incident.
  
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• Lunenburg water conservation continues after Dares Lake dam breach

  04-09-2026 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Water conservation efforts continued for a second day in Lunenburg, N.S., along with school and business closures, as crews worked on repairs to the Dares Lake dam. 
  
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• Another golf push cart company is threatened by Canada's tariffs on Chinese EVs

  04-09-2026 22:47 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — An Ontario company that is being threatened by a massive retroactive tax bill because its golf carts were categorized by Ottawa as electric vehicles (EVs) isn’t alone.At least one other Canadian company that also has its motorized push carts manufactured in China says it has also received a tax bill from Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) that is large enough to threaten its business.Hanson Xie, director of operations of Markham, Ont.-based Axglo Inc., says the federal go
  
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• Toronto orders Live Nation to hire engineer, fix Rogers Stadium before AC/DC show

  04-09-2026 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  Images from the venue, located near Downsview Park, show blue bleachers strewn around the site, while its grandstands appear to be partially collapsed.
  
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• Man charged with arson after cars torched outside Liberal MP's home: police

  04-09-2026 21:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a man in connection to an arson investigation after several cars were torched at the home of a Scarborough MP last week.
  
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• Man charged with arson after cars torched outside Liberal MP's home

  04-09-2026 21:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a man in connection to an arson investigation after several cars were torched at the home of a Scarborough MP last week.
  
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• Man arrested in arson investigation at Liberal MP's home

  04-09-2026 21:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a man in connection to an arson investigation after several cars were torched at the home of a Scarborough MP last week.
  
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• ‘211 years of community’: Funding aims to protect Upper Hammonds Plains from wildfires

  04-09-2026 21:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A historic African Nova Scotian community is receiving provincial funding to reduce its wildfire risk, in a bid to help preserve the area's heritage.
  
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• Gander, N.L., defends invitation to U.S. ambassador Hoekstra to 9/11 commemoration

  04-09-2026 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Town of Gander, N.L., says its invitation to United States Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to attend a 9/11 ceremony this month was protocol, not an endorsement.
  
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• 'We're taking it very personally': Republican mayor from Lake Ontario city rejects Trump's 'Lake America'

  04-09-2026 21:28 via nationalpost.com
  
  The mayor of a New York State city on the shore of Lake Ontario has said his community is taking the lake’s renaming “very personally” and will not be using the new “Lake America” name.Robert Corradino is a Republican and has been mayor of Oswego, in the Republican stronghold of Oswego County, since January 2024.Despite the area’s political allegiance, he says his community is “trying to understand why a name that has endured for centuries would suddenl
  
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• N.B. regulator to review complaints about noise and odours near potato chips factory

  04-09-2026 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 17 residents say the Covered Bridge Potato Chips Ltd. plant brings overwhelming smells, constant noise and more traffic to their once-quiet neighbourhood.
  
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• Survey on perceived safety in cities puts Quebec City on top, Winnipeg at the bottom

  04-09-2026 21:12 via nationalpost.com
  
  A new survey on public safety perception in Canada’s urban centres finds that Quebec City has the strongest net perceived safety score in the country, while Winnipeg has the weakest.But the survey, updating a previous version of the study conducted almost a decade ago, also recorded a big change in several large municipalities. Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto were all perceived as much less safe than they were in 2017. Those cities are clustered at the bottom of the list, along with last-
  
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• Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs form new provincial party

  04-09-2026 20:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  Five former B.C. Conservative MLAs are forming a new provincial party they say will offer voters an alternative to both the governing NDP and the Conservatives.
  
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• Special city council meeting called over leak of confidential Calgary budget docs

  04-09-2026 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Preliminary budget documents obtained by Global News show a large property tax increase would be required to pay for the funding requests in front of Calgary city council.
  
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• ‘Unlike anything we’d ever seen’: Couple spots North Atlantic right whale off Blackhead Cove, N.L.

  04-09-2026 19:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Heather MacAuley and Chris Murphy recently stumbled across a rare North Atlantic right whale in the water off Blackhead Cove, marking a sighting of a critically endangered species of whale with only an estimated 384 individuals remaining.
  
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• Alberta thinks it has a health care fix. Ottawa, as always, is skeptical

  04-09-2026 19:02 via nationalpost.com
  
  Can Ottawa and Alberta actually work together?Adriana LaGrange is not waiting for permission. Alberta’s minister of hospital and surgical health services is rolling out a dual-practice model that lets some surgeons work in both the public system and a private-pay lane at the same time — something no other province allows. The question hanging over it is not just whether the model works. It is whether Ottawa and Edmonton can drop the familiar script — western grievance versus f
  
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• Four sentenced in connection with killing of 19-year-old Burnaby man

  04-09-2026 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Four people have been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with the 2023 killing of 19-year-old Ryan Nagy in Burnaby.
  
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• Vancouver police officer accused of defrauding $3M from 19 victims

  04-09-2026 18:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Vancouver police say a high-profile officer who was arrested on Thursday allegedly defrauded 19 victims of a total of about $3 million.
  
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• Vancouver police hold news conference in wake of high-profile officer's arrest

  04-09-2026 18:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Vancouver police have scheduled a news conference on Friday to announce charges in "a 2.5-year covert investigation."
  
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• 4 tornadoes landed in the Prairies during Sunday’s storm, researchers confirm

  04-09-2026 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed two additional tornadoes landed in Manitoba during Sunday's storm, bringing the regional total to four.
  
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• Saskatchewan Income Support recipient prepares complaint to ombudsman

  04-09-2026 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Saskatchewan woman is telling her story of losing her home while on Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS), and despite recent upgrades to the program, she says it still isn't enough.
  
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• Bones found in Yukon ID'd as ice-age cheetah

  04-09-2026 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers used DNA and isotope analysis to figure out how the large cats survived in the far north.
  
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• 5 ex-B.C. Conservative MLAs now forming new party

  04-09-2026 16:40 via cbc.ca
  
  MLAs Rosalyn Bird, Bruce Banman and Áʼa:líya Warbus are joining a new party led by Peter Milobar and Ian Paton.
  
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• Sentencing delayed again for man behind Ditch-2 wildfire

  04-09-2026 16:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jason Halkett will have to wait at least a few more weeks to learn what type of sentence he will serve for starting the Ditch-2 wildfire last year after pleading guilty in April.
  
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• Weapons, cellphones, drugs among $112K in contraband seized at N.B. prison

  04-09-2026 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Seized items included handmade alcohol, edged weapons, vaping devices, cellphones, a USB key, and a USB card reader.
  
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• 'You couldn’t see anything': Windsor-Essex residents pick up the pieces after radar-confirmed tornado

  04-09-2026 15:51 via cbc.ca
  Residents across Windsor and Essex County were left cleaning up Thursday night after a powerful storm moved through the region, with Environment Canada saying its radar showed a tornado in the area.
  
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• Botched Edmonton Marathon costs 13 runners shot at Boston Marathon

  04-09-2026 15:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A botched racecourse that was longer than it should have been for the Edmonton Marathon has cost 13 runners a chance to compete in the prestigious Boston Marathon.
  
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• Botched Edmonton Marathon costs 13 runners chance at Boston Marathon

  04-09-2026 15:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A botched racecourse that was longer than it should have been for the Edmonton Marathon has cost 13 runners a chance to compete in the prestigious Boston Marathon.
  
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• Economy sheds 42,000 jobs, unemployment rate steady in August, says StatCan

  04-09-2026 15:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  StatCan said there was little change in the private sector and self-employment in August, but the public sector shed 20,000 positions in its third straight month of losses.
  
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