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• Wildfire-stricken Manitoba First Nation calls for better emergency response

  14-07-2026 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wildfires surrounding a Cree nation in northern Manitoba have reduced access to emergency services and knocked out power in the community.
  
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• Ontario wildfires engulf train in flames; smoke blankets the province. Here's what to know

  15-07-2026 22:07 via nationalpost.com
  
  Wildfires in Northern Ontario grew so wide and fierce that they turned skies across the province a smoky shade of orange, while a CN Rail train could be seen travelling through a burning, hellish landscape.“This could potentially overtake us here, this has gotten a little scary,” says an engineer in a video taken inside the train while it was stopped on the tracks, which was shared by Ontario MPP Sol Mamakwa. “We’re encased in flames now.” This is near Armstrong, O
  
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• U.S. House of Representatives votes to move America to permanent daylight savings time. Will Canada follow suit?

  15-07-2026 21:57 via nationalpost.com
  
  The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to end the annual practice of springing forward to daylight saving time and falling back to standard time. Instead, the Sunshine Protection Act aims to place most of the U.S. permanently on daylight saving time, except for the few parts of the country already on year-round standard time.The change would in effect extend winter sunsets and delay sunrises by about an hour. However, several U.S. lawmakers have predicted the bill will ultimately fa
  
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• TTC prepares to install automatic train signalling, promises more frequent service

  15-07-2026 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The new deal will see Hitachi Rail Canada install a communications-based train control (CBTC) system for the Toronto Transit Commission.
  
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• CN workers in viral video showing train car surrounded by wildfire flames got out safely, railway says

  15-07-2026 21:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian National Railway is responding after a work crew narrowly escaped a train car surrounded by flames on Monday near Armstrong, Ont. Video taken from inside the train appears to show workers looking through the car's windows at wildfire flames.
  
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• Carney may name more Conservative senators to beef up ranks, says Liberal Senate representative

  15-07-2026 21:11 via nationalpost.com
  
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has no intention of reviving a Liberal caucus in the Senate but is prepared to beef up Conservative ranks in the upper chamber, said the government’s representative in the Senate, Pierre Moreau.In an interview with National Post, Moreau said that he has been in discussions with Carney’s office for some time about the new Senate appointments process unveiled last week. Those changes include “removing the non-partisanship criterion&rdquo
  
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• Judge refuses to order transgender inmate be moved to women's prison

  15-07-2026 21:09 via cbc.ca
  
  A judge has ruled against a transgender inmate with a lengthy record of sex crimes involving women, refusing her request to order the Correctional Service of Canada to move her from the men’s prison system into a women’s institution.
  
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• Why this historic Quebec cheese brand is being sold to a French company

  15-07-2026 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  The Quebec cheese brand OKA, with a history spanning more than 130 years in the province, is being sold to the French group Lactalis, one of the world's largest players in the cheese industry.
  
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• Assembly of First Nations calls for criminalization of residential school denialism

  15-07-2026 20:41 via cbc.ca
  
  The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has passed an emergency resolution that calls on Canada to criminalize residential school denialism. The advocacy organization, which represents chiefs countrywide, is holding its annual general assembly in Ottawa this week.
  
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• Chiefs want residential school denialism criminalized as hate speech

  15-07-2026 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  First Nations chiefs say the federal government is enabling residential school denialism by failing to make it a crime.
  
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• Pair of all-Canadian matchups highlight NHL opening night in late September

  15-07-2026 20:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The 2026-27 NHL season is set to begin Sept. 29 with a pair of all-Canadian matchups. The Montreal Canadiens will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs, with the Edmonton Oilers later hosting the Vancouver Canucks.
  
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• He'd just told 911 a car had crashed into a gas line. Then the building exploded

  15-07-2026 20:27 via cbc.ca
  
  After seeing a vehicle crash into the north Edmonton apartment building where he lived Randolph Pattemore called 911 to report the smell of gas and his worry that there would be an explosion. And then there was.
  
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• Quebec and Alberta announce plan to work together to deploy AI in government

  15-07-2026 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Quebec and Alberta governments are planning to work together to implement artificial intelligence in public administration as part of new initiatives in the tech industry.
  
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• These resorts were just named the best in Canada

  15-07-2026 20:14 via o.canada.com
  
  Whether you’re planning a mountainside retreat or coastal getaway, some of Canada’s most acclaimed luxury resorts just received another major stamp of approval.  Read More
  
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• Canada pauses immigration applications for parent, grandparent sponsorship

  15-07-2026 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada. 
  
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• Open fire and campfire bans coming into effect in B.C. amid dry lightning threat

  15-07-2026 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several open fire bans, including campfire prohibitions, are coming into effect over the next two days in parts of British Columbia as crews prepare for the threat of new blazes.
  
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• Walking, biking across Gordie Howe bridge to start 10 days after vehicles

  15-07-2026 19:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Cars, trucks will begin crossing July 27. Cyclists and pedestrians can on Aug. 5
  
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• Localized flooding on Yellowhead Trail following overnight storm

  15-07-2026 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Significant traffic delays were felt across the city as several underpasses along the Yellowhead Trail were flooded by an overnight storm.
  
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• After major derailment, Repentigny, Que., asks Ottawa to reduce freight train speeds in urban areas

  15-07-2026 19:41 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Repentigny is formally asking Ottawa to reassess speed limits for trains in urban areas after a derailment earlier this month saw 46 cars jump the tracks in a residential neighbourhood.
  
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• Montreal hospital livestreams surgeries for educational purposes

  15-07-2026 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Montreal hospital's surgeon is livestreaming complex eye surgeries to give medical trainees a real-time window into the operating room.
  
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• Closing press conference for Canada's finance ministers

  15-07-2026 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  At the close of a two day summit in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada's federal and provincial finance ministers are holding a press conference and taking question.
  
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• WestJet flight attendants vote in favour of strike as soon as Aug. 2

  15-07-2026 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  A strike by flight attendants would effectively ground Canada's second-largest airline the day before a statutory holiday in many provinces.
  
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• Teen who killed random woman to be like fictional serial killer gets five years in youth facility

  15-07-2026 19:21 via nationalpost.com
  
  A teenager who stabbed a retired kindergarten teacher to death at random as she raked leaves in her yard in an Ontario suburb said he was determined to kill someone that day “to escape his old life” and to assume an alter ego based on a fictional serial killer, court heard.The boy, 14 years old at the time of the murder in Pickering, east of Toronto, told psychiatrists after his arrest that when he was suspended from school for carrying a knife he made up his mind to kill, like the
  
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• Teen gets five years in youth facility for stabbing random woman to death 'to escape his old life'

  15-07-2026 19:21 via nationalpost.com
  
  A teenager who stabbed a retired kindergarten teacher to death at random as she raked leaves in her yard in an Ontario suburb said he was determined to kill someone that day “to escape his old life” and to assume an alter ego based on a fictional serial killer, court heard.The boy, 14 years old at the time of the murder in Pickering, east of Toronto, told psychiatrists after his arrest that when he was suspended from school for carrying a knife he made up his mind to kill, like the
  
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• Protesters surround car, smash glass following N.S. premier's speech

  15-07-2026 19:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston was at Acadia University to speak to the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce
  
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• Chinese EV makers have sights set on Quebec market

  15-07-2026 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Dongfeng is the latest Chinese automaker to unveil its electric vehicles in Montreal. Two of its EV models are currently undergoing the certification process required to be sold in Canada.
  
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• FIFA Fan Festival, Nathan Phillips Square watch parties cancelled due to poor air quality

  15-07-2026 18:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Several World Cup watch parties in Toronto, including FIFA Fan Festival, have been cancelled due to an orange-level air quality warning.
  
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• Trump official blasts ‘middle powers’ strategy, calls it a ‘distraction’

  15-07-2026 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Middle powers don’t have a coherent basis for alignment,' U.S. Undersecretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby posted to X on Tuesday.
  
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• Canadian who allegedly slapped a girl in 'Trump' sweatpants now in ICE custody, reports say

  15-07-2026 17:54 via nationalpost.com
  A Canadian woman who allegedly slapped a teenager wearing Trump-branded clothing is reportedly in custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to local news sources in New Jersey.Kaitlyn E. Tracey, 33, a Canadian reportedly married to an American named Matthew Geroni, allegedly recorded herself confronting a group of four teenaged girls on the Point Pleasant Beach boardwalk in New Jersey on July 3, according to court documents obtained by NJ.com.Two of the girls were all
  
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• Burning question: Can this summer sizzle cook a hot dog on a vehicle antenna?

  15-07-2026 17:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Another summer 2026 heat wave has blanketed southern Ontario for days. Temperatures are especially high and humid in Windsor, Ont. But is it hot enough outside to cook a hot dog impaled on a vehicle antenna? The CBC's Mike Evans posed the question, and bore the sweltering heat to get the answer — and perhaps a noon-hour parking lot snack.
  
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