Verona Scorsone-Jung and her new best friend are jumping off the dock at their summer camp, swimming to the ladder and doing it all over again in a continuous loop of carefree summer fun.
Then there’s a pause, because 10-year-old Verona wants to explain a few things about having Tourette syndrome.
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Canada must prepare for more seasons marked by severe drought, experts say as this summer’s bone-dry conditions tormented farmers, strained municipal water supply and fuelled one of the worst wildfire seasons on record.
Seventy-one per cent of the country was either abnormally dry or under drought conditions as of the end of July, according to the federal government’s drought monitor released last week.
Last fall, governments across Canada enacted policies that restricted phone use in the classroom – with rules varying for elementary schools and high schools. The increased use of cellphones and social media by students has been a source of concern for policy makers, educators and parents. The devices and platforms have been blamed for incidents of cyberbullying, disrupted sleep patterns and the inability of young people to focus.
Cellphone bans in schools seem to be working, but some wonder how long that will last
Atlantic Canada’s largest university has locked out about 1,000 professors and other teaching staff less than two weeks before the start to the fall term.
Dalhousie University in Halifax locked out its employees around 9:30 a.m. amid a contract dispute with the faculty association.
Police in Montreal’s northern suburb are investigating after a man in his 40s was found dead on the roof of a hospital on Tuesday.
Sgt. Laurent Arsenault with police in Laval, Que., says officers were called to Cité-de-la-santé hospital at around 9:35 a.m. by employees who found the body.
Arsenault says the man was declared dead at the scene.
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Some of the evacuation orders and alerts linked to the Mount Underwood wildfire on Vancouver Island have been lifted or downgraded, as firefighters report “minimal” behaviour from the blaze.
The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, the City of Port Alberni and the Tseshaht First Nation jointly issued an update at 8 a.m. saying evacuation orders are lifted for the China Creek Campground and Headquarters Bay, which remain on evacuation alert.
Texas cannot require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement, making it the third such state law to be blocked by a court.
A group of Dallas-area families and faith leaders sought a preliminary injunction against the law, which goes into effect on Sept. 1. They say the requirement violates the First Amendment’s protections for the separation of church and state and the right to free religious exercise.
The Canadian Armed Forces is investigating an incident of alleged hateful conduct after a video surfaced of people allegedly performing the Nazi salute.
Lieutenant-General Michael Wright, commander of the army, said in a statement Tuesday that he became aware of a video on Aug. 6 containing “hateful conduct involving members of the Canadian Army.”
Lt.-Gen. Wright said the video was referred to military police within hours of it being shared, and five people were later identified as serving members.
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The Thunderbird reactor sounds like an impressive piece of scientific hardware. Impressive it may be, but not because of size, noise or heat. Rather, it is a tabletop experiment operating at the University of British Columbia. And somehow, it seems to be exhibiting a version of the nuclear reactions that power the sun.
Welcome to the quiet renaissance of cold fusion.
In 2021, a TikTok of Canadian rapper bbno$ raising his eyebrows to the beat of his single “Edamame” started gaining traction — and eventually changed the course of his career.
The platform’s Canadian team suggested he recreate the clip with a safari-themed filter, then helped push it globally.
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. CF-T has signed a deal to acquire Australian financial services company Wilsons Advisory.
Financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available.
Peel police say one person is dead and another is injured following a shooting Tuesday night in Brampton, Ont.
Police responded to reports of gunshots at around 8:40 p.m. on Bayhampton Drive and found two male victims with gunshot wounds.
The Quebec government says it will find solutions and defuse rising tension over a forestry bill that has sparked blockades and confrontations between Indigenous protesters and industry workers.
Indigenous Affairs Minister Ian Lafrenière and Natural Resources Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina have renewed a promise to modify the proposed legislation following meetings this week with Indigenous leaders.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers presented new offers to Canada Post on Wednesday seeking higher wages while allowing for the addition of weekend delivery and part-time workers to the postal service.
The latest proposals include annual wage increases of nine per cent in the first year of the agreement, and four per cent in the second year, followed by hikes of three per cent in years three and four.
Good morning. Resolution inches forward after days of gridlock in airports and years of stalemate in war zones – more on that below, along with Quebec’s use of AI to get traffic moving and the chances for a Bank of Canada rate cut. But first:
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The evening of Feb. 7, 2024, Hazel van der Werken knew something was very wrong with her eldest son.
Finlay, an active 16-year-old who loved playing hockey, was experiencing intense pain on his right side.
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A media consortium that includes The Globe and Mail argued in court against a publication ban on the details of a hearing into whether the man accused of using his SUV to kill 11 people at Vancouver’s Lapu-Lapu Day festival is mentally fit to stand trial.
The defence and the Crown prosecutors asked a British Columbia Provincial Court judge Tuesday to keep the ban in place until the end of a potential criminal trial for Kai-Ji Adam Lo. Mr. Lo watched the proceedings from a video-conferencing room at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital.
Alberta is making changes to its highly scrutinized COVID-19 vaccine program to make shots free of charge for health care workers, but the majority of Albertans will still have to pay out of pocket.
Maddison McKee, press secretary to Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Adriana LaGrange, confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that vaccine coverage will be extended to all health care workers this fall. Ms. McKee did not say why the government decided to revise its policy.
Canadian students from across the country are prepping to go back to school in just a few weeks, and many of them will be starting new chapters in schools outside Canada – especially in the United States.
According to the United States’ Institute of International Education, nearly 29,000 Canadians studied in the U.S. in 2023.
Five members of the Canadian Armed Forces have been suspended and military police are investigating after a video surfaced showing a group of people giving Nazi salutes.
The commander of the army, Lt.-Gen. Michael Wright, called the video’s contents disturbing and said that hate and extremism “have no place in the Canadian Army.”
The Green Party of Canada will once again be looking for someone to replace Elizabeth May, after the party’s longtime leader said Tuesday she will not lead the Greens into the next election.
In an e-mail to members, May said she intends to stay on as an MP and as party leader until a new leader is elected.
As a boy, Rick Scott was taken by his father to the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1954 to see the original production of Peter Pan, with Mary Martin in the lead role.
Sitting first row in the balcony, the wide-eyed child witnessed Ms. Martin floating toward him on a harness, staring at him as she sang, “Look at me way up high, suddenly here am I, I’m flying, I’m flying.”
Ontario is planning to make changes to a housing fund for municipalities that many have said unfairly measures their progress on building, the minister signalled in a speech Tuesday.
Rob Flack told the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Ottawa that he is going to consult with mayors and the association to “extend and improve” the Building Faster Fund.
The rent-versus-buy debate has long divided financial experts and aspiring homeowners, with no clear winner in sight.
The traditional argument holds: While buying a home can build long-term equity and stability, renting can provide flexibility and fewer upfront costs. But as home ownership becomes a far-fetched dream for many young Canadians, can renting for life be a viable option?
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is asking the Quebec government to appoint a “top gun” for homelessness ahead of an expected provincial cabinet shuffle.
She made the request at a news conference on Tuesday during which she also proposed to spend nearly $22.5-million to tackle homelessness.
The mayor of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island says about 50 residents evacuated from their homes due to a nearby wildfire will soon have an update on when they will be able to return.
Sharie Minions told a news conference Tuesday that officials are working with the BC Wildfire Service to update two evacuation orders and three alerts that are in place due to the out-of-control Mount Underwood fire.
Ontario’s long-standing beer retailer is continuing to close locations, adding to a lengthy list of shutdowns announced as Ontario expands where alcohol can be sold in the province.
On Monday, The Beer Store announced it is closing 12 more locations across the province.
Quebec City has started synchronizing traffic lights with the use of Google’s artificial intelligence, technology the city says will improve traffic flow, reduce congestion, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
According to Google Canada GOOGL-Q, Quebec City is the first municipality in the country to partner with the web giant’s Green Light project, which the company offers free of charge to cities.
Loblaw Cos. Ltd. L-T says it has completed its plan for a four-for-one stock split of its common shares.
The grocery and drugstore retailer says its common shares began trading on a post-split basis as of market open on Tuesday.
Canadians who want to repair their own Apple AAPL-Q devices can now get parts, tools and manuals from the tech giant, which brought its self-service repair program to the country on Tuesday.
The program gives customers free access to manuals and diagnostic software that help troubleshoot issues with iPads, iPhones and Macs. Customers are then able to purchase any parts and rent or buy the tools necessary to make repairs.
Air Canada AC-T resumed flying Tuesday afternoon after reaching an early morning tentative labour agreement with the union that represents its 10,000 flight attendants, who had been on strike since Aug. 16.
The four-year deal, which must be approved by a majority of union members in coming votes, provides hourly raises of about 16 to 20 per cent over the life of the contract, depending on seniority and job type, according to people familiar with the matter.
Health Canada has approved Ozempic to reduce the risk of further kidney decline among patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Between 30 and 50 per cent of people with Type 2 diabetes develop some form of chronic kidney disease.
Good morning. Air Canada flight attendants have reached a tentative agreement with the airline to end their strike – more on that below, along with the continued risk of wildfires and Cambridge Dictionary’s nod to Gen Z. But first:
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Canada’s annual inflation rate eased to 1.7 per cent in July from 1.9 per cent in the prior month as lower year-on-year gasoline prices kept the consumer price index low, but core measures of inflation stayed sticky, data showed on Tuesday.
Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the annual inflation rate at 1.8 per cent and the monthly inflation rate at 0.3 per cent. The CPI increased by 0.3 per cent in July from 0.1 per cent in June on a monthly basis, Statistics Canada said.
Near the Easter Seals Camp in Squamish, B.C., dozens of children from as far away as Toronto and Montreal passed the time on Monday kicking a soccer ball around a field and singing Ukrainian songs around a fire. These are some of the summer activities the camp’s staff were using to distract the young campers – a group that includes Ukrainian refugees – from the fact that they couldn’t return home.
About 150 scouts are stuck at the camp owing to the strike by flight attendants at Air Canada, which has grounded the airline’s flights and disrupted travel for an estimated 130,000 passengers a day.
Jahvai Roy, the eight-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a stray bullet while he was in his bed with his mother early Saturday morning in Toronto, was a budding activist against violence, a family spokesperson said in an interview.
The child, whose death has sparked outrage and calls for action on gun crime, was the youngest member of an organization devoted to stamping out violence in Canada’s largest city, Marcell Wilson said Monday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no stone unturned” to defend Canada’s North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.
But one expert in international relations says Canada is being left out of crucial talks, with Prime Minister Mark Carney not among the leaders who gathered Monday at the White House for talks on the future of Ukraine.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the weather is not co-operating in his province’s fight against a major wildfire burning out of control in the Annapolis Valley.
“Unfortunately, the weather this weekend was not in our favour. The dry conditions continued. The heat continued. The wind was blowing the wrong way. All terrible news when you’re facing a fire,” Houston told reporters on Monday.
The battle between Air Canada and its flight attendants – which has boiled over into an illegal strike, stranding travellers and grounding planes – includes a fight over unpaid work that could set a precedent for other major carriers in Canada and around the world, experts say.
A key demand of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 10,400 flight attendants with Air Canada and its subsidiary Air Canada Rouge, is compensation for what is called “ground time.”
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Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford put the focus on making Canada globally competitive rather than securing a trade deal with the United States as they met in Ottawa on Monday.
Carney and Ford were meeting on Parliament Hill as trade talks with the United States show little signs of progressing.
I once had the pleasure of interviewing Apollo 13 commander James Lovell when I was a reporter at The Globe and Mail.
It was in 2009 and I was writing a story to mark the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first moon landing.
Canada is leading the way when it comes to volunteering to work at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Organizers of the Canadian end of the tournament say Toronto and Vancouver rank one-two among the 16 host cities in the number of applications.
An expert who has disposed of bombs in some of the world’s most dangerous places says European governments pinning their security hopes on land mines are turning to an ineffective tool that will only spread misery and hunger.
“It’s an outdated technology that can quite quickly be rendered useless,” said Gary Toombs, a senior explosive disposal technician with the charity Humanity and Inclusion.
Federal officials are warning the public that they expect an elevated risk of wildfires across much of the country from now until the end of September.
For August, increased fire danger is expected over much of Western Canada and the Northwest Territories, according to a technical briefing for media. Southern British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan are expected to have the highest risk given dry conditions and warmer-than-normal temperatures.
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