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Reçu aujourd’hui — 26 juillet 2025Canada
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  • B.C. councillor’s motion proposes asking province for safe injection site closure
    A city councillor in Nanaimo, B.C., is expected to push the city to reach out to a B.C. health authority in a bid to close the overdose prevention site next to city hall.The agenda for Monday’s council meeting says Councillor Ian Thorpe will bring forward a motion, asking council to “formally request” that Island Health close the supervised drug consumption site on Albert Street.
     

B.C. councillor’s motion proposes asking province for safe injection site closure

26 juillet 2025 à 18:11
Injection supplies from the AIDS Vancouver Island safe injection site in Victoria, B.C.

A city councillor in Nanaimo, B.C., is expected to push the city to reach out to a B.C. health authority in a bid to close the overdose prevention site next to city hall.

The agenda for Monday’s council meeting says Councillor Ian Thorpe will bring forward a motion, asking council to “formally request” that Island Health close the supervised drug consumption site on Albert Street.

Ottawa denounces Hong Kong arrest warrants targeting pro-democracy activists

26 juillet 2025 à 15:50
The Confederation building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Canada, the U.S. and UK have condemned Hong Kong's move.

The Canadian government on Saturday condemned Hong Kong authorities issuing arrest warrants for pro-democracy activists based overseas.

Hong Kong’s national security police announced arrest warrants for 19 activists based overseas, accusing them of subversion under a stringent national security law, marking the largest such tally yet.

Canada is hosting the world’s biggest dementia conference for the first time in a decade. What’s changed since then?

26 juillet 2025 à 13:00
Dr. Jane Rylett, the scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Aging, announced $44.8-million in new funding for dementia and aging-related research Saturday.

This week, researchers from around the globe are descending upon downtown Toronto to attend the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, the world’s biggest and most influential meeting for dementia research.

The gathering is a chance for the international dementia community to discuss the latest research in the field; it’s also where significant breakthroughs are often unveiled. At a related event on Saturday, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Canada’s health research funding agency – announced $44.8-million in new funding for dementia and aging-related research initiatives, including the creation of 16 teams that will study everything from Alzheimer’s biomarkers to dementia in Indigenous populations.

Auditor-General to review hiring, promotion of federal public service employees with disabilities

26 juillet 2025 à 12:00
Auditor general Karen Hogan holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

The federal Auditor-General is planning to study the recruitment, retention and promotion of people with disabilities in the federal public service.

Documents obtained by The Canadian Press through Access to Information indicate that the audit is expected to be tabled in the spring.

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  • Wildland firefighters face increasing health issues, but struggle to get workplace benefits
    Most of Jasper’s firefighters, a small, mostly-volunteer crew in the Rocky Mountain community, had never battled a fire like the one that destroyed one-third of their Alberta town last summer.The 30-person brigade helped fend off flames, protecting critical infrastructure and homes, even as some of their own residences began to burn to the ground. In the days and weeks that followed, as the damage laid bare a difficult road to recovery, other wounds began to emerge.
     

Wildland firefighters face increasing health issues, but struggle to get workplace benefits

26 juillet 2025 à 08:00
Jasper Fire Chief Mathew Conte says members of his team were experiencing physical and mental health impacts after the 2024 wildfire. The department now offers increased health supports for its firefighters.

Most of Jasper’s firefighters, a small, mostly-volunteer crew in the Rocky Mountain community, had never battled a fire like the one that destroyed one-third of their Alberta town last summer.

The 30-person brigade helped fend off flames, protecting critical infrastructure and homes, even as some of their own residences began to burn to the ground. In the days and weeks that followed, as the damage laid bare a difficult road to recovery, other wounds began to emerge.

Wikipedia editors, the internet’s nerdy unsung heroes, keep the website one of the last best places online

26 juillet 2025 à 07:30
Andy Filipowich is a high school teacher by day, but a prolific Wikipedia editor by night.

The bronze bust of William Lyon Mackenzie sits on a tall plinth tucked away in Toronto’s Queen’s Park. He has a defiant expression, befitting the rebel leader against Upper Canada, and a swooping hairdo that looks like a bird perched atop his head.

Earlier this summer, Andy Filipowich was here to take in the statue. He’s a high school teacher by day, but a prolific Wikipedia editor by night.

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  • Analyzing Justice Maria Carroccia’s Hockey Canada verdict
    A judge who found the complainant in the Hockey Canada trial to be untruthful in a ruling that acquitted five former junior players of sexual assault has come under strong criticism, after a judgment starkly at odds with a growing public emphasis on believing women.But Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia is also being praised as brave for calling it as she saw it in her 91-page written decision on Thursday, despite a potentially hostile public reception.
     

Analyzing Justice Maria Carroccia’s Hockey Canada verdict

26 juillet 2025 à 05:30
Justice Maria Carroccia is shown in this courtroom sketch from London, Ont., delivering her ruling in the sexual assault trial for five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team, on Thursday.

A judge who found the complainant in the Hockey Canada trial to be untruthful in a ruling that acquitted five former junior players of sexual assault has come under strong criticism, after a judgment starkly at odds with a growing public emphasis on believing women.

But Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia is also being praised as brave for calling it as she saw it in her 91-page written decision on Thursday, despite a potentially hostile public reception.

Reçu hier — 25 juillet 2025Canada
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  • White House seeking fines from Harvard, other universities after Columbia deal, official says
    The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, using the deal it struck with Columbia University as a template, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.Fines have become a staple of proposed deals in talks with Harvard and other schools, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
     

White House seeking fines from Harvard, other universities after Columbia deal, official says

25 juillet 2025 à 22:07
The Trump administration is investigating dozens of universities over allegations that they failed to address campus antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war, and several institutions have faced federal funding freezes.

The White House is pursuing heavy fines from Harvard and other universities as part of potential settlements to end investigations into campus antisemitism, using the deal it struck with Columbia University as a template, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.

Fines have become a staple of proposed deals in talks with Harvard and other schools, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

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  • Norman Marshall Villeneuve was one of Canada’s greatest bebop drummers
    Born and raised in Montreal, Norman Marshall Villeneuve was taught to tap dance by his older brother. As a preteen he studied piano with the great instructor Daisy Peterson-Sweeney, sister of Oscar Peterson. Another legendary jazz pianist, Oliver Jones, was a cousin who, like Mr. Peterson, lived nearby.The tutoring in the other disciplines notwithstanding, he instead became one of Canada’s greatest bebop drummers.
     

Norman Marshall Villeneuve was one of Canada’s greatest bebop drummers

25 juillet 2025 à 20:27
The self-taught drummer modeled his exciting hard-driving style after Art Blakely, Elvin Jones and Max Roach.

Born and raised in Montreal, Norman Marshall Villeneuve was taught to tap dance by his older brother. As a preteen he studied piano with the great instructor Daisy Peterson-Sweeney, sister of Oscar Peterson. Another legendary jazz pianist, Oliver Jones, was a cousin who, like Mr. Peterson, lived nearby.

The tutoring in the other disciplines notwithstanding, he instead became one of Canada’s greatest bebop drummers.

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  • Former City of Ottawa lawyer who defaced Holocaust memorial pleads guilty to mischief, gets bail
    A former lawyer for the City of Ottawa who desecrated the National Holocaust Monument by splashing it with red paint and scrawling the words FEED ME in large red block letters, has pleaded guilty to mischief and been released on bail to his parents’ house. Iain Aspenlieder, who is expected to be sentenced later this year, last month vandalized the memorial to six million Jews killed by the Nazi regime. His lawyer said Friday that the act was an attempt to draw attention to the humanitarian crisi
     

Former City of Ottawa lawyer who defaced Holocaust memorial pleads guilty to mischief, gets bail

25 juillet 2025 à 17:43
Iain Aspenlieder's lawyer said the act was an attempt to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and was not motivated by hate.

A former lawyer for the City of Ottawa who desecrated the National Holocaust Monument by splashing it with red paint and scrawling the words FEED ME in large red block letters, has pleaded guilty to mischief and been released on bail to his parents’ house.

Iain Aspenlieder, who is expected to be sentenced later this year, last month vandalized the memorial to six million Jews killed by the Nazi regime. His lawyer said Friday that the act was an attempt to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and was not motivated by hate.

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  • At the bars lining London’s streets, the Hockey Canada verdict hits close to home
    A few hours after the verdict was handed down in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team, a thunderstorm swept over London, Ont., soaking the streets and filling the darkening sky with bolts of lighting. But in the bar district a few blocks from the courthouse, the party continued. Groups of young men and young women trooped back and forth along Richmond Street, laughing, chatting and vaping as they went from bar to bar between bursts of rain.Many had
     

At the bars lining London’s streets, the Hockey Canada verdict hits close to home

25 juillet 2025 à 17:23
Twenty-six-year-old criminology student Lana Allan outside a bar on Richmond Street in London, Ont., a few hundred metres from the courthouse where the Hockey Canada verdict was read on Thursday.

A few hours after the verdict was handed down in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team, a thunderstorm swept over London, Ont., soaking the streets and filling the darkening sky with bolts of lighting. But in the bar district a few blocks from the courthouse, the party continued. Groups of young men and young women trooped back and forth along Richmond Street, laughing, chatting and vaping as they went from bar to bar between bursts of rain.

Many had just learned that a judge had found the players not guilty, and the news was starting to sink in. The whole affair began on this strip at a place called Jack’s, where one of the players met the complainant in the case and took her back to a nearby hotel. What went on in that hotel room became the focus of a national conversation, raising questions about power dynamics, hockey culture and what constitutes sexual consent.

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  • Hudson’s Bay reaches more lease deals across Canada for its locations
    Hudson’s Bay Co. has reached deals to sell the leases of six store locations as legal wrangling continues on work to close a deal to sell up to 25 leases to B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu.Legal filings show clothing retailer YM Inc., which owns brands such as Urban Planet, Bluenotes, West49 and Suzy Shier, has struck a deal to buy five leases for $5.03 million. The documents show it was unable to secure landlord approvals for three other locations.
     

Hudson’s Bay reaches more lease deals across Canada for its locations

25 juillet 2025 à 15:55
Hudson’s Bay put its leases up for sale earlier this year, after it filed for creditor protection and closed its 80 stores and 16 under its sister Saks banners.

Hudson’s Bay Co. has reached deals to sell the leases of six store locations as legal wrangling continues on work to close a deal to sell up to 25 leases to B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu.

Legal filings show clothing retailer YM Inc., which owns brands such as Urban Planet, Bluenotes, West49 and Suzy Shier, has struck a deal to buy five leases for $5.03 million. The documents show it was unable to secure landlord approvals for three other locations.

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  • 'Goosebumps,' euphoria after trapped miners freed from B.C.'s Red Chris mine
    Three workers who were trapped in a mine in a remote area of northwestern British Columbia were brought to safety after more than 60 hours underground. Bernard Wessels, the global safety chief for the mine's operator, Newmont Corp., says there were "goosebumps and happiness" when the contractors emerged from the Red Chris mine, about 500 kilometres northwest of Terrace, B.C. (July 25, 2025)
     

'Goosebumps,' euphoria after trapped miners freed from B.C.'s Red Chris mine

25 juillet 2025 à 15:48
Three workers who were trapped in a mine in a remote area of northwestern British Columbia were brought to safety after more than 60 hours underground. Bernard Wessels, the global safety chief for the mine's operator, Newmont Corp., says there were "goosebumps and happiness" when the contractors emerged from the Red Chris mine, about 500 kilometres northwest of Terrace, B.C. (July 25, 2025)

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  • Ontario adds virtual courtroom restrictions, law experts raise questions over transparency
    Ontario’s lower courts are introducing restrictions on who can attend proceedings virtually after what they describe as an escalation of interruptions, a move that law experts and observers say raises questions about transparency.The Ontario Court of Justice released a new policy last week that would stop observers from accessing court proceedings online unless they receive authorization from the judge or justice of peace overseeing the case.
     

Ontario adds virtual courtroom restrictions, law experts raise questions over transparency

25 juillet 2025 à 15:09
Virtual court hearings on Zoom were first adopted in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic so court processes could continue amid government-mandated physical distancing rules.

Ontario’s lower courts are introducing restrictions on who can attend proceedings virtually after what they describe as an escalation of interruptions, a move that law experts and observers say raises questions about transparency.

The Ontario Court of Justice released a new policy last week that would stop observers from accessing court proceedings online unless they receive authorization from the judge or justice of peace overseeing the case.

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  • Murder case against father of Montreal girl moves to a grand jury
    The case against the father of a nine-year-old Montreal girl found dead in Upstate New York will move directly to the grand jury stage.The court in Ticonderoga, N.Y., and the secretary for the district attorney who is prosecuting the case both confirmed that the felony hearing scheduled to take place Friday for Luciano Frattolin was cancelled.Instead the case will move to a grand jury, where its members will assess the prosecution’s evidence to decide whether there is probable cause that Frattol
     

Murder case against father of Montreal girl moves to a grand jury

25 juillet 2025 à 12:17

The case against the father of a nine-year-old Montreal girl found dead in Upstate New York will move directly to the grand jury stage.

The court in Ticonderoga, N.Y., and the secretary for the district attorney who is prosecuting the case both confirmed that the felony hearing scheduled to take place Friday for Luciano Frattolin was cancelled.

Instead the case will move to a grand jury, where its members will assess the prosecution’s evidence to decide whether there is probable cause that Frattolin killed his daughter Melina and should stand trial.

Luciano Frattolin is charged with murder and concealing of a corpse in the death of his daughter, Melina Frattolin.
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  • Trump says trade deal with Canada may not be reached
    U.S. President Donald Trump says he may not reach a new trade deal with Canada and is suggesting he might instead impose more tariffs on the country unilaterally.Mr. Trump’s warning follows signals from Prime Minister Mark Carney that the two sides may not be able to reach an agreement by a self-imposed deadline of Aug. 1 to end a trade war that’s nearing the five-month point.
     

Trump says trade deal with Canada may not be reached

25 juillet 2025 à 10:24
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs the White House on Thursday. He is traveling to his Balmedie golf courses in Scotland this week.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he may not reach a new trade deal with Canada and is suggesting he might instead impose more tariffs on the country unilaterally.

Mr. Trump’s warning follows signals from Prime Minister Mark Carney that the two sides may not be able to reach an agreement by a self-imposed deadline of Aug. 1 to end a trade war that’s nearing the five-month point.

Seniors don’t like downsizing, leaving fewer options for first-time buyers – here’s what could help

25 juillet 2025 à 08:27
Data from CMHC indicates the proportion of Canadians older than 75 who are cashing out of their homes fell steadily between 1991 and 2021.

Realtor Barry Lebow specializes in helping seniors downsize – moving out of the family homes they’ve lived in for decades to a smaller place that’s a better fit for their aging lifestyle.

From the outside, that might look like the natural progression: feeding a healthy bit of turnover into the housing supply as move-up buyers seek their own family home.

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  • Morning Update: Hockey Canada trial ends in acquittals
    Good morning. A judge has acquitted all five players in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case, after a trial that became a national flashpoint — more on that below, along with price hikes for U.S. shoppers and Hulk Hogan’s wrestling legacy. But first:Today’s headlines‘A lot of work’ is still needed in trade talks, LeBlanc says after Washington meetingsFrance will recognize Palestine as a state, President Macron saysAlgoma shareholder Barry Zekelman says that Ottawa is acting like a ‘loan shark’
     

Morning Update: Hockey Canada trial ends in acquittals

25 juillet 2025 à 05:43

Good morning. A judge has acquitted all five players in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case, after a trial that became a national flashpoint — more on that below, along with price hikes for U.S. shoppers and Hulk Hogan’s wrestling legacy. But first:

Today’s headlines

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Crown attorney Meaghan Cunningham speaks after the verdict yesterday.
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  • Cells are the smallest, most basic unit of life. Do they also hold memories?
    Thomas Verny is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and 2021’sThe Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.Joshua Bongard, professor of computer science at the University of Vermont, believes that as humans and animals evolved and adapted to their surroundings, so did their tissues and cell
     

Cells are the smallest, most basic unit of life. Do they also hold memories?

25 juillet 2025 à 05:00

Thomas Verny is a clinical psychiatrist, academic, award-winning author, public speaker, poet and podcaster. He is the author of eight books, including the global bestseller The Secret Life of the Unborn Child and 2021’sThe Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness and Our Bodies.

Joshua Bongard, professor of computer science at the University of Vermont, believes that as humans and animals evolved and adapted to their surroundings, so did their tissues and cells. “What we are is intelligent machines made of intelligent machines made of intelligent machines, all the way down,” he said, referring to cells. [1]

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