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Aujourd’hui — 19 juillet 2025Canada
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  • Canadian woman detained by ICE in a ‘nightmare’ situation, family says
    Paula Callejas was trying to expand her swimsuit business in Florida after taking time off to take care of her ailing father in Canada before his death. Instead of celebrating the fashion line, the Canadian was taken into United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention. The 45-year-old’s family said their finances are being stretched as they try to navigate the confusing and difficult legal and immigration systems in the United States.
     

Canadian woman detained by ICE in a ‘nightmare’ situation, family says

19 juillet 2025 à 13:18
Canadian Paula Callejas was trying to expand her swimsuit business in Florida when she was detained by ICE.

Paula Callejas was trying to expand her swimsuit business in Florida after taking time off to take care of her ailing father in Canada before his death. Instead of celebrating the fashion line, the Canadian was taken into United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention.

The 45-year-old’s family said their finances are being stretched as they try to navigate the confusing and difficult legal and immigration systems in the United States.

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  • Quebec businesses sue Ottawa over temporary foreign worker rule changes
    A group of Quebec businesses are suing the federal government for $300-million over Ottawa’s sharp tightening of the temporary foreign worker program last fall, arguing that the policy reversal was too abrupt and could drive some of them into insolvency. The lawsuit, filed in late May, includes nearly two dozen companies in industries from plastics to truck components to slaughterhouses concentrated in the Montéregie region of the province, just outside Montreal, along with five temporary foreig
     

Quebec businesses sue Ottawa over temporary foreign worker rule changes

19 juillet 2025 à 08:00
Cameroon national Ladurelle Tsemzang Donfack, who works for tank truck manufacturer Tremcar in Quebec, says he is uncertain what the future holds for him after Ottawa's policy reversal on temporary foreign workers.

A group of Quebec businesses are suing the federal government for $300-million over Ottawa’s sharp tightening of the temporary foreign worker program last fall, arguing that the policy reversal was too abrupt and could drive some of them into insolvency.

The lawsuit, filed in late May, includes nearly two dozen companies in industries from plastics to truck components to slaughterhouses concentrated in the Montéregie region of the province, just outside Montreal, along with five temporary foreign workers whose livelihoods will be or have been affected by the policy changes.

Judge in Hockey Canada case – set to deliver verdict next week – is a veteran of the criminal courts

19 juillet 2025 à 07:00
Crown Meaghan Cunningham and Justice Maria Carroccia are shown in this courtroom sketch in London, Ont.

Two years ago, before Justice Maria Carroccia presided at the Hockey Canada trial, she was behind the bench for a long and complicated murder case in her hometown of Windsor, Ont.

Three men were accused of killing a young woman in a dispute over drugs and money. The trial stretched out more than four months under the spotlight of local attention.

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  • Doctors are prescribing nature – but we don’t know how it works
    Over the past five years, more than 1.3 million Canadians have received a medical prescription for a dose of nature to alleviate health issues, though critics say the science is lacking.The PaRx program was launched in Canada by the BC Parks Foundation in November, 2020, eventually expanding to other provinces. Crafted by health care professionals, the program recommends at least two hours per week of time in nature, in chunks of no less than 20 minutes at a time, and offers patients tips on how
     

Doctors are prescribing nature – but we don’t know how it works

19 juillet 2025 à 05:30
A hiker walks off the path guiding to the biggest cedar tree in Vancouver's Stanley Park during a tour of ancient trees.

Over the past five years, more than 1.3 million Canadians have received a medical prescription for a dose of nature to alleviate health issues, though critics say the science is lacking.

The PaRx program was launched in Canada by the BC Parks Foundation in November, 2020, eventually expanding to other provinces. Crafted by health care professionals, the program recommends at least two hours per week of time in nature, in chunks of no less than 20 minutes at a time, and offers patients tips on how to achieve those goals.

Hier — 18 juillet 2025Canada
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  • A party to celebrate a mistake
    This week a breathless announcement arrived in my inbox. “Toronto is set to celebrate a historic cultural milestone,” it said. On Aug. 23, the city would hold its very first official “Sankofa Day.” What’s that, you say? You may well ask.Sankofa Square is the obscure new name for Yonge-Dundas Square, the one-acre public space at the corner of Yonge and Dundas streets, right across from the Eaton Centre. Sankofa Day, its organizers tell us, is another name for the International Day for the Remembr
     

A party to celebrate a mistake

18 juillet 2025 à 21:57
Sankofa Square, formally known as Yonge-Dundas Square, was renamed last year after a Twi word that loosely translates to, ‘go back and get it.'

This week a breathless announcement arrived in my inbox. “Toronto is set to celebrate a historic cultural milestone,” it said. On Aug. 23, the city would hold its very first official “Sankofa Day.” What’s that, you say? You may well ask.

Sankofa Square is the obscure new name for Yonge-Dundas Square, the one-acre public space at the corner of Yonge and Dundas streets, right across from the Eaton Centre. Sankofa Day, its organizers tell us, is another name for the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.

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  • Alberta adds $2.8-billion to Heritage Fund, expands board of new oversight corporation
    Alberta’s government has contributed $2.8-billion to a provincial wealth fund that now stands at $30-billion and fleshed out the board of directors for a new corporation that was set up to make the fund grow faster. Premier Danielle Smith’s government created the new Crown corporation, called the Heritage Fund Opportunities Corp., or HFOC, late last year. It will oversee a plan announced in January that aims to boost the assets held by the province’s Heritage Savings Trust Fund to at least $250-
     

Alberta adds $2.8-billion to Heritage Fund, expands board of new oversight corporation

18 juillet 2025 à 20:03
The latest addition to the fund is made up of $2.6-billion drawn from the province’s surplus, with an additional $200-million from the government.

Alberta’s government has contributed $2.8-billion to a provincial wealth fund that now stands at $30-billion and fleshed out the board of directors for a new corporation that was set up to make the fund grow faster.

Premier Danielle Smith’s government created the new Crown corporation, called the Heritage Fund Opportunities Corp., or HFOC, late last year. It will oversee a plan announced in January that aims to boost the assets held by the province’s Heritage Savings Trust Fund to at least $250-billion by 2050.

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  • Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections
    The last time Yukon residents voted in a territorial plebiscite it was about allowing the sale of alcohol, this time the vote will be on the equally dizzying question of electoral reform.More than a century since that 1920 plebiscite, the vote that is expected to be part of this year’s territorial election could see the Yukon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to move to a ranked ballot from the current-first-past-the-post system.
     

Yukon prepares for vote on possible switch to ranked-ballot elections

18 juillet 2025 à 17:36
A ranked-vote system “encourages an outcome that can be seen as more legitimate in the eyes of voters,” a Yukon citizens’ assembly report on electoral reform said last year.

The last time Yukon residents voted in a territorial plebiscite it was about allowing the sale of alcohol, this time the vote will be on the equally dizzying question of electoral reform.

More than a century since that 1920 plebiscite, the vote that is expected to be part of this year’s territorial election could see the Yukon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to move to a ranked ballot from the current-first-past-the-post system.

B.C. drug body members resign as health minister apologizes to family of 10-year-old girl with rare disease

18 juillet 2025 à 16:09
Osborne speaks at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, in North Vancouver, B.C., June, 2023. She issued the apology at a news conference Friday after her government announced it would restore the drug funding for the only person in B.C. with Batten Disease. 

Four members of British Columbia’s Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases Committee have resigned after the government went against its recommendation and reinstated medication funding for a 10-year-old girl.

The fallout from the handling of Charleigh Pollock’s case also saw Health Minister Josie Osborne apologize to the Vancouver Island girl’s family on Friday.

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  • Alex Delvecchio quietly built a Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Red Wings
    By the age of 23, Alex Delvecchio had placed his name on the Stanley Cup three times. He kept skating with the Detroit Red Wings until he was 41, but he never won another championship.For nearly a quarter-century, he quietly put together one of the greatest careers in National Hockey League history, though few outside Detroit paid much notice. The forward never won a scoring title, never was named a first-team all-star, never won a most-valuable-player award. Overshadowed by teammate Gordie Howe
     

Alex Delvecchio quietly built a Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Red Wings

18 juillet 2025 à 16:00
Alex Delvecchio, playing for the Detroit Red Wings, is firing the puck past Toronto goalie Harry Lumley for the Wings' third and winning goal in the final period of the playoff game.

By the age of 23, Alex Delvecchio had placed his name on the Stanley Cup three times. He kept skating with the Detroit Red Wings until he was 41, but he never won another championship.

For nearly a quarter-century, he quietly put together one of the greatest careers in National Hockey League history, though few outside Detroit paid much notice. The forward never won a scoring title, never was named a first-team all-star, never won a most-valuable-player award. Overshadowed by teammate Gordie Howe, it was barely noted upon Mr. Delvecchio’s retirement as a player that he was the league’s second-highest scorer of all time, trailing only his famous linemate.

Alberta serial romance scammer fights court ruling keeping him in prison indefinitely

18 juillet 2025 à 15:54
Court of Appeal at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton on Friday, June 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

A fraudster Romeo who bilked five Alberta women of thousands of dollars by faking a lavish lifestyle, brain cancer, seizures and fathering a child with at least one of them, is appealing his dangerous offender designation.

Jeffrey Kent’s lawyer says he has filed a notice of appeal challenging the ruling and his client’s indeterminate sentencing by an Edmonton judge last month.

Supreme Court of Canada tightens rules on sentencing youth offenders as adults

18 juillet 2025 à 15:19
Canada's top court in two related decisions on Friday provided added detail on how the laws regarding sentencing youth should be interpreted by lower courts.

The Supreme Court of Canada has made it more difficult for judges to sentence youth offenders convicted of serious crimes, such as first-degree murder, as adults for their actions.

The top court in two related decisions on Friday provided added detail on how the law should be interpreted by the lower courts.

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  • Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dismisses, demands apology for Jasper wildfire report
    Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding an apology for a report commissioned by the Town of Jasper into last year’s devastating wildfires in the National Park after firefighters said their work was impeded by the province.Blaming the federal government Friday, Ms. Smith dismissed findings from the report. The publication surveyed firefighters and other emergency officials involved in the effort against the wind-whipped conflagrations that destroyed at least one-third of the buildings in the
     

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith dismisses, demands apology for Jasper wildfire report

18 juillet 2025 à 12:32
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tours Jasper on Friday, July 26, 2024. Smith on Friday defended the province's wildfire response after a report found that the government impeded the work of crews.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding an apology for a report commissioned by the Town of Jasper into last year’s devastating wildfires in the National Park after firefighters said their work was impeded by the province.

Blaming the federal government Friday, Ms. Smith dismissed findings from the report. The publication surveyed firefighters and other emergency officials involved in the effort against the wind-whipped conflagrations that destroyed at least one-third of the buildings in the Rocky Mountain resort town.

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  • Chevron’s $53-billion Hess deal greenlit after Exxon’s legal challenge fails
    Chevron CVX-N has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess HES-N and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade.Chevron said Friday that it completed its acquisition of Hess shortly after the ruling from the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Exxon XOM-N had challenged Chevron’s bid for Hess, one of three companies with access to the massive Stabroek Block oil field off the coast of Guyana.
     

Chevron’s $53-billion Hess deal greenlit after Exxon’s legal challenge fails

18 juillet 2025 à 12:20
With Chevron getting the go-ahead to acquire Hess on Friday, the company is now one of the major players in the Stabroek Block, an oil field off the cost of Guyana. 

Chevron CVX-N has scored a critical ruling in Paris that has given it the go-ahead for a $53 billion acquisition of Hess HES-N and access to one of the biggest oil finds of the decade.

Chevron said Friday that it completed its acquisition of Hess shortly after the ruling from the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris. Exxon XOM-N had challenged Chevron’s bid for Hess, one of three companies with access to the massive Stabroek Block oil field off the coast of Guyana.

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  • Human-rights tribunal rules in favour of disabled woman denied ultrasound at Calgary clinic
    An Alberta woman who filed a human-rights complaint after being turned away at a clinic for an ultrasound says she hopes her recent win paves the way for better accommodations for disabled patients.Stephanie Chipeur complained to the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal after the Calgary diagnostics clinic refused to schedule her for an appointment in 2021 unless she had a caretaker also attend to lift her from her wheelchair onto an exam table.
     

Human-rights tribunal rules in favour of disabled woman denied ultrasound at Calgary clinic

18 juillet 2025 à 11:30
Stephanie Chipeur, a law professor at the University of Calgary, filed a human rights complaint against a diagnostics clinic in Calgary after being denied service.

An Alberta woman who filed a human-rights complaint after being turned away at a clinic for an ultrasound says she hopes her recent win paves the way for better accommodations for disabled patients.

Stephanie Chipeur complained to the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal after the Calgary diagnostics clinic refused to schedule her for an appointment in 2021 unless she had a caretaker also attend to lift her from her wheelchair onto an exam table.

Number of orca sightings in Vancouver surges, fuelling community of followers

18 juillet 2025 à 09:58
A surge in the number of orca sightings in Vancouver's waters is helping create a community of urban wildlife aficionados, who go online to track the whales and share their experiences. Experts say the long-term recovery of seals and sea lions after the end of widespread culls around 1970 is behind the rise in orca sightings.

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  • Morning Update: How to move a river
    Good morning. A new park that will be unveiled tomorrow in Toronto is an ambitious example of moving rivers to bring civic imagination to public spaces. More on that below, plus catching up on First Nation leaders meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Bill C-5 and Ukraine’s cabinet shuffle. But first:Today’s headlinesDocuments used to assess asylum and deportation cases omit Trump’s edicts on gender, deportations and detention Hedge funds sort out winners and losers as Couche-Tard’s bid to
     

Morning Update: How to move a river

18 juillet 2025 à 05:50

Good morning. A new park that will be unveiled tomorrow in Toronto is an ambitious example of moving rivers to bring civic imagination to public spaces. More on that below, plus catching up on First Nation leaders meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Bill C-5 and Ukraine’s cabinet shuffle. But first:

Today’s headlines

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Part of Biidaasige Park nears completion on July 16.
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  • Why First Nations are clashing with Ontario and Ottawa over bills aimed at speeding up megaprojects
    First Nations leaders have opposed both the federal government’s Bill C-5 and Ontario’s Bill 5, pieces of legislation that would allow the two governments extraordinary powers to ignore existing laws – including environmental regulations – to fast-track megaprojects such as mines or pipelines.They say the two bills run roughshod over the constitutional requirement that governments consult First Nations about development on their traditional territories. A group of nine First Nations in Ontario l
     

Why First Nations are clashing with Ontario and Ottawa over bills aimed at speeding up megaprojects

18 juillet 2025 à 05:45
Keisha Paulmartin of Okiniwak Youth Led Movement speaks on Thursday at a protest at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., where Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Indigenous chiefs the same day.

First Nations leaders have opposed both the federal government’s Bill C-5 and Ontario’s Bill 5, pieces of legislation that would allow the two governments extraordinary powers to ignore existing laws – including environmental regulations – to fast-track megaprojects such as mines or pipelines.

They say the two bills run roughshod over the constitutional requirement that governments consult First Nations about development on their traditional territories. A group of nine First Nations in Ontario launched a constitutional challenge this week of both Ontario’s and Canada’s bills.

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  • After 18 years of work, Toronto’s Port Lands opens to the public
    On a sunny July afternoon, the Don River flowed into Toronto Harbour. Its banks were lined with lake sedge, switchgrass and Canada anemone. Paths and bridges laced through the landscape, which looked as if they had always been there.In fact, this stretch of river and its surrounding lands − now known as Biidaasige Park − are entirely manufactured. They are not a work of nature but a feat of civic imagination. They are the product of a $1.5-billion effort known as the Port Lands Flood Protection
     

After 18 years of work, Toronto’s Port Lands opens to the public

18 juillet 2025 à 05:00

On a sunny July afternoon, the Don River flowed into Toronto Harbour. Its banks were lined with lake sedge, switchgrass and Canada anemone. Paths and bridges laced through the landscape, which looked as if they had always been there.

In fact, this stretch of river and its surrounding lands − now known as Biidaasige Park − are entirely manufactured. They are not a work of nature but a feat of civic imagination.

They are the product of a $1.5-billion effort known as the Port Lands Flood Protection Project, which has redrawn the mouth of the Don and conjured vast new public spaces from what had long been a civic afterthought.

© Sammy Kogan

Part of Biidaasige Park nears completion on July 17, 2025, as preparations remain underway ahead of its public opening in Toronto’s Port Lands. (Sammy Kogan/The Globe and Mail)
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