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[published_date] French sporting goods retailer Decathlon says it is closing its five Greater Toronto Area stores this summer. The locations slated for shutdown are in Brampton, Burlington, Markham, Scarborough and Vaughan. The retailer did not offer a reason for the move or say how many staff will lose their jobs, when the stores close on…

[published_date] The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5 per cent annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump's trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected deterioration of earlier estimates. First-quarter growth was weighed down by a surge of imports as U.S. companies, and households, rushed to buy foreign…

[published_date] Alan Auld of Shuniah, Ont., said he stepped out to look at Lake Superior on Saturday and was among people who saw the waters receding — something he compared to the draining of a bathtub.  "At first we joked to everyone saying, 'Who pulled the plug?'" said Auld.  "To see Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world,…

[published_date] Ford Motor Company is calling the majority of its salaried workforce back to the office four days a week, the automaker's latest effort to boost employee and company performance. "Many of our employees have been in the office three or more days per week for some time now," a Ford spokesperson said in a statement…

[published_date] The wife of a lung transplant recipient who died in May says her family's attempt to save her husband's life has cost her their family home in Springhill, N.S. Donald Goguen, a Canadian navy veteran, died in May of complications from two lung transplants last year. Not only is Verbena Brenton-Goguen grieving her husband, but she's grappling…

[published_date] It's been nine years since Bosko Baker was approved to be a street musician in Quebec City and started playing across central areas and tourist hubs. In those early years jamming in the Petit Champlain sector and on Saint-Jean Street, he described the busking scene as a melting pot of artists. But since his debut,…

[published_date] After decades of progress, childhood vaccination rates have started stalling or falling around the world in recent years, and Canada is not immune to the trend, suggests a new study from The Lancet. The study estimated the coverage of 11 childhood vaccines in 204 countries and territories between 1980 and 2023, analyzing over 1,000…

[published_date] When Danny Blair presents this kind of climate match "a light bulb goes off in people's heads. It turns projections into places, and places are what people understand," said Blair, professor of geography at the University of Winnipeg and co-director of the Prairie Climate Centre. "These analogs also give us an opportunity to learn…

[published_date] Sitting in their Toronto apartment with their new partner, Rahma Esslouani says this past year has been the first time they've truly felt free. Esslouani, a 32-year-old nonbinary lesbian, grew up in Morocco, where homosexuality is a crime.  In addition to fears of harassment and persecution, they say they faced overwhelming pressure at home…

[published_date] Politics Sen. Patrick Brazeau collapsed in the Senate chamber Wednesday evening during a debate on the government’s major project bill. Paramedics say they attended to a ‘non-life-threatening’ incident Darren Major · CBC News · Posted: Jun 25, 2025 5:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours agoSen. Patrick…

[published_date] Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, doubling melt rates compared to the previous decade. The research led by University of Northern British Columbia professor Brian Menounos says low snow accumulation over winter, early-season heat waves, and prolonged warm and dry…

[published_date] Delivery company DHL Express Canada has reached a tentative agreement with its union, paving the way for the company to resume operations. The deal comes after almost a year of negotiations. Details of the agreement will not be disclosed until after a ratification vote is held, which is expected in the coming days. DHL Express…