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• What are Section 338 tariffs and how are they able to bypass CUSMA?

  21-07-2026 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threat against Canada is based on a nearly 100-year-old trade statute that has never been used to impose tariffs before.
  
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• B.C. RCMP issue Amber Alert for 4-year-old boy

  22-07-2026 11:12 via cbc.ca
  
  West Kelowna Mounties have issued an Amber Alert for a four-year-old boy. They say Atlas Andrews was last seen on Ridge Boulevard West in Kelowna at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday.
  
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• Meeting at a 'turbulent' time: Inuit Circumpolar Council gathers for general assembly in Iqaluit

  22-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Inuit from Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia are gathering for the 15th Inuit Circumpolar Council general assembly in Iqaluit during a time of increased geopolitical pressures and interest in the Arctic.
  
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• How wildfire smoke travels from Ontario to New York City — and turns distant city skies orange

  22-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Wildfires that have torched huge areas of forest and devastated communities are also sending smoke far and wide, prompting air quality warnings in distant cities and heated political rhetoric from the U.S. Experts say there's nothing particularly unusual about this summer's smoke patterns — but they say wildfires are getting worse, and that's not likely to stop on either side of the border.
  
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• Fatal black bear attacks are extremely rare despite recent killings in Saskatchewan, experts say

  22-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Though last week's fatal black bear attack that killed a Saskatchewan couple came just months after another death involving a bear in the province, experts say such fatal attacks are still extremely rare.
  
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• Convoy leader Tamara Lich asking court's permission to visit White House, go on cruise

  22-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Tamara Lich, a key figure in the 2022 convoy protest that paralyzed downtown Ottawa for nearly a month, is back in town Wednesday to ask a court for permission to travel internationally, including going on a Caribbean cruise and visiting the White House.
  
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• Chicken thighs are how much? Here's what's driving the latest grocery sticker shock

  22-07-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Prices for fresh or frozen chicken thighs jumped 8.2 per cent from May to June — far above the monthly increases for the usual offenders like beef and coffee, according to inflation numbers.
  
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• Riders will honour crash victim Bhishma Rajyaguru

  22-07-2026 05:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saskatchewan Roughriders will honour crash victim Bhishma Rajyaguru before their game Thursday night against the Edmonton Elks.
  
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• Calgary city council debates proposed exemptions from citywide rezoning repeal

  22-07-2026 04:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to city administration, an additional 247 properties across Calgary could be exempt from the repeal of citywide rezoning and retain their higher density zoning.
  
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• How hot is too hot to work? Report calls for heat protections for B.C. workers

  22-07-2026 04:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Researchers with BC Policy Solutions say B.C.'s heat exposure regulations have not kept pace with increasingly frequent extreme heat.
  
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• Boston Bar, B.C., residents ordered to 'leave now' due to new, fast-moving fire

  22-07-2026 03:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The Fraser Valley Regional District has ordered anyone remaining in Boston Bar, B.C., to leave immediately due to a new fire south of the community.
  
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• Police investigate suspected hate crime after fake severed hand left at Montreal Islamic centre

  22-07-2026 03:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Authorities say the package contained what appeared to be an imitation severed human hand covered in fake blood.
  
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• The number of wildfires in Alberta has dropped but air quality remains poor

  22-07-2026 02:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Wildfire says the 2026 fire season has been an improvement on previous years so far. But it hasn't stopped poor air quality in the province.
  
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• First Nations chiefs call for inquiry into Ontario wildfire response

  22-07-2026 02:30 via globalnews.ca
  
  The chiefs say some residents were forced to organize their own evacuations and received little warning or assistance as wildfires approached their communities.
  
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• Alberta-based liquor businesses prepare to ‘start pivoting’ amid latest U.S. tariff threat

  22-07-2026 02:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Alberta-based liquor businesses say they will be impacted if the United States follows through with a threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian alcohol products next month and some are calling for the province to retaliate.
  
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• Canada nixes cross-border celebrations for Gordie Howe Bridge opening after new tariffs

  22-07-2026 00:49 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada will not be taking part in cross-border celebrations to highlight the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge next week, the government has announced.“In light of trade action threatened by the United States earlier this week, it would be inappropriate to proceed with a celebratory event between the two countries,” said Jenna Ghassabeh, director of communications for the minister of housing and infrastructure, in a statement sent late Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• 'Serious' police incident closes North Vancouver's Westview Plaza

  22-07-2026 00:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Jackie Patton, who lives nearby, told CBC News she was having lunch when she heard multiple police sirens rush into the plaza.She said about a minute later, she heard three shots.
  
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• RCMP responding to 'serious incident' at North Vancouver's Westview Plaza

  22-07-2026 00:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Jackie Patton, who lives nearby, told CBC News she was having lunch when she heard multiple police sirens rush into the plaza.She said about a minute later, she heard three shots.
  
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• Police shoot and kill man at Westview Plaza in North Vancouver

  22-07-2026 00:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Jackie Patton, who lives nearby, told CBC News she was having lunch when she heard multiple police sirens rush into the plaza.She said about a minute later, she heard three shots.
  
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• Man dead after police shooting at shopping plaza in North Vancouver

  22-07-2026 00:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A man has died after a police shooting at a shopping plaza in North Vancouver Tuesday afternoon. Police officers responded to reports of a man armed with an "edged weapon" threatening people inside of a business at Westview Plaza, according to a release from North Vancouver RCMP.
  
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• Premiers promise direct-to-consumer alcohol sales from out of province are finally happening

  22-07-2026 00:16 via nationalpost.com
  
  CHARLOTTETOWN — Eight premiers said Tuesday they would start allowing people in their province to buy alcohol directly from producers anywhere in the country.“We’re thrilled today that other provinces have joined us,” said New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt, whose province amended its laws to allow residents to order alcohol directly from elsewhere in Canada last year.Holt’s province will be joined by Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, P.E.I., and
  
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• WATCH: Global Okanagan News at 5:30 p.m. – July 21

  22-07-2026 00:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch the online news edition of Global Okanagan at 5:30 p.m.
  
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• N.W.T. and Nunavut premiers abstain from agreement on direct-to-consumer alcohol sales

  21-07-2026 23:58 via cbc.ca
  
  At Tuesday's meeting between provincial leaders in Charlottetown, nine premiers agreed to update their rules that would allow more Canadian brewers and distillers to sell their products directly to consumers in other provinces.
  
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• Search continues for brothers suspected to have drowned at Manitoba provincial park

  21-07-2026 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crews are continuing their search for two young brothers following their suspected drownings at Whiteshell Provincial Park in Manitoba, police say. 
  
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• Canada won’t join U.S. at Gordie Howe bridge opening after tariff threat

  21-07-2026 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian government officials will not be attending next week's ribbon cutting event 'in light of trade action threatened by the United States,' Ottawa said.
  
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• Canada to skip Gordie Howe bridge opening event after Trump tariff threat

  21-07-2026 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadian government officials will not be attending next week's ribbon cutting event 'in light of trade action threatened by the United States,' Ottawa said.
  
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• No cross-border ceremony for Gordie Howe bridge in light of U.S. trade threats: minister

  21-07-2026 23:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada will celebrate the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge this week, the federal minister of infrastructure said Tuesday— but there will not be acelebration with the United States.
  
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• Sobeys' parent company vows change to practice that blocked competing stores

  21-07-2026 23:05 via cbc.ca
  
  One of Canada's major grocers has announced a new approach to competition around the land where its stores are located.
  
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• 9 premiers agree to lift interprovincial trade barriers on alcohol products

  21-07-2026 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Under a new deal, the premiers say they are updating rules to allow more Canadian brewers and distillers to sell alcohol directly to Canadians outside of their home provinces.
  
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• What are the ‘discriminatory measures’ Trump is citing for new tariffs?

  21-07-2026 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  'He [Trump] keeps talking about how the world takes advantage of the U.S., so rather than presenting himself as the bully, he's the defender.'
  
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