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• Portage Place redevelopment to include downtown Winnipeg grocery store

  24-06-2026 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Portage Place will home a long-awaited grocery store in downtown Winnipeg, True North Real Estate Development Limited, the mall's owner, announced on Wednesday.
  
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• Successful immigration depends on 'shared values,' not ancestry, Trudeau tells Finns

  28-06-2026 23:01 via nationalpost.com
  
  While acknowledging his Liberal government overshot post-pandemic admissions to Canada, Justin Trudeau defended immigration as essential and said successful integration depends not on common ancestry, but “shared values.”The former prime minister shared his thoughts on immigration during a fireside-style chat with Finnish journalist Jaako Loikanna at the Sumoi Areena, an annual public debate and societal discussion forum in Pori, Finland, last Thursday.He also expounded on the state
  
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• Wildfires prompt First Nation in northwestern Ontario to order vulnerable residents to leave

  28-06-2026 22:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The remote fly-in community of Kasabonika Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario is making preparations to evacuate vulnerable residents, as concern rises over numerous wildfires surrounding the community. Close to 60 wildfires are now burning across northwestern Ontario after dozens of new fires were sparked over the weekend.
  
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• Swiss collector working with First Nations leaders to repatriate Indigenous artifacts

  28-06-2026 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Vincent Escriba estimates his collection to be worth between $13 and $17 million and wants the items sold together.
  
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• Concordia University shooter dies in prison at 86

  28-06-2026 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Valery Fabrikant died at Archambault Institution, a medium- and minimum-security prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que., in the Laurentians.
  
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• Pride Parade set to hit Toronto streets with PM Mark Carney to attend

  28-06-2026 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The plane crashed near the city of Nancy at 11 a.m., Yves Séguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, told reporters near the scene of the crash.
  
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• Pride Parade hits Toronto’s streets with PM Mark Carney marching

  28-06-2026 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The plane crashed near the city of Nancy at 11 a.m., Yves Séguy, the prefect of the Meurthe-et-Moselle region, told reporters near the scene of the crash.
  
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• Poilievre asks ethics committee to probe plan to buy unsold B.C. condos

  28-06-2026 18:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a plan by Ottawa and the B.C. government to buy unsold condos for affordable housing, calling it a bail-out for developers.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured after fire at high-rise Toronto apartment building

  28-06-2026 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  One person was transported to hospital with minor injuries, while a second person found inside the unit was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Brooke Henderson 1 shot back of lead entering final round of Women's PGA Championship

  28-06-2026 14:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Haeran Ryu shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-shot lead over Canadian Brooke Henderson after three rounds of the Women's PGA Championship. The 28-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 3-under 69 at Hazeltine in Chaska, Min.
  
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• Lawyers ‘shocked’ by lack of answers on ‘Lost Canadian’ citizenship recalls

  28-06-2026 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Earlier this month, the immigration department began sending letters to an unknown number of people ordering them to surrender recently issued Canadian citizenship certificates.
  
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• Indigenous U.S. woman with criminal past wins Canadian immigration appeal

  28-06-2026 13:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  An American woman denied permanent residency in Canada due to convictions for impaired driving and drug possession has won another shot at staying here because the immigration officer who made the decision ignored “the best interests of her children and her experience as an Indigenous person.”The immigration officer found Kiley Gem Williams was “criminally inadmissible,” and refused her spousal sponsorship application for permanent residency. The 37-year-old member of th
  
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• The PQ wants an independent Quebec to join NATO or NORAD. Here's why that might be tricky

  28-06-2026 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — An independent Quebec would take the “necessary steps” to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), according to a “blue book” recently presented by the Parti Québécois (PQ).The 524-page document, le Livre bleu sur l’indépendance, discusses a wide swath of scenarios on what that a new Quebec republic would look like and its international commitments, should the PQ for
  
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• Landlords in the House: Advocates see a bias in Parliament against renters

  28-06-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Global News analysis of the financial disclosures of MPs as well as questions to a select number of politicians has found that every person in Carney's ministry are homeowners.
  
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• Canada eyes victory over South Africa in 1st World Cup elimination match

  28-06-2026 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada now enters uncharted territory, playing in its first FIFA World Cup elimination match and marking the furthest the men's team has gone in a World Cup.
  
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• Wildfire near endangered whooping crane nests sparks scientific opportunity

  28-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It's too soon to say what the long-term impacts of earlier wildfires might be on the world’s only natural wild migratory whooping crane flock. But scientists could be a step closer to finding out after a wildfire in Wood Buffalo National Park came near a handful of the endangered species' nests.
  
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• Changes are coming to auto insurance policies in Ontario. Here's what you need to know

  28-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As of July, some benefits that were previously mandatory under standard car insurance policies will be optional. This could drop the cost of premiums for customers who opt out of certain coverages, but insurance experts warn against leaving coverage exposed to risk.
  
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• A glacial lake in B.C. is at risk of bursting — again. How climate change has raised this risk

  28-06-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The threat of a glacial lake overflowing and potentially sending a torrent of meltwater and debris rushing toward homes has become an annual fear for people living near British Columbia's Place Glacier. But experts says this is an increasing risk as the effects of human-caused climate change hit Canada's glaciers hard.
  
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• Hundreds march in Vancouver to oppose planned AI data centres

  28-06-2026 06:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of people took to the streets in Vancouver on Saturday to oppose the construction of two new AI data centres in the city.
  
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• Chuckwagon racing legend Tom Glass dies at 77

  28-06-2026 03:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Tom Glass, a monumental figure in Western Canadian sports history, has died after suffering a stroke at 77. As "the face of chuckwagon racing," Glass dominated the sport locally and internationally during the 1980s and 1990s.
  
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• Flooding concerns, tornado threats sweep across Canadian Prairies

  28-06-2026 00:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Flooding concerns are mounting in Alberta as Edmonton nears a June rainfall record, while tornado watches and severe storms threaten parts of Saskatchewan.
  
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• Edmonton police shoot man dead after alleged assaults during hit-and-runs

  28-06-2026 00:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 59-year-old man is dead after Edmonton police say he allegedly assaulted emergency workers and fled before an officer-involved shooting.
  
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• B.C. premier visiting China to pitch LNG project as province’s ‘really big fish’

  27-06-2026 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  B.C. Premier David Eby says his first trade mission to China will focus on forestry, seafood and LNG as the province looks to expand trade beyond the U.S.
  
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• Canadian Army holds sunset ceremony to deactivate 5th Division

  27-06-2026 22:33 via cbc.ca
  
  The 5th Division of Canadian Army is transitioning with new structure and missions. A ceremony was held on Saturday in Halifax to commemorate its accomplishments in the Atlantic region.
  
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• Canada’s first offshore wind farms move closer to reality as regulator clears bidders

  27-06-2026 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada’s first offshore wind farms moved closer to reality as Nova Scotia regulators approved companies to bid on seabed licences later this year.
  
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• Motorcyclist dead, Brampton man charged after fatal crash involving SUV

  27-06-2026 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with an SUV in Brampton early Saturday morning. Police say the SUV driver allegedly fled the scene before later returning.
  
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• Two youths charged after 16-year-old boy found dead in Winnipeg parking lot

  27-06-2026 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 16-year-old boy from Bloodvein River First Nation has been identified as the victim of a Winnipeg homicide investigation after police found him dead in a parking lot.
  
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• Two 17-year-olds charged after 16-year-old boy found dead in Winnipeg

  27-06-2026 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 16-year-old boy from Bloodvein River First Nation has been identified as the victim of a Winnipeg homicide investigation after police found him dead in a parking lot.
  
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• 66 fires currently burning in the Northwest Territories, evacuation alert remains in place for Fort Simpson

  27-06-2026 20:16 via cbc.ca
  
  "Thousands of lightning strikes" mean a very busy weekend, says N.W.T. fire. Fort Simpson fire remains main concern, as well as fire near the Alberta border that threatens the highway. High heat and the risk of dry lightning continues for the area around Wood Buffalo National Park, Fort Smith and in the Sahtú and Dehcho.
  
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• 62 fires currently burning in the Northwest Territories, evacuation alert remains in place for Fort Simpson

  27-06-2026 20:16 via cbc.ca
  
  "Thousands of lightning strikes" mean a very busy weekend, says N.W.T. fire. Fort Simpson fire remains main concern, as well as fire near the Alberta border that threatens the highway. High heat and the risk of dry lightning continues for the area around Wood Buffalo National Park, Fort Smith and in the Sahtú and Dehcho.
  
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