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[published_date] Parks Canada is urging visitors to the West Coast Trail, a popular hiking destination, to postpone non-essential travel to the area as the Mount Underwood wildfire on Vancouver Island continues to grow close by.  The wildfire, burning south of Port Alberni, B.C., is currently 21.56 square kilometres (2,156 hectares) in size and burning out of…

[published_date] For those looking for what may be the highest concentration of wild food combos in one spot, the Canadian National Exhibition is back and it's brought a whole host of culinary experiences with it. Two foot long hotdogs, a cookie with a chicken nugget in it courtesy of Craig's Cookies, and frozen deep fried…

[published_date] Some news publishers say the AI-generated summaries that now top many Google search results are resulting in less people actually reading the news — and experts are still flagging concerns about the summaries' accuracy. When Google rolled out its AI Overview feature last year, its mistakes —  including one suggestion to use glue to…

[published_date] Newly released documents show some members of the Bank of Canada were wondering last month whether the central bank's benchmark interest rate is already low enough to support the Canadian economy through U.S. tariffs. The Bank of Canada on Wednesday released the summary of deliberations from the meetings leading up to its decision on…

[published_date] The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday. The talks come after workers rejected Canada…

[published_date] A B.C. billionaire who wants to buy some Hudson's Bay leases says landlord claims that she won't be able to run a successful business in their spaces are "misguided." In new court documents filed overnight Wednesday, Ruby Liu says she is prepared to do what is necessary to make her venture successful and, if…

[published_date] With eyes turned to the skies, stargazers taking in the Perseid meteor shower on Tuesday night witnessed something out of this world.  In a publication on Facebook, the Astrolab du parc national du Mont-Mégantic in Quebec's Eastern Townships described it as "a magnificent and luminous spiral streaking across the sky at around 10:40 p.m." Several people in the Montreal…

[published_date] ST. JOHN'S — While the venue may have changed, box lacrosse at the Canada Games is not going anywhere. Wildfires prompted an evacuation alert in the community of Paradise and forced the relocation of the box lacrosse competition at the 2025 Games on Tuesday. That moved the action in this year's women's tournament from the Paradise Double Ice…

[published_date] Montrealer and NBA champion Luguentz Dort is coming to Montreal next week — and his stay will include a championship parade in his old neighbourhood. Earlier this summer, Dort's Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Indiana Pacers in a seven-game series to claim the Larry O'Brien Trophy. Next Wednesday, On Aug. 20, Dort is expected to…

[published_date] Finding the next Summer McIntosh and keeping Canadians safe in the water is getting harder as pool closures spread across the country. Municipalities and universities strapped for cash, and neglecting upkeep on aging pools, now face hefty renovation or rebuild costs — or closure. More than half of Canada's publicly-owned indoor pools are at…

[published_date] Smoke from a fire in Conception Bay North, N.L., can be seen from Burnt Point on Aug. 12, 2025. (Ted Dillon/CBC)Latest updates: Evacuation order in place for Three Island Pond area of Paradise. Evacuees are advised to travel north to Topsail Road. Anyone needing accommodations should travel to Admiral's Academy in Kelligrews.…

[published_date] "Absolutely terrible" is how Darlene Jurkowski describes cell service in her community of Chelton, just west of Borden-Carleton on the southern shore of Prince Edward Island.   "You cannot call a person without getting cut off, you sound like a robot half the time, you can't understand what they're saying," Jurkowski told CBC News.  Like many P.E.I. residents…