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• Saskatchewan rarely gets tornadoes as strong as the one that hit a southeast town this week

  11-06-2026 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The tornado that touched down in an area of southeastern Saskatchewan on Tuesday had an intensity rarely documented in the province.
  
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• Ottawa aims to cut grocery bills with $3.2B food security strategy

  11-06-2026 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  
  The multi-year plan, titled seeks to reduce the country’s dependence on international food imports and break the grip of a highly concentrated retail market.
  
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• How the death of a Toronto police officer may be linked to the war in Iran

  11-06-2026 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Early on Thursday morning, Marc Pinizzotto was shot and killed while executing a search warrant in the area of Trethewey and Black Creek drives in the west of the city.
  
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• Inclusivity top of mind as player returns to home ice 20 years later

  11-06-2026 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  After walking away from hockey for over 20 years, Matt Kenny is returning to the ice to send a message to young athletes: everyone belongs.
  
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• Bishnoi extortion gang gunman testifies he was paid $4,000 for B.C. shooting

  11-06-2026 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Abjeet Kingra is one of the first convicted Bishnoi extortion gang members to face a public deportation hearing.
  
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• Behind federalist Danielle Smith, many of her party's senior organizers back separatism

  11-06-2026 22:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Several UCP board members attended a fall separation rally, while other officials campaign for independence.
  
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• Can GLP-1s lower some cancer risks? What new research suggests

  11-06-2026 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Currently, two generic versions of Ozempic and Wegovy are available for Canadians to purchase for patients who use it to treat diabetes or weight loss for a fraction of the cost.
  
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• Charges of manslaughter and graft in Hong Kong's deadliest residential blaze

  11-06-2026 22:00 via nationalpost.com
  Hong Kong authorities have laid their first charges following a months-long investigation into the deadliest residential fire in the city’s history.Seven people and two companies have been charged with 25 offences, including manslaughter and conspiracy, over a catastrophic fire that ripped through the residential community of Wang Fuk Court in November, killing 168 people.The seven individuals charged all played different roles in a US$42.9 million renovation project at the time of the fi
  
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• Dollarama sales surge over 20% amid ‘weakening’ consumer confidence

  11-06-2026 21:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Montreal-based retail giant also said it may need to change its sales outlook if the Iran war drags on for the long term and results in higher operational costs.
  
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• Manitoba Museum ‘honoured’ to host founding HBC document, aid in reconciliation

  11-06-2026 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The 1670 charter that formed the Hudson’s Bay Co. was purchased, then donated, after The Bay's doors closed last year. On Thursday, it was welcomed to the Manitoba Museum.
  
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• Canada Post moving an extra 485K addresses to community mailboxes in 2027

  11-06-2026 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  The expanded program would see 485,000 addresses converted to community mailboxes in 2027, in addition to the 136,000 mailboxes to be converted this year.
  
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• Niagara Falls to light up for World Cup

  11-06-2026 20:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The Niagara Falls Illumination Board will light the waterfall with colours for Canada, Mexico and the United States — the three World Cup host nations.
  
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• Ottawa must adopt binding arbitration to stop labour disputes, Senate report says

  11-06-2026 20:48 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — A Senate committee is recommending that Ottawa take bold action including binding arbitration to ensure that labour disputes no longer disrupt Canadian supply chains, steps that would mark fundamental changes to labour relations in two critical sectors.In a new report released Thursday, the Senate Committee on Transport and Communications concluded that the federal government needs to make aggressive changes to the labour laws that govern the rail and marine industries so that th
  
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• Canada Post announces 485,000 more addresses to lose home delivery

  11-06-2026 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada Post has announced the nearly half-million addresses that will lose home delivery next year.
  
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• Offside, yellow cards, penalty kicks: Your guide to key World Cup rules

  11-06-2026 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  With the countdown for the FIFA World Cup's kickoff drawing closer and closer, here is a guideline of new rules and breakdowns of how certain plays work.
  
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• Nova Scotia long-term care worker strike one step closer to ending

  11-06-2026 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  CUPE says the lead bargaining unit have ratified their new tentative agreement. All other striking CUPE locals will now hold their own ratification votes.
  
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• New 'Canadian Door' for border library opens after Trump barred Canadians to enter from the U.S. side

  11-06-2026 19:38 via nationalpost.com
  
  The Haskell Free Library and Opera House on the Quebec-Vermont border opened its new Canadian entrance on Wednesday.The new door opens to Stanstead, Que., while the existing door is in Derby Line, Vt. A black line runs across the floor inside the library to indicate the border between Canada and the U.S.The building, which is more than a century old, has long been a symbol of harmony between Canada and the U.S. But the past eight months have been a different story, after the Trump administratio
  
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• Ottawa condemns Russia’s threats against firms in Canada-Ukraine drone deal

  11-06-2026 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Kremlin called Canada a 'warmonger' nation for signing the joint production deal and vowed to respond, including by publishing the addresses of Canadian firms.
  
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• CRA taking up to 47 weeks to process some tax return changes, watchdog says

  11-06-2026 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Taxpayers who filed requests to make changes to their income tax returns may be waiting up to 47 weeks for those changes to be processed by the CRA, an official watchdog says.
  
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• Taxpayer ombud wants to know why CRA is taking so long with complex tax returns

  11-06-2026 19:10 via nationalpost.com
  
  The Canada Revenue Agency’s service standard for working with taxpayers to make complex changes to their income tax returns is supposed to be 20 weeks, yet the agency is taking more than twice that time, prompting the federal taxpayers’ ombudsperson, François Boileau, to initiate an examination into the delays.“Forty-seven weeks is a long time for anyone to receive any news from the CRA, with regard to T1 adjustments that are complex, and we want to find out why it is s
  
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• Live-in nanny drugged with ice cream, sexually assaulted: Durham police

  11-06-2026 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police are saying an Oshawa man allegedly drugged a woman with ice cream, while she was living in his home and caring for his children.
  
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• Nova Scotia teen with Egyptian roots chosen as official ball carrier for World Cup match

  11-06-2026 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ibrahim Elsherif has been selected to be an official match ball carrier for an upcoming World Cup match between Egypt and New Zealand in Vancouver on June 21.
  
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• 'Make your case,' U.S. Ambassador tells Canada after Trump threatens not to renew CUSMA

  11-06-2026 18:44 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said the recent threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to not renew the North American trade pact creates an opening for Canada to make an offer.“You maybe don’t like the way the president says it but take it in the tone of what he’s saying is we’re open to offers,” said Hoekstra, during the 2026 U.S.-Canada Summit in Toronto on Thursday. “Make your case.”Hoekstra’s comments come one day after
  
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• Quebec becomes 1st Canadian province to ban energy drinks for youth

  11-06-2026 18:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec is now the first jurisdiction in North America to restrict access to caffeinated energy drinks — to people under 16, in this case. The new law will come into effect in six months.
  
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• I soared above the trees at a luxury eco-lodge hidden in the rainforest

  11-06-2026 18:15 via o.canada.com
  The sky bike hummed and clanked beneath me on a long, narrow cableway suspended 60 metres above ground. I wished my partner had joined me, but not one for heights, he bowed out, and I ended up on a solo expedition.  Read More
  
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• Ottawa responds to U.S. tariff threat by tabling bill on forced labour

  11-06-2026 18:08 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government will be tabling a bill in the coming days to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff threats on forced labour imports.Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand put a bill entitled “An Act respecting the prohibition of the importation of goods produced by forced labour” on notice on Wednesday.Government bills are usually put on notice at least 48 hours before they are introduced in the House of Commons, so it could be tabled as soon
  
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• Inuit leaders, Indigenous scholars disappointed after Senate votes down residential school denialism clause

  11-06-2026 17:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Inuit leaders and Indigenous scholars are disappointed the Senate shot down an amendment to Bill C-9 aiming to criminalize residential school denialism. They argue Holocaust denialism is criminalized, yet residential school denialism is not.
  
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• Canada not ‘an idle spectator’ in U.S. trade negotiations, LeBlanc says

  11-06-2026 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Canada and the U.S. hammer out trade negotiations, Minister Responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade Dominic LeBlanc said Canada is 'not an idle spectator.'
  
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• Toronto police officer killed during morning raid investigation tied to American consulate shooting

  11-06-2026 17:22 via nationalpost.com
  
  A Toronto police officer was killed on Thursday morning during a raid on an apartment building tied to an investigation into the American consulate shooting.“ It is with deep and profound sorrow that I must confirm the death of Police Constable Marc Pinizzotto, age 43, of our Emergency Task Force,” Toronto Police Service chief Myron Demkiw announced in a statement Thursday morning.“ The investigation that led to the search warrant where Police Constable Marc Pinizzotto was tra
  
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• Toronto police officer killed during Iran terror probe raid tied to American consulate shooting

  11-06-2026 17:22 via nationalpost.com
  
  A Toronto police officer was killed early Thursday morning during a raid on an apartment building tied to an investigation into the American consulate shooting.“ It is with deep and profound sorrow that I must confirm the death of Police Constable Marc Pinizzotto, age 43, of our Emergency Task Force,” Toronto Police Service Chief Myron Demkiw announced in a statement hours after the fatal shooting.The consulate attack, U.S. prosecutors suspect, was directed by Mohammad Baqer Saad Da
  
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