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• Newly launched group wants all Canadians to get outside at the same time

  12-07-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Martin Sampson would like you to step outside next Saturday.Don’t worry; he’s not challenging you to a fight. Sampson is the CEO of the Canadian Parks and Recreation Association and one of the creators of a new initiative called Everyone Outdoors Together.The plan is simple: On the third Saturday in July — the 18th this year, and not coincidentally National Parks Day — Canadians from every part of the country and all walks of life are invited to get out in the great outd
  
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• Bonnie Crombie prepares bid to re-take Mississauga mayoralty

  13-07-2026 00:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  In a message sent to some supporters, former mayor Bonnie Crombie said she would officially register to enter the race at Mississauga's civic centre on Tuesday morning.
  
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• B.C. wildfire sparks East Kootenay evacuation alert, weather helps firefight near Boston Bar

  12-07-2026 21:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Dozens of people have been told to leave their homes on a moment's notice due to an out-of-control wildfire in British Columbia's southeast.
  
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• Snowbirds fly final hometown show before extended pause

  12-07-2026 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fifty-five years since their first-ever performance in Moose Jaw, the Snowbirds took to the sky Saturday before what could be an extended pause.
  
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• More tornadoes recorded in Canada’s Prairies amid humid heat wave

  12-07-2026 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  A red tornado warning was issued by Environment Canada around 5:30 p.m. Saturday for the County of Vermilion River, Alta., but was cancelled roughly 30 minutes later.
  
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• ‘It’s looking good’: Carney chats pipelines while mingling at Calgary Stampede

  12-07-2026 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carney said he's optimistic the pipeline will get done and that polling across the country shows it has majority support.
  
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• 'Pure excitement': Islanders describe spotting tornado off coast of P.E.I.

  12-07-2026 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Laura MacNeil has been running shoreline tours in the Vernon Bridge area of P.E.I. for six years. While her tours typically highlight the Island's fossil sites, MacNeil's tour group Saturday morning got to witness a different kind of natural phenomenon.
  
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• Several structures damaged after tornado passes through part of central Alberta hamlet

  12-07-2026 18:44 via cbc.ca
  
  In a social media post on Sunday, the County of Vermilion River said no injuries had been reported to officials, and that the Alberta Emergency Management Agency and the Northern Tornadoes Project are investigating.
  
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• Evacuation alert for East Kootenay wildfire, Brunswick Creek fire grows: officials

  12-07-2026 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Wildfire Service is issuing a call for compliance, as two out-of-control wildfires continue to burn in the Fraser Canyon.
  
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• B.C. Wildfire Service calls for compliance amid reports of speeding and drone flights

  12-07-2026 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The BC Wildfire Service is issuing a call for compliance, as two out-of-control wildfires continue to burn in the Fraser Canyon.
  
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• Ford and Unifor strike tentative deal for three-year labour contract

  12-07-2026 16:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The tentative agreement covers roughly 5,000 workers at five plants in southern Ontario and one in Alberta.
  
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• B.C. researchers turn to wild yeast in bid to help struggling craft breweries

  12-07-2026 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers at Langara College and the University of British Columbia are studying wild yeast collected from across B.C. and the Pacific Northwest to see if it can be used to brew beer with unique flavours while reducing costs for breweries.
  
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• Albertan Mark Milke wants to reinvigorate Canada, not leave it

  12-07-2026 15:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  “Starting a separatist movement is like starting a war,” says Mark Milke, the founder and president of the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. “You think you’d be home by Christmas and you’re still in the trenches four years later.”That was Milke’s blunt assessment of the Alberta independence movement, shared over sushi in a downtown Calgary restaurant during Stampede week. (I was the one in full cowgirl regalia; he showed up dressed for “summ
  
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• Top 20% of Canadian earners pay more than half of all taxes, says study warning against increasing rates

  12-07-2026 14:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  High-income families in Canada are paying a disproportionately large share of taxes, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute .The report, which uses data from Statistics Canada’s Social Policy Simulation Database and Model (SPSD/M), shows that the top 20 per cent of income-earning families pay nearly two-thirds (65.3 per cent) of the country’s personal income taxes and more than half (58.3 per cent) of total taxes. This is more than their share of total family income in
  
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• How Lawrence Bishnoi grew his extortion gang in Canada

  12-07-2026 14:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Lawrence Bishnoi and his international criminal enterprise were the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice indictment on Tuesday. Bishnoi, a 33-year-old crime boss, is accused of running a criminal empire from a high-security jail in India and directing members to assassinate the pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C. in 2023. Read the transcript or watch the video to learn more about Bishnoi and how his gang spread in Canada.A violent transnational gang behind an extortion crisis
  
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• 'Something concrete': Why Asian-Canadians were moved to denounce antisemitism

  12-07-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  In the emerging movement of non-Jews speaking out against rampant antisemitism in Canada, Fo Niemi and his coalition of Asian community groups in Montreal stand out as veterans.When a city synagogue was firebombed last month, the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR) brought together a coalition of Asian communities – ranging from Cambodian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino – to denounce antisemitism and support the Jewish community.These were, in his words, “sm
  
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• Federal agency touts operation of cybersecurity sensors across the North

  12-07-2026 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Communications Security Establishment's latest annual report notes that its Cyber Centre deployed the software on government networks in the Northwest Territories in 2022 followed by Yukon and Nunavut in 2024.
  
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• Guinea fowl sales spike in N.S. as homeowners look for natural tick control

  12-07-2026 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Some guinea fowl breeders in Nova Scotia are seeing a surge in demand for the birds to control the tick population. Scientists note they could serve as a supplementary control method, and breeders stress space requirements.
  
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• How Cape Race, N.L., helped North America get its news — by fishing it out of the sea

  12-07-2026 10:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Before there was internet, television and radio, Cape Race, N.L., was at the centre of how North America got its news. Theresa O'Leary's book Race to the Cape tells us how, and why it started here.
  
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• Two dead in 'targeted' shooting at Toronto salsa street festival that injured four others; public not at risk: police

  12-07-2026 04:24 via nationalpost.com
  
  At least two people were killed and four more were injured after at least two people opened fire at a Toronto street festival on Saturday, police said.At 8:12 p.m., Toronto Police responded to reports of active gunfire in the area of St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue. At a news conference at about 11 p.m., police said that they no longer believed there was an active shooter.Police said there was an exchange of gunfire between two people who were targeting each other, however, they coul
  
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• At least two dead in mass shooting at Toronto salsa street festival; suspect still at large: police

  12-07-2026 04:24 via nationalpost.com
  
  At least two people were killed and four more were injured in a mass shooting at a Toronto street festival on Saturday.Shortly after 8 p.m., Toronto Police Operations announced on X that there was an active shooter in the area of St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue. Videos posted to social media show people running as shots rang out.As of 9:30 p.m., Toronto police said they had secured the scene, but the suspect, or suspects, are “still outstanding.” Police advised people to
  
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• At least two dead in mass shooting at Toronto salsa festival; suspect still at large: police

  12-07-2026 04:24 via nationalpost.com
  
  An unknown suspect opened fire at a Toronto street festival on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring at least four more.Shortly after 8 p.m., Toronto Police Operations announced on X that there was an active shooter in the area of St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue.As of 9:30 p.m., Toronto police said they had secured the scene, but the suspect, or suspects, are “still outstanding.” Police advised people to avoid the area.The Salsa on St. Clair festival was taki
  
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• B.C. drowning deaths rise sharply as safety groups urge life-jacket use

  12-07-2026 03:46 via cbc.ca
  
  B.C. has recorded the sharpest increase in drowning deaths, higher than any other provinces in Canada this year, according to the B.C. and Yukon Lifesaving Society.It says at least 30 people have drowned in the province so far in 2026, a 50 per cent increase from the same point last year.
  
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• Tornado warning ends for parts of Manitoba

  11-07-2026 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for parts of Manitoba, saying a severe thunderstorm may be producing a tornado west of Salt Point.
  
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• Environment Canada issues tornado warning for parts of Manitoba

  11-07-2026 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for parts of Manitoba, saying a severe thunderstorm may be producing a tornado west of Salt Point.
  
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• Toronto police seek 3 suspects after fatal North York shooting

  11-07-2026 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 22-year-old man is dead and two others are injured after a targeted shooting in North York. Police say three masked suspects fled in a stolen car.
  
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• Transport Canada appoints observer after train derailment northeast of Montreal

  11-07-2026 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Transport Canada has appointed an observer to oversee the investigation into a CN train derailment near Montreal after 49 railcars left the tracks near a neighbourhood.
  
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• Dolegala, Ticats set to take on Roughriders

  11-07-2026 22:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Jake Dolegala isn't shying away from stepping into the starting quarterback role for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
  
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• Heat wave fuels record-tying 10 tornadoes in Saskatchewan

  11-07-2026 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ten tornadoes tied Saskatchewan's one-day record Friday as extreme heat fuelled severe storms, with Environment Canada warning more tornadoes are possible.
  
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• Veteran pilot killed fighting N.W.T. wildfire was a trusted leader and patient mentor

  11-07-2026 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  A veteran pilot killed while supporting wildfire crews in the Northwest Territories is being remembered as a skilled aviator, mentor and leader with over 25 years of experience.
  
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