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Aujourd’hui — 10 juillet 2025Canada

Ten people hospitalized with measles in British Columbia as disease spreads

10 juillet 2025 à 20:09
The B.C. Health Ministry says there have been 102 confirmed measles cases this year in province, with most involving people who were not fully immunized. 

Ten people are hospitalized with measles in British Columbia, with one active, contagious case as of July 8, the province’s Health Ministry said.

It said the infections are among 102 confirmed cases this year, with most involving people who were not fully immunized.

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A dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination awaits the next patient during a vaccine clinic at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont. on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Geoff Robins
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  • Justin Bieber teases long-awaited seventh album on billboards with word ‘Swag’
    Justin Bieber is teasing his long-awaited seventh studio album – apparently called Swag – with a series of billboards and social media posts Thursday.Billboards depicting Bieber were found by fans in Reykjavik, Iceland, and in Los Angeles with the word “Swag.” The singer also shared images of billboards on his official Instagram account that appeared to depict a track list that includes song names like All I Can Take, Walking Away, Dadz Love and Forgiveness.
     

Justin Bieber teases long-awaited seventh album on billboards with word ‘Swag’

10 juillet 2025 à 18:59
Justin Bieber, pictured at the 2021 Met Gala in New York, teased his seventh album in a series of billboards and social media posts.

Justin Bieber is teasing his long-awaited seventh studio album – apparently called Swag – with a series of billboards and social media posts Thursday.

Billboards depicting Bieber were found by fans in Reykjavik, Iceland, and in Los Angeles with the word “Swag.” The singer also shared images of billboards on his official Instagram account that appeared to depict a track list that includes song names like All I Can Take, Walking Away, Dadz Love and Forgiveness.

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  • Polaris Music Prize shortlist includes Mustafa, Nemahsis
    Contemporary folk-poet Mustafa, alt-pop singer Nemahsis and electronic experimentalist Marie Davidson are among the 10 acts shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, which carries a slimmed-down cash reward this year.Organizers say the best Canadian album winner will receive $30,000, down from $50,000, as various sponsors scale back financial contributions.
     

Polaris Music Prize shortlist includes Mustafa, Nemahsis

10 juillet 2025 à 17:08
Alt-pop singer Nemahsis arrives for the Juno Awards in Vancouver on March 30. She and Mustafa are among 10 acts shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize.

Contemporary folk-poet Mustafa, alt-pop singer Nemahsis and electronic experimentalist Marie Davidson are among the 10 acts shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, which carries a slimmed-down cash reward this year.

Organizers say the best Canadian album winner will receive $30,000, down from $50,000, as various sponsors scale back financial contributions.

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Nemahsis arrives for the Juno Awards, in Vancouver, on Sunday, March 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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  • Ontario sees gradual decline in new measles cases since May peak
    Infectious-disease experts are cautiously optimistic that Ontario’s measles outbreak will continue to taper off after a gradual decline in new cases over the past two months.Cases peaked in early May, show provincial data, with weekly case counts hovering around 200. They have since been declining with some variation.
     

Ontario sees gradual decline in new measles cases since May peak

10 juillet 2025 à 16:04
Public health nurse Lauri Bidinot demonstrates how to give a measles shot at Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ont., in March. Experts say vaccination efforts have contributed to the downward trajectory of cases in Ontario.

Infectious-disease experts are cautiously optimistic that Ontario’s measles outbreak will continue to taper off after a gradual decline in new cases over the past two months.

Cases peaked in early May, show provincial data, with weekly case counts hovering around 200. They have since been declining with some variation.

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  • Hydro-Québec suspends work at planned Labrador hydroelectric station because of protests
    Protesters have blockaded a Hydro-Québec work site at a proposed hydroelectric project in traditional Innu territory in Labrador, prompting the utility to suspend its operations in the area.Jerome Jack was among the demonstrators gathered at the site at Gull Island on Thursday afternoon. Innu people in Labrador, he said, were not properly consulted by the Innu Nation nor Hydro-Québec about the proposed power plant.
     

Hydro-Québec suspends work at planned Labrador hydroelectric station because of protests

10 juillet 2025 à 14:41
Protest signs in a supplied photo at the site of a tentatively planned hydroelectric development at Gull Island in Labrador on Wednesday.

Protesters have blockaded a Hydro-Québec work site at a proposed hydroelectric project in traditional Innu territory in Labrador, prompting the utility to suspend its operations in the area.

Jerome Jack was among the demonstrators gathered at the site at Gull Island on Thursday afternoon. Innu people in Labrador, he said, were not properly consulted by the Innu Nation nor Hydro-Québec about the proposed power plant.

Arctic shipping noise is silencing narwhals and shifting their movements, study finds

10 juillet 2025 à 14:36
A pod of narwhals in 2005.

On the floe edge near Pond Inlet, in the northern part of Baffin Island, Nunavut, narwhal pods are migrating to open waters.

As landfast sea ice retreats and shifts to create passageways through open water, the ice-loving toothed whales journey into Eclipse Sound – the eastern Arctic entrance to the Northwest Passage – before venturing deeper into coastal inlets to forage for foods.

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  • Cineplex reports $51.8-million in June box office revenue
    Cineplex Inc. says its box office revenue for June totalled $51.8 million, marking the first quarter since 2019 that it topped $50 million in each month. The company says a steady stream of blockbuster titles, combined with strong demand for its premium formats drove sustained attendance and revenue growth throughout the quarter.
     
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  • Alberta to ban books deemed sexually explicit from school libraries
    The Alberta government has issued a ministerial order to restrict books from school libraries that the province believes to be sexually explicit, instructing authorities to remove material by October and prohibit students from accessing the content.Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta’s Education and Childcare Minister, will require all school boards to create or update policies to meet the province’s new standards, as he believes they do not have enough safeguards in place.
     

Alberta to ban books deemed sexually explicit from school libraries

10 juillet 2025 à 14:22
Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta's Minister of Education and Childcare, will require all school boards to create or update policies to restrict books the province deems sexually explicit.

The Alberta government has issued a ministerial order to restrict books from school libraries that the province believes to be sexually explicit, instructing authorities to remove material by October and prohibit students from accessing the content.

Demetrios Nicolaides, Alberta’s Education and Childcare Minister, will require all school boards to create or update policies to meet the province’s new standards, as he believes they do not have enough safeguards in place.

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  • Manitoba wildfires prompt second declaration of provincewide state of emergency
    Wildfires have burned through more than a million hectares of forest in Manitoba this year, prompting Premier Wab Kinew to declare a second provincewide state of emergency and call upon the military to help once again with thousands of evacuations from fly-in communities.The province, which was under a state of emergency until late last month, made the latest declaration Thursday. More than 12,600 people across the province are now being told to leave their homes, many for the second time.
     

Manitoba wildfires prompt second declaration of provincewide state of emergency

10 juillet 2025 à 13:57
A wildfire burns in northern Manitoba near Flin Flon.

Wildfires have burned through more than a million hectares of forest in Manitoba this year, prompting Premier Wab Kinew to declare a second provincewide state of emergency and call upon the military to help once again with thousands of evacuations from fly-in communities.

The province, which was under a state of emergency until late last month, made the latest declaration Thursday. More than 12,600 people across the province are now being told to leave their homes, many for the second time.

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  • Cineplex reports $51.8-million in June box office revenue
    Cineplex Inc. CGX-T says its box office revenue for June totalled $51.8-million, marking the first quarter since 2019 that it topped $50-million in each month.The movie theatre company says a steady stream of blockbuster titles, combined with strong demand for its premium formats drove sustained attendance and revenue growth throughout the quarter.
     

Cineplex reports $51.8-million in June box office revenue

10 juillet 2025 à 13:07
Cineplex box office revenue for the second quarter totalled $158.5-million, up from $114.5-million last year.

Cineplex Inc. CGX-T says its box office revenue for June totalled $51.8-million, marking the first quarter since 2019 that it topped $50-million in each month.

The movie theatre company says a steady stream of blockbuster titles, combined with strong demand for its premium formats drove sustained attendance and revenue growth throughout the quarter.

From sea with love: Newfoundland couple’s message in a bottle found 13 years later on Irish shore

10 juillet 2025 à 07:17
Brad and Anita Squires cast a message in a bottle out to sea on Bell Island in 2012 which was found Monday more than 3,000 kilometres away on a beach along the southwest coast of Ireland.

A romantic message in a bottle thrown from the cliffs of an island off Newfoundland nearly 13 years ago was found on a beach in Ireland this week – and the couple behind it are still in love.

Brad and Anita Squires had been dating for about a year when they decided to end a quiet September picnic on Bell Island in 2012 by casting a message out to sea.

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  • Morning Update: Canada’s back-to-the-office push hits a wall
    Good morning. Companies can’t seem to get the face time they want from their workers – more on that below, along with Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat and the generic Ozempic coming to Canada. But first:Today’s headlinesBorder bill would create “in limbo” foreign residents who can’t be sent home or get an asylum hearing, refugee groups sayU.S. Congress members press Canada to deal with the wildfire smoke ruining their summerVancouver’s Lapu-Lapu attack inquiry urges B.C. to mandate risk asses
     

Morning Update: Canada’s back-to-the-office push hits a wall

10 juillet 2025 à 06:03

Good morning. Companies can’t seem to get the face time they want from their workers – more on that below, along with Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat and the generic Ozempic coming to Canada. But first:

Today’s headlines

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Soldiers accused in Quebec extremist plot allegedly had night-vision gear prohibited for civilians

10 juillet 2025 à 05:00
This RCMP handout photo shows an example of military equipment seized from four people, including active members of the Canadian Armed Forces, who are facing charges in connection with an alleged terrorist plot.

Some of the kinds of tactical gear that the RCMP alleges was in the hands of the soldiers arrested in Quebec is highly restricted and is generally inaccessible to individuals, experts say.

On Tuesday, the Mounties arrested and charged four men in connection with an alleged terrorist plot. Two are active non-commissioned army officers, one is a former soldier and the fourth a former cadet instructor.

Hier — 9 juillet 2025Canada

Wheelchair rugby legend Garett Hickling was Canada’s flag bearer at the 2012 Paralympics

9 juillet 2025 à 19:48
Garett Hickling earned comparisons to hockey’s Wayne Gretzky for his uncanny ability to anticipate a play.

Garett Hickling wheeled into the Olympic Stadium in London before hoisting a large Canadian flag with his left hand.

The wheelchair rugby legend was given the honour of leading 145 athletes, 12 support personnel and 134 officials as Canada’s flag bearer at the 2012 Paralympics, a highlight in a career that included four Paralympic medals and a world championship gold medal.

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Wheelchair, Rugby, Garett, Hickling, Athens, 2004. Credit: CPC & Jean-Baptiste Benavent  
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