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[published_date] A new report has found more young people in B.C. are turning to gambling and gaming with money in their spare time, as opportunities for online gambling have increased in Canada. The McCreary Centre Society's report used data from the 2023 B.C. Adolescent Health Survey, which was completed by over 38,200 youth between the ages 12…

[published_date] Ford Motor is recalling 52,547 vehicles in Canada and nearly 500,000 vehicles in the U.S over a brake fluid leak issue, the company confirmed on Thursday. A ruptured hose in the brake system might cause fluid to leak, lengthening stopping distances, which increases the risk of a crash, according to a report by the U.S. National Highway…

[published_date] Schools in Brandon and Winnipeg are making room in their classrooms for hundreds of children displaced by wildfires who won't be back home for the first bell of the fall term. "We are making sure that our schools are welcoming places … making arrangements to have supplies ready, looking at staffing scenarios, nutrition," Brandon…

[published_date] Serene Spence says she's lost three family members to overdoses, and doesn't want others to experience the same kind of loss. Spence lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., the city with the highest opioid-related death rate in the province, according to the latest data from Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner. On Wednesday morning, she…

[published_date] Thousands of people stood in line for hours — some even waiting overnight — for a clothing sale in Vancouver this week, in what one consumer expert says is a reflection of clever marketing and the cost-of-living crisis. The Aritzia warehouse sale has been a late-summer tradition for years, and it seems to keep growing…

[published_date] Flip flops, bright red shorts, a pair of glasses — and nothing else. That was the firefighting gear worn by a Thousand Islands resident when a blaze broke out at a cottage on Ash Island in the St. Lawrence River earlier this summer. A photo shared by Leeds 1000 Islands Fire Service in late July shows the…

[published_date] When Ravinder Kaur Sidhu welcomed her third child into the world in June, it was a moment of excitement.   The 40-year-old mother from Brampton, Ont., gave birth at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga.  Her healthy baby boy went home, but she never did.  She died days later at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital, after her body…

[published_date] Competition to build Canada's new fleet of submarines kicked up a notch Wednesday with the South Korean bidder reiterating its pledge to deliver more boats faster than its German rival. Hanwha Ocean Ltd., in a statement, expressed its appreciation for the Liberal government's decision this week to narrow the field of bidders to two…

[published_date] Canadian shot put star Sarah Mitton was stripped of her Diamond League Final victory on Wednesday following a successful protest of her winning throw. The Brooklyn, N.S., native's second attempt measured 20.67 metres but, following a review by judges, Mitton was ruled to have stepped out of the throwing circle before the shot hit the ground, thereby making her throw invalid.…

[published_date] Ontario's ban on American booze will remain until U.S. President Donald Trump removes tariffs on Canadian goods or when the two countries strike a new free trade deal — which could be a long time, Premier Doug Ford warned on Wednesday. Ford has taken a hard-line stance in Canada's ongoing trade war with Trump.…

[published_date] The chief executive at Trans Mountain Corp. says there should be ample pipeline space to get Canadian crude oil to market until at least 2030 without the need for a whole new project being built from scratch. Mark Maki says at the rate production has been growing, existing pipelines out of Alberta are on…

[published_date] A carnival worker is dead and a community in mourning in Prince Rupert, B.C., after a celebratory night turned tragic on Tuesday. Few details have been released, but RCMP and other agencies confirmed the death took place at around 10:40 p.m. PT on the opening night of the Prince Rupert Summer Carnival. Symbia Barnaby (Guu Gaa Jung)…