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Lytton, B.C., records hottest temperature across Canada this year as province bakes
Lytton, B.C., is upholding its reputation as Canada's hot spot, recording the highest temperature across the country so far this year as an ongoing heat wave scorches much of the province. Environment...
Aug 26, 2025

MP hands over reigns of his business
The MP for Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee has given up his business.Elephant Services said in a release that it has acquired the assets of Dump Runz, the junk removal business previously owned by Scott ...
Aug 26, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Carney extends Canadian military mission in Latvia to 2029
RIGA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will keep troops in Latvia through to 2029, as part of a mission to deter Russian aggression in Europe. Carney is in Riga where he is meeting with Latvian...
Aug 26, 2025

Montreal's LaSalle College classes resume, impasse endures with Quebec over $30M fine
MONTREAL - A Montreal college has resumed classes even as it faces a $30-million fine by the Quebec government for exceeding enrolment in English-language programs. LaSalle College had postponed the r...
Aug 26, 2025

Lytton, B.C., records hottest temperature across Canada this year as province bakes
Lytton, B.C., is upholding its reputation as Canada's hot spot, recording the highest temperature across the country so far this year amid an ongoing heat wave that is scorching much of the province. ...
Aug 26, 2025

Israeli military says strike on Gaza hospital was targeting a Hamas camera
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says its strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people, including five journalists, was aimed at what military officials believed was a Hamas surveillance camer...
Aug 26, 2025

Quebec committee says government should stop funding private religious schools
MONTREAL - An independent committee says the Quebec government should phase out public funding of religious private schools. The idea is one of 50 recommendations included in a report published this m...
Aug 26, 2025

CBC going to court to fight disclosure order for Gem subscriber numbers
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada is going to court to defend its refusal to disclose subscriber numbers for its Gem streaming service. A spokesperson says the public broadcaster will make its case in Federal...
Aug 26, 2025

Court throws out lawsuit by Trump administration against all Maryland federal judges
BALTIMORE (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday threw out the Trump administration's lawsuit against Maryland's entire federal bench over an order by the chief judge that stopped the immediate deportation...
Aug 26, 2025

More Canadians commuting as remote work decline, hybrid workers on-site more often
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the proportion of employed people mostly working from home in May edged down compared with a year earlier for the fourth year in the row. The agency says those mostly w...
Aug 26, 2025

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