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[published_date] Wildfire smoke in Manitoba could be even more toxic than usual and more research needs to be done on the pollutants being released into the air, according to scientists.  The fires may be releasing pollution stored in the province's soil for millennia, including toxic chemicals from more than a century of resource exploitation in the…

[published_date] This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Subscribe here. Summer McIntosh has an extremely ambitious goal for the upcoming swimming world championships in Singapore. After winning a Canadian-record three gold medals in four individual events at the Paris Olympics last summer, the 18-year-old phenom now wants to become…

[published_date] If you've got an orange 1963 Gretsch guitar kicking around, Bob Wegner would like to know. It may just be the cherished instrument stolen from Canadian rock icon Kim Mitchell during a trip to Hamilton in 1975. Wegner, a professional musician and music historian, learned about the stolen guitar while writing a book on Mitchell's…

[published_date] Like many shoppers these days, Stacey Dineen, who lives just outside Kitchener, Ont., is all-in on the buy Canadian movement.  "Trump's comments about annexing Canada, wanting to make us part of the United States, boy, that really kind of lit something," she said.  Dineen buys Canadian food whenever she can, but when she can't,…

[published_date] Venus Williams' return to professional tennis will not just be a one-tournament visit: She was awarded a wild-card entry on Wednesday for next month's Cincinnati Open. The 45-year-old Williams is participating in her first event in more than a year this week at the DC Open and won first-round matches in both singles and…

[published_date] After two days of strategizing on how to respond to the trade war U.S. President Donald Trump is waging against this country, Canada's premiers ended their summit in Huntsville, Ont., Wednesday focused on domestic issues like violent crime, drug trafficking and health care. At the closing news conference of the Council of the Federation,…

[published_date] The Canadian who died while in custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had several health concerns in the weeks leading up to his death, according to a report published on Wednesday. The report comes exactly a month after Johnny Noviello, 49, was found unresponsive at a federal detention centre in Miami. The…

[published_date] The suspect in an alleged car-ramming attack at a Vancouver street festival in April appeared in court Wednesday to determine whether he's mentally fit to stand trial.  Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, is accused of driving an SUV through a crowd of people at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival on April 26. Eleven people were killed and…

[published_date] A new report commissioned by the Wabun Tribal Council says there is no historical evidence of Métis communities on their territory — a direct challenge to the Métis Nation of Ontario's claims to the region and part of the council's effort to build a legal case against those claims.  The report was commissioned by the…

[published_date] Canada's military police watchdog will hold a public interest hearing following allegations that a civilian employee was "affected and brutalized" by officers' conduct during an active shooter exercise at Canadian Forces Base Montreal last November. A complaint alleges three or four military police members pointed weapons at the employee. It alleges one officer ordered him to…

[published_date] A halal food bank in London has expanded to a larger location to better serve a growing number of people in need of food, essential items and employment support.  The Halal Food Bank Canada has been helping provide halal-based ingredients and non-perishable food items to Londoners since 2019, but demand has significantly increased in recent years for services…

[published_date] WARNING: This article includes graphic details of alleged sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone impacted by it. Regardless of the outcome of the sexual assault trial for five former world junior hockey players, the issues it's raised — about hockey culture, consent and how the legal system…