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• Ottawa’s nuclear energy strategy seeks new reactors, global exports

  22-06-2026 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The strategy launched Monday ties into Ottawa's overall aim to double electricity capacity by 2050, something the government argues requires zero-emission power sources.
  
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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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• 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 via cbc.ca
  
  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 via cbc.ca
  
  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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• Montreal shooter’s ‘anti-women’ manifesto reflects growing warnings: experts

  23-06-2026 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Experts in extremism and gendered violence say the manifesto is representative of authorities' recent warnings about the evolution of ideologically-motivated violent extremism.
  
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• Poor planning, budgeting issues identified as flaws in SPSA by provincial auditor

  23-06-2026 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) was unprepared for last year’s wildfires, the provincial auditor found in her summer report.
  
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• Calgary city council votes to stick with new Stampede music festival noise rules

  23-06-2026 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary city council has defied critics and voted against revisiting noise restrictions for downtown music festival tents during the Calgary Stampede.
  
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• Artist behind controversial photograph in Fredericton gallery defends it as ‘sacred’

  23-06-2026 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The artist behind a controversial photograph blasted as blasphemous by detractors says renewed criticism over its display in Fredericton misses the point.
  
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• Banks must resolve or close consumer complaints within 56 days: watchdog

  23-06-2026 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The FCAC's revised guideline also states that banks are not permitted to pause the legislated 56-day period in order to 'provide consumers greater transparency.'
  
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• Bank of Canada security workers on strike after negotiations failed

  23-06-2026 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Security officers at the Bank of Canada began a job action today after talks failed to secure a new collective agreement between the central bank and the union.
  
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• Pornhub 'will not speculate' on alleged Montreal shooter targeting its offices

  23-06-2026 21:31 via nationalpost.com
  
  Aylo, the company that owns pornography company Pornhub, does not want to offer any comment on a possible connection with the alleged Montreal shooter.In the aftermath of the shooting, the windows of the building that houses Aylo’s headquarters were visibly broken, the Montreal Gazette reported. The man allegedly responsible for the fatal shootout on Monday wrote a manifesto aiming, among other things, to create a “new order” that would curtail the sexual freedoms of women.The
  
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• Pornhub 'will not speculate' on alleged Montreal shooter targeting it offices

  23-06-2026 21:31 via nationalpost.com
  
  Aylo, the company that owns pornography company Pornhub, does not want to offer any comment on a possible connection with the alleged Montreal shooter.In the aftermath of the shooting, reported by the Montreal Gazette , the windows of the building that houses Aylo’s headquarters were visibly broken. The man allegedly responsible for the fatal shootout on Monday wrote a manifesto aiming, among other things, to create a “new order” that would curtail the sexual freedoms of women
  
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• Less Canadians see U.S. as ‘reliable’ as confidence falls under Trump: poll

  23-06-2026 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  The poll found only 33 per cent of Canadians viewed the United States favourably — a drop from 34 per cent in 2025 and steep decline from the 54 per cent recorded in 2024.
  
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• Nearly $200K raised for officer shot dead in Montreal. He was a father to a '3-year-old' with a second child on the way

  23-06-2026 21:14 via nationalpost.com
  
  A police officer who was killed in the line of duty during a shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood has been identified as 34-year-old Mohamed Lamine Benredouane.The attack began after police arrived to address 911 reports of an armed man seen in the window of a Hilton Hotel. Once on scene, however, they immediately came under fire from a gunman at ground level.Benredouane leaves behind a young child and a pregnant wife, according to the president of the Montreal Polic
  
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• Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, the officer killed in Montreal, was a father to a '3-year-old' with a second child on the way

  23-06-2026 21:14 via nationalpost.com
  
  A police officer who was killed in the line of duty during a shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood has been identified as 34-year-old Mohamed Lamine Benredouane.The attack began after police arrived to address 911 reports of an armed man seen in the window of a Hilton Hotel. Once on scene, however, they immediately came under fire from a gunman at ground level.Benredouane leaves behind a young child and a pregnant wife, according to the president of the Montreal Polic
  
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• Quebec military man pleads guilty to 7 charges after arrests tied to alleged violent extremism

  23-06-2026 21:09 via cbc.ca
  
  A Quebec man has pleaded guilty to seven out of 11 charges related to firearms possession and controlled materials after his 2025 arrest, when he was an active member of the military.He was arrested by the RCMP during an investigation where three other men were accused of facilitating terrorism.
  
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• Canadian travel to U.S. has increased for 1st time since January 2025

  23-06-2026 21:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The spike was driven by trips via car, up 8.1 per cent to 1.5 million, 65 per cent of which were same-day trips. Return trips by air also went down by 7.1 per cent year-over-year.
  
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• Lytton, B.C., man describes harrowing evacuation before Saw Creek fire destroyed his home

  23-06-2026 21:02 via cbc.ca
  
  The Saw Creek fire, discovered on June 19, continues to burn out of control just south of Lytton — the village in B.C.’s Interior that was destroyed by wildfire around this time five years ago.
  
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• All schools evacuated in Thompson, Man., due to bomb threats

  23-06-2026 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  All seven schools in the northern Manitoba city of Thompson was evacuated Tuesday after a series of bomb threats.
  
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• 6 schools evacuated in northern Manitoba city due to bomb threats

  23-06-2026 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly every school in the northern Manitoba city of Thompson was evacuated Tuesday after a series of bomb threats.
  
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• Missing jet-skier in South Saskatchewan River identified by Saskatoon police

  23-06-2026 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  The jet-skier who went missing in the South Saskatchewan River Weir has been identified by the Saskatoon Police Service as a 32-year-old man visiting the city from Mexico.
  
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• U.S. citizen drowns in kayaking accident on Okanagan Lake

  23-06-2026 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  West Kelowna RCMP said that at approximately 7:13 p.m. on June 19, they were called to the lake for a report that two kayakers had capsized.
  
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• Montreal mayor calls for stricter gun control in wake of deadly shootings

  23-06-2026 20:06 via nationalpost.com
  
  Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada called for stricter gun control in Canada Tuesday in the wake of Monday’s shooting in Côte-des-Neiges that left a police officer, a civilian and the suspected shooter dead.The former Liberal member of Parliament for Hochelaga supported federal gun control legislation during her time in Parliament.“How can we do better in the future to prevent something like this?” Martinez Ferrada said Tuesday.The mayor referenced the Dec. 6, 1989,
  
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• Brady Tkachuk says he asked for a trade from Ottawa Senators to start the 'next chapter' of his career

  23-06-2026 19:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Former Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk said during a media tour on Tuesday that he made a very hard decision to move on to the next chapter of his life and career when he requested a trade from the team that drafted him.
  
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• These are the most affordable cities in Canada, Royal LePage says

  23-06-2026 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian cities like Lethbridge, Alta., Saint John, N.B., and Thunder Bay, Ont., are some of the most affordable for those looking to own a home amid the cost-of-living crunch.
  
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• These are the 15 most affordable cities in Canada, Royal LePage says

  23-06-2026 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian cities like Lethbridge, Red Deer, Saint John and Thunder Bay are some of the most affordable for those looking to own a home amid the cost-of-living crunch.
  
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• Kingston, Ont., officials cheer Alto high-speed rail announcement, but concerns remain

  23-06-2026 19:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Officials in Kingston, Ont., welcomed news that the federal government prefers a southern route for high-speed rail, with a potential stop in their city. That change would spare property owners along the northern route, but concerns linger.
  
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• Toronto siblings win 'life-changing' $75M in LOTTO MAX jackpot

  23-06-2026 19:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Two Toronto siblings who came to Canada with dreams of a better life have won $75 million in a LOTTO MAX draw, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commisson has announced.
  
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