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• Ottawa sends officials to Nepal as search for missing Canadians continues

  01-09-2026 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said that 30 Canadians and permanent residents remain missing, a number she says may change as the government gets more information.
  
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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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• 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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• On a luxury train in Vietnam, I learned the journey can be as rewarding as the destination

  02-09-2026 18:20 via o.canada.com
  
  The rhythmic rocking of the train keeps a slow, steady tempo along the tracks as soft strains of jazz waft from the bar car, the faint sound of piano keys fused with ice tinkling in a cut-crystal glass. I’m next door in the treatment room, face down in a massage chair, slowly drifting off as my neck and back are gently massaged, the patchwork countryside passing by outside. Read More
  
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• B.C. government confirms gas revenue forecast errors worth $1.46B

  02-09-2026 17:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Energy Minister Adrian Dix said the most significant error, a 44-cent overstatement in the forecasted per-gigajoule price of natural gas this fiscal year, was a "serious mistake."
  
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• Workers find historic human remains in Manitoban RM: RCMP

  02-09-2026 17:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A road maintenance crew found the human remains last week, according to the Manitoba RCMP, who said carbon dating and testing is being arranged.
  
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• Toronto police deem fire at commercial building suspicious

  02-09-2026 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Just after 3 a.m., firefighters and police were called to Finch Avenue East and Willowdale Avenue for reports of a fire at a commercial building.
  
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• Vancouver-area home sales drop almost 5% in August amid lag: board

  02-09-2026 17:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Greater Vancouver Realtors says there were 1,869 home sales last month, which was 20.7 per cent below the 10-year seasonal average. 
  
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• Ontario byelections near finish line with trade war looming large

  02-09-2026 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Candidates say a variety of provincial issues has popped up during campaigning, but U.S. President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs.
  
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• Hilroy says sorry for leaving Newfoundland, Cape Breton off notebooks’ Canadian map

  02-09-2026 17:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  A spokesperson for Hilroy's parent company, ACCO Brands, says the inaccurate map was the result of a printing error.
  
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• Bank of Canada holds key rate at 2.25 per cent once again

  02-09-2026 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Monetary policymakers at the Bank of Canada use the policy rate to keep a lid on inflation and support economic growth when prices are contained.
  
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• Feds to announce gas tax holiday extension until the end of January 2027

  02-09-2026 16:10 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will announce an extension of the gas tax holiday until the end of January, according to a government source.The previously announced pause on the federal fuel excise tax was set to end on Sept. 7, adding 10 cents per litre of gas and four cents per litre of diesel after Labour Day.Champagne is scheduled to hold a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday at a Canadian Tire store, where he will announce the move.Prime Minister Mar
  
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• Feds to announce gas tax holiday extension until January

  02-09-2026 16:10 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne will announce an extension of the gas tax holiday until the end of January, according to a government source.The previously announced pause on the tax was set to end on Sept. 7, adding 10 cents per litre of gas and four cents per litre of diesel after Labour Day.Champagne is scheduled to hold a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday at a Canadian Tire store, where he will announce the move.Prime Minister Mark Carney announced t
  
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• The best translation tool while travelling? Your photo app

  02-09-2026 15:52 via o.canada.com
  
  At a supermarket in northern Spain, I blinked at the screen in the self-checkout lane, unsure of what the machine was asking me to do. Then, in a snap, I understood. Read More
  
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• 'You can't lay bees off.' Canadians will see cheap honey in trade war, but the sting will come

  02-09-2026 15:42 via nationalpost.com
  
  Honey is one of hundreds of Canadian products that have been hit with a 50 per cent tariff to enter the United States, grinding exports to a halt. More honey staying north of the border could mean lower prices for consumers in the short term.But over time, the loss of Canada’s largest export market for honey could take a toll on producers — and, due to honey bees’ contribution to the pollination sector, the overall food system.“When there’s abundance, prices may pl
  
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• Cost of living, fuel has Couche-Tard customers cutting back on snacks

  02-09-2026 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The convenience store chain's chief executive Alex Miller says shoppers are being more deliberate about their purchases as the cost of living and fuel rises.
  
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• Maritime farmers hit by major drought last summer say they’re on the road to recovery

  02-09-2026 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  A year after a severe drought left farms hurting across the East Coast, some Maritime growers say they’re on the road to recovery.
  
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• Canadian families still waiting for answers 1 week after Nepal disaster

  02-09-2026 15:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The flooding on Aug. 26 killed more than 1,100 people and left roughly 4,400 missing, after a glacier collapsed in the Himalayan border region between Nepal and China.
  
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• Ottawa set to extend the pause on federal fuel excise tax: source

  02-09-2026 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  A planned renewal of the federal excise tax on fuel that was to kick in after Labour Day will be paused, Canada's finance minister is to announce Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Teachers, students file new wave of lawsuits against OpenAI over Tumbler Ridge shooting

  02-09-2026 15:13 via cbc.ca
  
  New legal filings describe the horror students and teachers experienced on Feb. 10 and include new details of OpenAI's alleged negligence in preventing the shooting.
  
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• Thunderstorms, rain looming for Toronto as heat warnings hit southern Ontario

  02-09-2026 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority says there's a higher potential for flooding in its river systems. It also warned that its watersheds are already saturated.
  
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• Counter tariffs will add to 'perfect storm' of homebuilding challenges, N.L. builders say

  02-09-2026 14:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Countertariffs Canada is preparing to place on more than $27 billion of American products has left a cloud of uncertainty for homebuilders in Newfoundland and Labrador, who say business could become more expensive and difficult.
  
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• Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons join forces to link their loyalty programs

  02-09-2026 14:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Under the partnership launched between the restaurant and the home goods company on Wednesday, customers who link their Triangle and Tims Rewards accounts will earn between two and five per cent in Canadian Tire money in addition to Tims points on select Tims purchases.
  
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• Police investigating murder of employee of ex-MP Raj Grewal, who's accused of fraud

  02-09-2026 14:29 via nationalpost.com
  
  Litigation over millions in alleged financial misconduct by former MP and lawyer Raj Grewal and his colleagues has brought to the fore a more chilling backdrop to the saga — a shocking murder of a Grewal associate and shootings at his home.The recent cross-examination of a witness in one of a slew of lawsuits against the ex-Liberal member, the law firm he founded and other lawyers raised the fact that a Grewal employee, Jaskarn Dhaliwal, was shot dead eight months ago as he drove out of a
  
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• Tumbler Ridge shooting survivors among 30 new plaintiffs suing OpenAI

  02-09-2026 14:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thirty new plaintiffs have joined legal action tied to the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, expanding the case against OpenAI and Sam Altman to 37 claims.
  
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• Edmonton woman says she was ‘unpersoned’ by church after Orthodox clergyman charged with sexual assault

  02-09-2026 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A member of the clergy with an Orthodox church in Edmonton has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman more than two decades ago, and the complainant in the case says she was ostracized from the church after reporting the alleged crime.
  
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• Ontario threatened to cut off U.S. critical minerals supply. Sudbury isn’t panicking

  02-09-2026 13:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  With each development in Donald Trump's trade war, many Ontario cities have received news of tariffs on Canadian goods with panic and devastation for their local industries.
  
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• Telus accused of misleading B.C. consumer watchdog in probe sparked by mistaken $1,400 cancellation fee

  02-09-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  B.C.'s consumer watchdog is locked in a court battle with Telus after accusing the telecommunications giant of stonewalling an inspector trying to determine if a mistaken $1,435.65 contract cancellation fee was part of a bigger issue.
  
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