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[published_date] Dozens of community members in Quadeville, Ont., attended a town hall hosted by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Saturday evening, following a vicious attack on an eight-year-old girl that has shaken the small village. Police said they aimed to address concerns from residents at the meeting, which nearly filled the Quadeville Community Centre. While some people who showed up praised…

[published_date] Several farmers in southwestern Saskatchewan say their crops are withering and dying before their eyes. In the rural municipality of Big Stick, there was a "half inch" of rain for the whole month, said Reeve Quinton Jacksteit, a longtime grain farmer.  "As a farmer, it's depressing to go out into the hot, hot, windy days and…

[published_date] Multiple businesses in Toronto's east end say they are out thousands of dollars after so-called "point of sale", or POS, scam thefts. The thefts have prompted the area's BIA to warn business owners about the vulnerabilities of POS terminals. Lori Van Soelen, manager of the Beach BIA says she first learned of POS thefts in the…

[published_date] Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canada urgently needs to land a trade deal with the United States but it should not have set a deadline for negotiations because U.S. President Donald Trump "will try to take advantage" of the time crunch. "The challenge with a unilateral, self-imposed deadline is that it tells the counterparty…

[published_date] Hamilton police are searching for a suspect after what they are calling a "tragic and brazen" shooting that killed a 26-year-old woman Friday. Police are identifying the woman as Belinda Sarkodie. The shooting happened in the area of King Street between James and MacNab streets Friday. Police were called to the area shortly before 5:30 p.m. When officers…

[published_date] Residents of Happy Valley-Goose Bay are experiencing a power outage, after teams witnessed arcing on a piece of equipment, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro spokesperson Jill Pitcher said. "For safety, the transmission line to [Happy Valley-Goose Bay] was de-energized to investigate," she wrote in a statement to CBC News on Saturday. Pitcher said a gas turbine is…

[published_date] This First Person column is written by Keerthy Vinukonda, who lives in Toronto. For more information about First Person stories, see the FAQ. I rushed to the bus stop just after midnight after a busy shift at a pizza shop supervising the staff and making sure the orders were prepared correctly. It wasn't my…

[published_date] Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok is sharing his sympathies with the community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, after three recent deaths.  "Like many Nunavummiut, I am heartbroken by the tragic events that have shaken your community," Akeeagok said in a statement Saturday. The territory's coroner said Friday that his office is investigating the deaths, but that…

[published_date] Alberta is rolling out new regulations this fall banning transgender athletes from playing women's sports, but the province will still welcome out-of-province transgender competitors. Tourism and Sport Minister Andrew Boitchenko said the discrepancy is out of his hands. "We don't have authority to regulate athletes from different jurisdictions," he said in an interview. In…

[published_date] A pocket of unvaccinated children in northeast B.C. allowed cases of measles in the region to spread "like wildfire," says B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer, Dr. Martin Lavoie. He made the remarks during a provincial update on the disease that has seen multiple exposures reported in and around Fort St. John, including at an elementary…

[published_date] Montreal's LaSalle College says it's facing an existential threat after it was handed down back-to-back fines totalling almost $30 million from the Quebec government for enrolling too many students in its English-language programs. The private college received a letter from the Ministry of Higher Education at the end of June saying it owed $21,113,864 for…

[published_date] Coldplay frontman Chris Martin says he didn't mean to insult Toronto's newest concert venue when he called it a "weird stadium in the middle of nowhere." Martin issued the clarification Friday during the third of four concerts at the newly built Rogers Stadium, which is on the outskirts of the city. He says he…