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Three charged with smuggling-related offences after 44 migrants intercepted in Quebec, CBSA says

4 août 2025 à 18:19
An RCMP officer near the Quebec-U.S. border in St. Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que. in January. The Canada Border Services Agency says it stopped a vehicle carrying foreign nationals near Stanstead, Que., early Sunday morning.

The Canada Border Services Agency says it has arrested and charged three alleged smugglers after police in southern Quebec intercepted a truck carrying 44 foreign nationals in conditions an RCMP officer described as “horrific.” 

The agency said RCMP and Quebec provincial police intercepted the vehicle with dozens of people aboard near Stanstead, Que., overnight between Saturday to Sunday.

Montreal’s rat problem worsens despite city’s promise to tackle it

4 août 2025 à 16:39
A rat crosses Montreal resident James Klein's property. Klein says the rats outside his home have stopped him from eating outside all summer.

The rats took over James Klein’s backyard this spring.

He’d never had a rat problem in the more than two decades he’s lived in Montreal’s Snowdon neighbourhood. But now, when he watches TV in his family room, he sees them out of the corner of his eye, scurrying around outside the glass door leading onto his back deck.

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  • Newfoundland wildfires prompt evacuations for residents of small communities
    Residents of several small communities in eastern Newfoundland were ordered Monday to leave their homes as two separate wildfires burned along the shores of Conception Bay.On Monday, just before 2 p.m. local time, the provincial government issued evacuation orders for the two towns of Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove and Kingston, which are spread along the west side of the huge bay.Officials said a 150-hectare wildfire had come within one kilometre of Kingston.
     

Newfoundland wildfires prompt evacuations for residents of small communities

4 août 2025 à 14:28

Residents of several small communities in eastern Newfoundland were ordered Monday to leave their homes as two separate wildfires burned along the shores of Conception Bay.

On Monday, just before 2 p.m. local time, the provincial government issued evacuation orders for the two towns of Small Point–Adam’s Cove–Blackhead–Broad Cove and Kingston, which are spread along the west side of the huge bay.

Officials said a 150-hectare wildfire had come within one kilometre of Kingston.

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  • Film producer Debbie Nightingale co-founded the documentary festival Hot Docs
    Debbie Nightingale produced movies and television shows before a personal plot twist led her to become a goat farmer. Over time, her Ontario farm became a popular tourist attraction.Ms. Nightingale, who has died at 71, was a prominent member of the Canadian film and television industry whose many credits included co-founding a documentary festival now known as Hot Docs.
     

Film producer Debbie Nightingale co-founded the documentary festival Hot Docs

4 août 2025 à 12:00
Hot Docs film festival co-founder Debbie Nightingale died of a rare form of lung cancer at Northumberland Hills Hospital in Coburg, Ont., on July 10 at the age of 71.

Debbie Nightingale produced movies and television shows before a personal plot twist led her to become a goat farmer. Over time, her Ontario farm became a popular tourist attraction.

Ms. Nightingale, who has died at 71, was a prominent member of the Canadian film and television industry whose many credits included co-founding a documentary festival now known as Hot Docs.

Hot Docs film festival co-founder Debbie Nightingale, seen in this undated handout photo, has died at 71. The organization confirmed her passing this week. An obituary says the veteran Toronto film producer died of cancer on July 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - The Nightingale family (Mandatory Credit)
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  • Family caught in Montreal shootout suing police, city
    A family that was caught in a shootout between Montreal police and an armed suspect last year is suing the city and members of the police force, alleging inhumane treatment that caused lasting trauma. Houssam Abdallah and his family members say they’ve been living a nightmare since he and one of his sons were caught in crossfire outside their home one year ago.
     

Family caught in Montreal shootout suing police, city

4 août 2025 à 11:46
The Abdallah family at a Monday news conference. Their lawyer says Houssam Abdallah, bottom right, was shot six times and his son was shot once during a shootout between police and a suspect.

A family that was caught in a shootout between Montreal police and an armed suspect last year is suing the city and members of the police force, alleging inhumane treatment that caused lasting trauma.

Houssam Abdallah and his family members say they’ve been living a nightmare since he and one of his sons were caught in crossfire outside their home one year ago.

A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars. Now scientists say they’ve solved the case

4 août 2025 à 11:00
Sea star wasting disease has affected over 20 species with sunflower sea stars to be the hardest hit. The mysterious syndrome is estimated to have killed billions since its 2013 emergence.

Sunflower sea stars were once everywhere along the Pacific coast. Big, colourful and many-armed, they could be spotted at low tide clinging to rocks as if painted there by Vincent van Gogh.

Then came a devastating sickness that turned healthy sea stars into mounds of decaying mush. Known as sea star wasting disease, the mysterious syndrome is estimated to have killed billions of the creatures since it emerged in 2013.

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  • Quebec’s RSV immunization program greatly lowered infant hospitalizations, study says
    Quebec’s universal respiratory syncytial virus immunization program proved more than 85 per cent effective in reducing infant hospitalizations, emergency-room consultations and intensive-care admissions, according to a new study.The province was the first in Canada to announce a publicly funded nirsevimab program for the 2024-25 RSV season. Ontario, Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories later followed suit.
     

Quebec’s RSV immunization program greatly lowered infant hospitalizations, study says

4 août 2025 à 06:00
RSV virions, colorized blue, and anti-RSV antibodies, colorized yellow, shedding from the surface of human lung cells in an electron microscope image from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Quebec was the first province to announce a publicly funded nirsevimab program for the 2024-25 RSV season.

Quebec’s universal respiratory syncytial virus immunization program proved more than 85 per cent effective in reducing infant hospitalizations, emergency-room consultations and intensive-care admissions, according to a new study.

The province was the first in Canada to announce a publicly funded nirsevimab program for the 2024-25 RSV season. Ontario, Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories later followed suit.

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  • Canadian hockey brand pulls product line that faced criticism for demeaning women
    A Canadian hockey brand has pulled controversial clothing from its online store after a line of T-shirts and hoodies it sold was criticized for demeaning women and girls as sex objects.HockeyBenders, a company that has become popular in rinks across the country and boasts a large following of kids and teenagers online, sold $35 T-shirts with the slogan “Barduzz, Gettin Huzz,” which it has pulled.
     

Canadian hockey brand pulls product line that faced criticism for demeaning women

3 août 2025 à 20:21
HockeyBenders has gained popularity in Canadian rinks and among youth online. They sold apparel with slogans that critics say point out a broader issue of misogynistic attitudes in minor hockey.

A Canadian hockey brand has pulled controversial clothing from its online store after a line of T-shirts and hoodies it sold was criticized for demeaning women and girls as sex objects.

HockeyBenders, a company that has become popular in rinks across the country and boasts a large following of kids and teenagers online, sold $35 T-shirts with the slogan “Barduzz, Gettin Huzz,” which it has pulled.

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  • Quebec’s summer travelling carnivals intend to stick around, season staple for generations
    Bright colourful rides, skill-testing games with a stuffed animal prize, and copious amounts of sticky cotton candy are all hallmarks of the travelling carnival circuit, and are deeply rooted in the imagination of Quebeckers who’ve been able to experience them.The travelling midways, which temporarily set up shop in shopping centre parking lots or wherever else they can find space, have been part of the Quebec landscape for decades.
     

Quebec’s summer travelling carnivals intend to stick around, season staple for generations

3 août 2025 à 16:02
Fun Show is a newer company that is nearly 20 years old and covers a vast territory that extends from the Laurentians to the Eastern Townships to the capital region.

Bright colourful rides, skill-testing games with a stuffed animal prize, and copious amounts of sticky cotton candy are all hallmarks of the travelling carnival circuit, and are deeply rooted in the imagination of Quebeckers who’ve been able to experience them.

The travelling midways, which temporarily set up shop in shopping centre parking lots or wherever else they can find space, have been part of the Quebec landscape for decades.

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  • LeBlanc says Trump, Carney to speak in coming days following tariff announcement
    U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk “over the next number of days” after the U.S. imposed a 35 per cent tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, a Canadian official said on Sunday. Dominic LeBlanc, the federal cabinet minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, also told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that he was “encouraged” by recent discussions and believed a deal to bring down tariffs remained an option.
     

LeBlanc says Trump, Carney to speak in coming days following tariff announcement

3 août 2025 à 12:30
Dominic LeBlanc told CBS News that he was “encouraged” by recent discussions and believed a deal to bring down tariffs remained an option.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will likely talk “over the next number of days” after the U.S. imposed a 35 per cent tariff on goods not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, a Canadian official said on Sunday.

Dominic LeBlanc, the federal cabinet minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, also told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” that he was “encouraged” by recent discussions and believed a deal to bring down tariffs remained an option.

Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu eyes new markets outside U.S., looks at Southeast Asia and beyond

3 août 2025 à 11:59
Prime Minister Mark Carney tasked Dominic LeBlanc as minister responsible for specifically Canada-U.S. trade. Meanwhile Maninder Sidhu’s job focuses on countries other than the U.S.

Ottawa’s new trade minister says he’s looking to sign deals in South America, Southeast Asia, Africa and beyond – and to convince businesses to actually use the trade agreements Canada has already signed.

“My primary role as Canada’s top salesman is to be out there hustling, opening doors for businesses and accessing new markets,” Maninder Sidhu told The Canadian Press.

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  • Crown prosecutors stay charge for Alberta man convicted in 1987 murder
    An Alberta man who spent more than three decades in prison for the death of an Edmonton woman has had his charge stayed, the group representing him announced.Innocence Canada, a non-profit that advocates against wrongful convictions, said Roy Allan Sobotiak was to appear in court Friday to set a date for his new trial, but learned the Crown Prosecution Service stayed his second-degree murder charge.
     

Crown prosecutors stay charge for Alberta man convicted in 1987 murder

3 août 2025 à 10:34
Non-profit group Innocence Canada, which advocates against wrongful convictions, has been representing Roy Allan Sobotiak.

An Alberta man who spent more than three decades in prison for the death of an Edmonton woman has had his charge stayed, the group representing him announced.

Innocence Canada, a non-profit that advocates against wrongful convictions, said Roy Allan Sobotiak was to appear in court Friday to set a date for his new trial, but learned the Crown Prosecution Service stayed his second-degree murder charge.

B.C. wildfires remain active, evacuation order for nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island

3 août 2025 à 20:05
A helicopter battles wildfires near Coombs, B.C., on Sunday.

Nearly 400 properties on Vancouver Island, as well as a provincial park, have been ordered evacuated due to a wildfire burning out of control.

The Regional District of Nanaimo expanded its evacuation order related to the fire burning on the north banks of Cameron Lake, about 60 kilometres from the City of Nanaimo.

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  • Fitness is being promoted in seniors’ homes across Canada for better health, social connection
    Ninety-two-year-old Jean Mitchell has been active for as long as she can remember. She played sports while growing up in Saskatchewan – tennis, skating, volleyball – but admits that anything requiring hand-eye co-ordination was not where she shone.Then she met her husband, an avid outdoorsman who believed the only way to handle a nine-to-five city job was to ditch corporate wear for outdoor gear as soon as the weekend hit. They enjoyed canoeing, overnight hiking and cross-country skiing during t
     

Fitness is being promoted in seniors’ homes across Canada for better health, social connection

2 août 2025 à 07:30
Staying active can help seniors avoid serious injuries from falls, a huge risk factor for this age group.

Ninety-two-year-old Jean Mitchell has been active for as long as she can remember. She played sports while growing up in Saskatchewan – tennis, skating, volleyball – but admits that anything requiring hand-eye co-ordination was not where she shone.

Then she met her husband, an avid outdoorsman who believed the only way to handle a nine-to-five city job was to ditch corporate wear for outdoor gear as soon as the weekend hit. They enjoyed canoeing, overnight hiking and cross-country skiing during the nearly six decades spent together before he passed in 2014.

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