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[published_date] Greater Toronto Area-home sales ticked 2.4 percent lower in June compared with a year earlier as 6,243 properties changed hands, while new listings rose. The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) said sales were up 8.1 per cent from May on a seasonally adjusted month-over month basis, as the housing market "continued to show signs…

[published_date] The mayor of a small B.C. town on the Alaska border is sounding the alarm because she says her community doesn't have access to ambulance service — and she doesn't know when it's coming back. Angela Brand Danuser, the mayor of Stewart, B.C., a district of about 500 people, about 515 kilometres northwest of Prince George, said…

[published_date] As the Calgary Stampede kicks off, health experts are warning about the risk of measles exposure and are urging parents with babies and unimmunized children — along with other vulnerable Albertans — to sit this one out. The Stampede attracts travellers from all over Alberta and around the world. This year organizers expect more than 1.3 million people will…

[published_date] When Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday about U.S. trade negotiations, one of the key issues the industry said they wished to discuss was the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. The mandate requires a certain percentage of light duty vehicles — passenger cars, SUVs and trucks — that are sold to…

[published_date] Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's path back to the House of Commons runs through a rural Alberta riding that has become a hotbed for Western discontent and the independence movement — a potentially tricky situation to navigate for a leader with national ambitions. Poilievre, a Calgarian by birth who has lived away from Alberta for…

[published_date] For the past 10 months, Toronto student Danial Young rose at 6 a.m. on weekdays to attend a program vastly different from what he'd known, leaving friends and familiar teachers behind as he ventured into new spaces and was challenged to develop new skills.  Yet on a sweltering day in late June, as the 20-year-old turned the…

[published_date] Wabana Mayor Philip Tobin proudly displays a glass filled with clean, clear drinking water. (Terry Roberts/CBC)An unhealthy municipal water system in the Bell Island community of Wabana is slowly being rid of contaminants like arsenic, manganese and iron, with 150 households being removed this week from a quarter-century-old boil order. Town leaders surprised more than 160…

[published_date] Sales of Ontario wine have increased by over 60 per cent since the LCBO pulled American products off its shelves earlier this year, signalling a shift in buying habits among consumers in the province, the retailer says. "Ontarians are increasingly committed to buying local and Canadian products," an LCBO spokesperson said in a statement.…

[published_date] WARNING: This story contains graphic details of intimate partner violence. A judge is now considering what sentence to hand down to a U.S. man convicted in Ottawa of sexually assaulting a young woman, then, after she had left him, embarking on a campaign of criminal harassment against her, her family and her former boyfriend, as well as publishing her…

[published_date] A crucial archaeological site in Saskatchewan has become a target for illegal scavenging. Âsowanânihk, which means "a place to cross" in Cree, is located near Prince Albert and is estimated to be around 11,000 years old. It holds a wealth of evidence of Indigenous settlements that likely existed there. A local ambassador for the site says national news coverage and general…

[published_date] There were more opioid-related deaths in March than in any previous month on record in the Edmonton zone, according to the latest government data.  Two experts say more should have been done in the lead-up to the spike in fatalities. Eighty-seven people died of opioid drug poisoning in March, making that the highest amount of opioid-related deaths…

[published_date] Operations are back to normal after multiple Canadian airports faced bomb threats on Thursday morning that grounded flights and were expected to cause widespread delays, according to air traffic control manager Nav Canada. In a statement posted to X at 11 a.m. ET, Nav Canada commended its employees and law enforcement for their swift…