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Reçu aujourd’hui — 31 juillet 2025Canada
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  • Chappell Roan’s Saskatchewan lyric lights up LGBTQ fans
    American pop star Chappell Roan is creating excitement in an often-overlooked Canadian province, with her latest single supercharging fans in Saskatchewan’s LGBTQ community.In Roan’s new song about post-breakup frustration, set for release late Thursday, the singer-songwriter name-drops Saskatchewan.
     
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  • Patients paying clinic membership fees likely get more thorough care, Alberta audit suggests
    An audit of Alberta medical clinics charging membership fees found no significant cases of patients paying out of pocket for covered medical treatment but paying members are likely getting more thorough care.The province launched the audit in 2023 in response to concerns over a Calgary medical clinic switching to a membership model and planning to charge annual fees of about $5,000 for families and $2,000 for an adult.Ads promised patients shorter wait-times and extended appointments but experts
     

Patients paying clinic membership fees likely get more thorough care, Alberta audit suggests

31 juillet 2025 à 15:55

An audit of Alberta medical clinics charging membership fees found no significant cases of patients paying out of pocket for covered medical treatment but paying members are likely getting more thorough care.

The province launched the audit in 2023 in response to concerns over a Calgary medical clinic switching to a membership model and planning to charge annual fees of about $5,000 for families and $2,000 for an adult.

Ads promised patients shorter wait-times and extended appointments but experts warned membership fees would create a two-tiered health system benefiting those who can pay.

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Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services for Alberta, makes a health care announcement in Calgary on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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  • Canadian aid part of Gaza airdrop as Israel loosens restrictions
    Canadian aid is being airdropped into Gaza a day after Ottawa joined allies in recognizing Palestinian statehood – a step which has prompted both praise and condemnation in the Middle East.Israel has slightly loosened its tight restrictions on food and medicine reaching the Gaza Strip in response to an international outcry over starvation in the Palestinian territory.
     

Canadian aid part of Gaza airdrop as Israel loosens restrictions

31 juillet 2025 à 14:32
Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped into Zawaida in central Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Canadian aid is being airdropped into Gaza a day after Ottawa joined allies in recognizing Palestinian statehood – a step which has prompted both praise and condemnation in the Middle East.

Israel has slightly loosened its tight restrictions on food and medicine reaching the Gaza Strip in response to an international outcry over starvation in the Palestinian territory.

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  • Quebec Superior Court authorizes MK-ULTRA mind control class action lawsuit
    Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit over infamous CIA-linked brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital.The Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University and the Canadian government are being sued for their alleged role in the so-called Montreal Experiments carried out by Dr. Ewen Cameron between 1948 and 1964.The lawsuit alleges the federal government funded psychiatric treatments that were part of the CIA’s MK-ULTRA program of covert mind control at Mont
     

Quebec Superior Court authorizes MK-ULTRA mind control class action lawsuit

31 juillet 2025 à 14:07

Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit over infamous CIA-linked brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital.

The Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University and the Canadian government are being sued for their alleged role in the so-called Montreal Experiments carried out by Dr. Ewen Cameron between 1948 and 1964.

The lawsuit alleges the federal government funded psychiatric treatments that were part of the CIA’s MK-ULTRA program of covert mind control at Montreal’s Allan Memorial Institute.

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The Quebec Superior Court is seen in Montreal, on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster to receive special honours at TIFF Tribute Awards

31 juillet 2025 à 13:40
Guillermo Del Toro will premiere his sci-fi feature Frankenstein at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Guillermo del Toro and Jodie Foster are among those set to receive special honours at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival.

De Toro will be presented with the Ebert Director Award – recognizing filmmakers who have exemplified greatness – at the TIFF Tribute Awards on Sept. 7.

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  • Newfoundland town searches for solution to unexpected housing crunch
    The affordable housing complex Mike Tiller is hoping for is unlike anything else in his community.The sleek, modular buildings with sloping roofs and wide windows pose a sharp contrast to the brightly-coloured clapboard houses dotting the shores in New-Wes-Valley, a small fishing community along the northern end of Newfoundland’s Bonavista Bay.
     

Newfoundland town searches for solution to unexpected housing crunch

31 juillet 2025 à 07:43
Homes in New-Wes-Valley regularly sold for $30,000 ten years ago, but can now sell for more than $100,000, says town councillor and real estate agent Cheryl Smith.

The affordable housing complex Mike Tiller is hoping for is unlike anything else in his community.

The sleek, modular buildings with sloping roofs and wide windows pose a sharp contrast to the brightly-coloured clapboard houses dotting the shores in New-Wes-Valley, a small fishing community along the northern end of Newfoundland’s Bonavista Bay.

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  • Toronto’s ban on motorized watercraft at Woodbine beach prompts recriminations in rental industry
    Toronto has moved to ban motorized watercraft from one of its busiest beaches by next year due to concerns over unsafe operators and illegal rentals, but one rental company says the city should instead focus on regulations that weed out “bad actors” in the industry.City council passed a motion last week requesting that PortsToronto ban boats and personal watercrafts such as Jet Skis within at least 150 metres of the shoreline at Woodbine Beach in the city’s east end by June 2026.
     

Toronto’s ban on motorized watercraft at Woodbine beach prompts recriminations in rental industry

31 juillet 2025 à 07:28
Raj Mehta, one of the founders of rental company Jetti, wants to work with the city to figure out a solution that would focus on regulation.

Toronto has moved to ban motorized watercraft from one of its busiest beaches by next year due to concerns over unsafe operators and illegal rentals, but one rental company says the city should instead focus on regulations that weed out “bad actors” in the industry.

City council passed a motion last week requesting that PortsToronto ban boats and personal watercrafts such as Jet Skis within at least 150 metres of the shoreline at Woodbine Beach in the city’s east end by June 2026.

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  • Morning Update: A guide to the latest trade negotiations
    Good morning. Canada is facing (yet another) trade deadline with the United States tomorrow. And while many tariff deadlines have been delayed, this one could stick. More on that below, plus the latest news out of Gaza, and how B.C. prepared for a smaller-than-expected tsunami. But first: Today’s headlinesPrime Minister Mark Carney says Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian stateExtremism is a threat to the Canadian army’s trust and credibility, commander saysThe Hockey Canada trial has conc
     

Morning Update: A guide to the latest trade negotiations

31 juillet 2025 à 06:16

Good morning. Canada is facing (yet another) trade deadline with the United States tomorrow. And while many tariff deadlines have been delayed, this one could stick. More on that below, plus the latest news out of Gaza, and how B.C. prepared for a smaller-than-expected tsunami. But first:

Today’s headlines

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit, June 16, in Kananaskis, Alberta.

The Hockey Canada sexual-assault trial is over, but conversations about the sport’s culture continue

31 juillet 2025 à 05:00

For $35, aspiring young hockey players can purchase a T-shirt from a Canadian brand that has become popular in rinks across the country, with a slogan rooted in language that degrades women and girls as sex objects.

Using veiled locker-room slang, the shirts read: “Barduzz, Gettin Huzz.” Loosely translated, it means “Scoring goals, getting hoes.” A hoodie version is also available in children’s sizes.

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Reçu hier — 30 juillet 2025Canada
  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • How B.C. prepared for a potential tsunami
    In the end, the tsunami that washed onto Tofino, B.C.’s shores was only about half the height of a school ruler, gently raising the tide and delighting the roughly 300 tourists watching just before midnight Tuesday on Mackenzie Beach.About seven hours earlier, J. J. Belanger, general manager of the nearby Crystal Cove Beach Resort, went into high alert after news that an underwater earthquake had hit Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula with a preliminary magnitude of 8.8, one of the strongest ever reco
     

How B.C. prepared for a potential tsunami

30 juillet 2025 à 22:05
Wickaninish Beach near Tofino, B.C., on Tuesday. B.C. Premier David Eby says the province's tsunami response was a good trial run.

In the end, the tsunami that washed onto Tofino, B.C.’s shores was only about half the height of a school ruler, gently raising the tide and delighting the roughly 300 tourists watching just before midnight Tuesday on Mackenzie Beach.

About seven hours earlier, J. J. Belanger, general manager of the nearby Crystal Cove Beach Resort, went into high alert after news that an underwater earthquake had hit Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula with a preliminary magnitude of 8.8, one of the strongest ever recorded.

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  • Bev Priestman says she ‘had to get out’ of Canada after drone-spying scandal
    Bev Priestman, the former head coach of Canada’s women’s national soccer team – who was banned by FIFA for her role in a drone spying scandal at the Paris Olympics – has been hired as head coach of New Zealand’s only professional women’s team.Priestman made her return to soccer this week after her one-year ban. The ban expired the day before New Zealand’s Wellington Phoenix announced Priestman would be the new coach of their women’s squad.
     

Bev Priestman says she ‘had to get out’ of Canada after drone-spying scandal

30 juillet 2025 à 21:21
Bev Priestman (R), new head coach for the Wellington Phoenix women's football team, attends a press conference on her new appointment with Wellington Phoenix's director of football Shaun Gill in Upper Hutt near Wellington on Wednesday.

Bev Priestman, the former head coach of Canada’s women’s national soccer team – who was banned by FIFA for her role in a drone spying scandal at the Paris Olympics – has been hired as head coach of New Zealand’s only professional women’s team.

Priestman made her return to soccer this week after her one-year ban. The ban expired the day before New Zealand’s Wellington Phoenix announced Priestman would be the new coach of their women’s squad.

  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • Ontario’s plan to remove bike lanes unconstitutional, court rules
    A judge has ruled that the Ontario government’s plan to remove bike lanes along three major streets in Toronto is unconstitutional and violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by putting people at “increased risk of harm and death.”The Ontario government passed legislation last fall giving itself the power to remove existing bike lanes along Yonge Street, Bloor Street and University Avenue, while also preventing municipalities from creating new bike lanes that replace traffic lanes. At the ti
     

Ontario’s plan to remove bike lanes unconstitutional, court rules

30 juillet 2025 à 20:39
Cyclists on Bloor Street West. The Ontario government passed a law last fall giving itself power to remove existing bike lanes along Yonge Street, Bloor Street and University Avenue.

A judge has ruled that the Ontario government’s plan to remove bike lanes along three major streets in Toronto is unconstitutional and violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by putting people at “increased risk of harm and death.”

The Ontario government passed legislation last fall giving itself the power to remove existing bike lanes along Yonge Street, Bloor Street and University Avenue, while also preventing municipalities from creating new bike lanes that replace traffic lanes. At the time, Premier Doug Ford complained about bike lanes creating gridlock.

Wildfire evacuations under way for about 400 properties near B.C.’s Peachland

30 juillet 2025 à 20:47
The Drought Hill wildfire burns just north of Peachland, B.C., on Wednesday.

Tactical evacuations are underway for about 400 properties due to a fast moving wildfire burning between Peachland and West Kelowna, B.C.

Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says residents of properties east of Trepanier Bench Road, south of Highway 97C and north of Highway 97 should be prepared to be away from their homes for an “extended period of time.”

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  • Eby rebuffs developers’ calls to loosen foreign investment rules in housing
    B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed calls by property developers for the federal and provincial governments to loosen restrictions on foreign investment in the housing sector, saying he doesn’t want to return to the old system that allowed rampant and uncontrolled foreign investment in Canadian housing.The Premier was responding to an open letter from B.C. developers this week that was also sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson.
     

Eby rebuffs developers’ calls to loosen foreign investment rules in housing

30 juillet 2025 à 20:01
B.C. Premier David Eby in Vancouver on Monday. He said on Wednesday that speculative foreign investment created a housing market of unaffordable homes.

B.C. Premier David Eby has rebuffed calls by property developers for the federal and provincial governments to loosen restrictions on foreign investment in the housing sector, saying he doesn’t want to return to the old system that allowed rampant and uncontrolled foreign investment in Canadian housing.

The Premier was responding to an open letter from B.C. developers this week that was also sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson.

  • ✇The Globe and Mail
  • More wildfire evacuees return home in Saskatchewan but heat could cause problems
    More people forced out by wildfires in Saskatchewan are returning home this week, but officials warn hot temperatures in the coming days could pose threats.Steve Roberts with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says about 700 residents from Beauval and another 200 from Montreal Lake Cree Nation have started going back to their communities.He says crews are working to contain nearby blazes and douse flare-ups, but hot and windy conditions later this week could cause problems.
     

More wildfire evacuees return home in Saskatchewan but heat could cause problems

30 juillet 2025 à 17:52

More people forced out by wildfires in Saskatchewan are returning home this week, but officials warn hot temperatures in the coming days could pose threats.

Steve Roberts with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says about 700 residents from Beauval and another 200 from Montreal Lake Cree Nation have started going back to their communities.

He says crews are working to contain nearby blazes and douse flare-ups, but hot and windy conditions later this week could cause problems.

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Signage on Highway 2 North near the Provincial Wildfire Center in Prince Albert, Sask., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
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  • Carney says Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September
    Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has been committed to a two-state solution for decades.Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.The move would be a significant policy shift for Canada, which like many of its major allies had previously withheld such recognition. It follows similar announcements from France, which said it would recognize Palestinian statehood, and Britain, which said i
     

Carney says Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September

30 juillet 2025 à 17:32
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has been committed to a two-state solution for decades.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that Canada intends to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

The move would be a significant policy shift for Canada, which like many of its major allies had previously withheld such recognition. It follows similar announcements from France, which said it would recognize Palestinian statehood, and Britain, which said it would recognize Palestine if Israel does not agree to a ceasefire.

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Palestinians carry aid supplies, that entered Gaza on trucks through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Canadian producers relieved as Trump’s 50% tariff on imported copper spares key products

30 juillet 2025 à 16:42
According to Pierre Gratton, president of the Mining Association of Canada, the U.S. is unable to completely cut off copper imports from Canada because it does not produce enough for its own manufacturing needs.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed hefty new tariffs on imported copper products, though the duties largely spare Canada’s mining and refining industry.

Mr. Trump set the tariff for a range of copper products at 50 per cent starting Aug. 1, citing national security concerns for his latest attempt to bolster his country’s manufacturing sector by raising trade barriers.

Albertan Katy Perry superfan basks in ‘small town’ fame, puts Medicine Hat on the map

30 juillet 2025 à 16:27
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A Katy Perry superfan is basking in newfound fame after a video of him meeting the pop star garnered nearly a million views online.

Perry, who is in Canada performing several shows on her Lifetimes Tour, invited concertgoer Braiden Palumbo on stage during a stop in Vancouver.

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Braiden Palumbo takes a selfie with popstar Katy Perry onstage during the Vancouver leg of her Lifetimes Tour as shown in this handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout

Former Canadian diplomats call on Carney to recognize a Palestinian state

30 juillet 2025 à 16:00
In a letter addressed to Mr. Carney, dated July 29, the career diplomats say that Canada should join the 147 countries that have recognized statehood for Palestine.

Nearly 200 former Canadian ambassadors and career diplomats are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to recognize a Palestinian state.

In a letter dated July 29 and addressed to Mr. Carney, the career diplomats say that it’s time for Canada to join the 147 countries that have recognized statehood for Palestine.

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