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[published_date] A stretch of Lougheed Highway in Maple Ridge, B.C., is largely closed Friday morning following a serious vehicle crash.  RCMP said eastbound lanes on the throughfare are closed from 287th Street to Jim Robson Way, and 240th Street is fully closed from River Road to Hill Avenue. One westbound lane of Lougheed Highway is also closed, according to DriveBC.…

[published_date] If it seems like your phone has been blowing up with more spam text messages recently, you're probably right. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre says so-called "smishing" attempts appear to be on the rise, thanks in part to new technologies that allow for co-ordinated bulk attacks. Smishing is "more than likely increasing" with help from…

[published_date] WARNING: This story contains details of experiences at residential schools. As Tofino provincial court Judge Alexander Wolf sentenced a man to jail for assaulting his girlfriend while intoxicated, he made sure to acknowledge the man's intergenerational trauma.  His father and grandfather were residential school survivors, and many of his family members have struggled with alcohol use.…

[published_date] The Canadian economy added 83,000 jobs in the month of June, while unemployment fell slightly by 0.1 percentage points, according to Statistics Canada. The vast majority of those jobs were part time, the agency said Friday, with 47,000 positions added in the private sector. It's the first time employment has increased substantially since January of…

[published_date] Kaylee Hunter scored two goals to power Northern Super League-leading AFC Toronto to a 3-0 home-field win over Ottawa Rapid FC at York Lions Stadium on Thursday. Hunter scored in the 17th and 24th minutes to stake Toronto (7-3-1) to a 2-0 lead. Cloey Uddenberg put the finishing touches in the 90th minute. Toronto…

[published_date] This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. In a little over two weeks, Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh will take to the pool at the world championships in Singapore, where she'll try to match a Michael…

[published_date] Wanda Resmer says she didn't see the news coming.  For over two weeks, people in Quadeville, Ont., a tiny community surrounded by the hills of Renfrew County, were cautioned by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to keep their kids close — indoors, even — after an eight-year-old girl was found with serious injuries near the town's main…

[published_date] The language used to describe Gavin McKenna's game often comes straight from the realm of fantasy. "He's a unicorn talent. He's brilliant," said Craig Button, a senior hockey analyst with TSN and former NHL general manager.  Sometimes known as "McKenna Magic," the 17-year-old player from Whitehorse and member of Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in First Nation has been described as a hockey "phenom" and a "generational talent."…

[published_date] To customers, a lookalike to Ugg's Tasman slippers or a knock-off of Lululemon's ultra-popular Define jacket can be a fantastic bargain. But to the companies that make the original products, similar-but-cheaper items can be bad for business. While knock-offs are nothing new, dupes — short for "duplicate" — have exploded in popularity in recent years. And for many younger buyers,…

[published_date] New Democrats will choose their next leader in March after a seven-month campaign, the party announced Thursday. "This is a crucial first step in what will be an important opportunity for New Democrats to come together, rebuild and elect our new leader," NDP president Mary Shortall said in a news release. The campaign will officially…

[published_date] Manitoba has declared a provincewide state of emergency for the second time this year, as wildfires threatening communities have forced thousands from their homes in recent evacuations. The state of emergency came into effect at 12:01 p.m. Thursday, after a number of communities declared mandatory evacuation orders in response to wildfires, Premier Wab Kinew said at a news…

[published_date] U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 35 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods as the two countries have been engaged in negotiations to reach some sort of trade agreement. Trump's latest threat came in a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney that the president posted to his social media site,…