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[published_date] The growing volume of domestic abuse cases in both Lanark and Renfrew counties in rural eastern Ontario is alarmingly high, according to community agencies and police data. "We're seeing an increase in our crisis calls, and so what we're finding is that people are calling about acts of violence. They're not calling to say,…

[published_date] Sanaulhaq Zarawar has a tenant who won't pay rent and won't move out.  It's the kind of stressful situation he says he wanted to avoid when he hired a real estate agent to find him a "good" tenant for his only rental property, a four-bedroom house in Whitby, Ont., shared with multiple family members…

[published_date] Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year. The province has been battling outbreaks since March and as of noon Monday, total case counts in the province had ballooned to 1,314. The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that country…

[published_date] Medical experts say Saskatchewan residents should remain vigilant about the threat of measles.  The news comes as Alberta reported on Monday it has confirmed 1,314 measles cases this year, which is higher than the number reported in the entire United States.  In contrast, Saskatchewan has had just 60 confirmed cases this year — and as of July 9 there had not been…

[published_date] A fast-moving storm brought hail the size of golf balls, winds above 90 km/h, damage to trees and localized power outages into the Calgary area on Sunday. Northeast Calgary experienced wind gusts of up to 93 km/h around 8 p.m., according to Environment Canada. Kyle Brittain, a freelance climate journalist, told CBC's The Homestretch…

[published_date] Canadian rocker Matthew Good has cut upcoming U.S. shows from his summer tour, saying he can't support government policies and political divisions south of the border and that he's unlikely to perform in the country again until political tides turn.  Good, 54, announced the cancellations in a Facebook post on Friday morning, saying he's willing to…

[published_date] Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a tougher stance on immigration, saying Monday he wants to see "very hard caps" on the number of newcomers allowed into the country. Speaking to reporters at a news conference in Ottawa, Poilievre said the country has struggled to integrate newcomers and he wants to see more people…

[published_date] Jim Clancy, who made his Major League debut during the Toronto Blue Jays' 1977 expansion season and spent 12 seasons with the club as a key member of its starting rotation, has died at 69. The Blue Jays confirmed Clancy's death in a social media post Monday. A cause of death was not given.…

[published_date] The municipal building in the central P.E.I. town of Kensington was shut as a precaution on Monday night after someone brought a "potentially hazardous object" to the police force headquartered there.  The episode meant the town's planned council meeting had to be postponed for a day because of what a social media post called…

[published_date] A Quebec Mountie is under criminal investigation for allegedly making threatening remarks online during their deployment at the G7 summit last month, the RCMP confirms.  The Journal de Montréal first reported the news and said the officer's alleged remarks were made about U.S. President Donald Trump. The French-language newspaper, citing sources, also said the…

[published_date] Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pointing to a list of assets that Prime Minister Mark Carney transferred to a blind trust as evidence that the Liberal leader wasn't being honest with Canadians on the campaign trail.  Last week, the ethics commissioner publicized a list of Carney's investments before they were transferred to the trust.…

[published_date] Canada's parole board has revoked day parole for the woman who killed 14-year-old B.C. teen Reena Virk, following a series of positive drug tests and behaviours the board said represent "an undue risk to society." According to parole documents, Kerry Sim — who was known as Kelly Ellard in 1997 when she killed Virk — first saw…