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Reçu aujourd’hui — 6 septembre 2025Canada
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Canada’s last waterbed salesmen still try to make waves in a dozing industry

Par :Mike Hager
6 septembre 2025 à 09:00
Paul Drysdale, one of Canada's last remaining waterbed salesmen, wants more people to sleep on water-filled mattresses like the one he dozes on at home in North York, Ont.

Paul Drysdale has spent nearly half a century dispelling the foundational myth that a waterbed will improve your love life.

The North York-based salesman says the late Sue Johanson, a client and the iconoclastic host of the Sunday Night Sex Show, agreed with him, which Mr. Drysdale figures is authoritative proof.

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  • In B.C., candidates making early bids at mayoral jobs
    For decades, candidates for civic elections in British Columbia have held off campaigning until a couple of months before the traditional fall vote. But this year, with more than 400 days before the scheduled Oct. 27, 2026, municipal elections, Surrey Councillor Linda Annis splashed out Wednesday with a news conference in a major hotel ballroom to announce she would be challenging Mayor Brenda Locke for her job.
     
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In B.C., candidates making early bids at mayoral jobs

Par :Frances Bula
6 septembre 2025 à 08:00
Municipal voters have struggled to figure out where the local parties sit on the political spectrum because they haven’t aligned with the traditional Conservative, Liberal and NDP brands.

For decades, candidates for civic elections in British Columbia have held off campaigning until a couple of months before the traditional fall vote.

But this year, with more than 400 days before the scheduled Oct. 27, 2026, municipal elections, Surrey Councillor Linda Annis splashed out Wednesday with a news conference in a major hotel ballroom to announce she would be challenging Mayor Brenda Locke for her job.

Reçu hier — 5 septembre 2025Canada
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  • Judge proposes heated shelters at Alberta bars after two men died of hypothermia
    An Alberta judge at a fatality inquiry for two men who died of hypothermia says bars need measures like heated outdoor shelters to keep patrons from dying in the cold after they leave.Provincial court Justice Carol Godfrey, in a report issued Friday, says the deaths of 18-year-old Tyler Emes and 20-year-old Mohamed Munyeabdi near The Ranch Roadhouse in south Edmonton are tragic.
     
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Judge proposes heated shelters at Alberta bars after two men died of hypothermia

Par :Aaron Sousa
5 septembre 2025 à 22:06
The report recommends bars and clubs have heated cold-weather shelters or dry-out rooms available to intoxicated patrons.

An Alberta judge at a fatality inquiry for two men who died of hypothermia says bars need measures like heated outdoor shelters to keep patrons from dying in the cold after they leave.

Provincial court Justice Carol Godfrey, in a report issued Friday, says the deaths of 18-year-old Tyler Emes and 20-year-old Mohamed Munyeabdi near The Ranch Roadhouse in south Edmonton are tragic.

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  • Carney will introduce legislation next month to tighten bail system
    Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce legislation next month to tighten Canada’s bail system, making it harder for those accused of serious crimes to be released, after a series of violent incidents including assaults and home invasions.Mr. Carney, who wrapped up two days of meetings with his cabinet in Toronto this week, said at a press conference Friday in Mississauga that his government is committed to fixing the Criminal Code.
     
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Carney will introduce legislation next month to tighten bail system

Par :Laura Stone · Jeff Gray
5 septembre 2025 à 16:57
The Prime Minister said Friday that he’s been working with provincial and territorial leaders on bail changes and will be proposing legislation this month when the House of Commons returns after summer break.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce legislation next month to tighten Canada’s bail system, making it harder for those accused of serious crimes to be released, after a series of violent incidents including assaults and home invasions.

Mr. Carney, who wrapped up two days of meetings with his cabinet in Toronto this week, said at a press conference Friday in Mississauga that his government is committed to fixing the Criminal Code.

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