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Morning Update: Alberta set to expand use of private health clinics

28 juillet 2026 à 06:44

Good morning. Albertans will soon be able to self-refer and pay out-of-pocket for private diagnostic tests. More on that below, along with managing wildfires in France and Spain, and medals at the Commonwealth Games.

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith makes a health-care announcement in Calgary, Monday, July 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Morning Update: Burnout is pushing emergency room doctors to leave

27 juillet 2026 à 06:11

Good morning. A new study highlights an epidemic of burnout among Canada’s emergency room physicians. More on that below, along with the deadly Berlin Pride festival attack and massive wildfire evacuations in France.

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Paramedics bring a patient to the emergency department at St. Michael’s Hospital in downtown Toronto on July 14, 2022.

Morning Update: Back at the tariff table, without USMCA

22 juillet 2026 à 06:37

Good morning. We’re so back – to trade negotiations, this time without a USMCA exemption. More on that below, along with ‘cockroach’ protests and ‘skillcation’ vacations.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney takes questions from journalists after making a statement outside the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council in Ottawa, on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Morning Update: New tariffs risk new economic chaos

21 juillet 2026 à 06:19

Good morning. After threatening tariffs because of wildfire smoke, the U.S. did impose levies, but for a different reason altogether. More on that below, along with fire strategy intentions and dark matter discoveries.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 working luncheon in Evian-les-Bains, France June 16.

Morning Update: Wildfires continue to rage across Canada

20 juillet 2026 à 06:21

Good morning. Smoke has eased in eastern Canada, but wildfires continue to rage all over the country. More on that below, along with reliving Spain’s World Cup win and reimagining the family home.

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Smoke rises from the Signal Hill wildfire in Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada July 18, 2026. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Morning Update: Canada’s Chief Justice and the decision of a lifetime

17 juillet 2026 à 06:02

Good morning. Richard Wagner is the man leading Canada’s highest court in its deliberations on a country-shaping case, the landmark judgment on Quebec’s Bill 21. More on him and the case below, along with updates on the wildfire crisis.

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Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada, poses for a portrait at the Supreme Court in Ottawa.

Morning Update: Ontario wildfires devastate First Nations communities

16 juillet 2026 à 06:05

Good morning. While fires burned in northwestern Ontario, smoke drifted into southern parts of the province. More on that below, along with interest rate updates and WestJet’s strike vote.

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Canadian National Railway workers in a train are surrounded by an out-of-control wildfire near Armstrong, Ont., in this screen grab from a video on social media on July 15.

Morning Update: First Nation in Alberta sues its former lawyer

15 juillet 2026 à 06:10

Good morning. A First Nation in Alberta has launched a lawsuit in connection with a provincially funded construction project. More on that below, along with wildfire updates and a change in home prices.

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The Calgary Courts Centre is pictured in Calgary, Monday, May 6, 2024. Two men accused of killing a county worker on a rural road near Calgary have been found guilty of second-degree murder and armed robbery. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Morning Update: U.S. and Iran trade strikes

14 juillet 2026 à 06:34

Good morning. Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are back in focus in the Strait of Hormuz. More on that below, along with a lawyer’s temporary frozen assets and a guide to heat-related illness.

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Three boys play in the shallow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, as a plume of smoke rises from an explosion in the background, off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on July 13.
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