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[published_date] As Canada prepares Tuesday to blow out 158 birthday candles, Alberta plans three days later to formalize rules making it easier to have an independence celebration of its own. Beginning Friday, Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative government is officially lowering the required threshold for citizens to initiate a provincewide referendum, including on separation. Mitch…

[published_date] Federal and provincial leaders are working to dismantle internal trade barriers that push up the cost of goods and make it harder to do business within Canada. But anyone expecting all of them to be gone by tomorrow should read the fine print, experts say. Throughout the spring federal election campaign, Mark Carney as…

[published_date] A federal byelection will be held in the Alberta riding of Battle River–Crowfoot on Aug. 18, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced, setting the stage for Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre's potential return to the House of Commons. The announcement on Monday came less than two weeks after Conservative MP Damien Kurek officially stepped down from his seat.…

[published_date] Laura MacNeill says a regular client of Avenue B Harm Reduction died from a fentanyl overdose last week. Those tragedies have become increasingly common, the executive director said, noting Avenue B staff have witnessed people overdose while sitting in the Saint John office.  "We see these folks, we look at their face, we know their story," MacNeill said. "We feel connected to them.…

[published_date] At 5:30 a.m., the first alarm goes off, and Marley Moose wakes up in a tent set up in Manitoba's Interlake.   Her clothes are dusted in dirt and have a lingering smell, after she spent about 10 hours the day before shovelling to make room for hundreds of seedlings among charred trunks in Devils…

[published_date] Today, the city of Thunder Bay is proclaiming June 30th as "Indigenous Survivors Day" and hosting community events. Sixties Scoop survivor Troy Abromaitis said he created Indigenous Survivors Day to honour children who were taken from their families and lands. He said Thunder Bay is the first city to make it a full-day event, and hopes other communities…

[published_date] WARNING: This story contains descriptions and images of racist online content targeting Jews. Everyone agrees, even the defence. For inciting hate, fear and division by calling for violence against Jews with his terrorist propaganda videos and images, Patrick Gordon MacDonald is going to prison for a substantial period of time. At a sentencing hearing in…

[published_date] Hockey Matthew Knies is staying in Toronto. Knies has signed a six-year extension worth $46.5 million US with the Maple Leafs, according to several media reports. Toronto winger recorded 29 goals, 29 assists in 78 regular-season games in 2024-25 The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 29, 2025 6:46 PM EDT |…

[published_date] The federal government announced late Sunday evening it is rescinding the digital services tax, days after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded it gone and cut off Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. In a press release, the federal government said it would rescind the tax "in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States."…

[published_date] When the Minnesota Frost lifted the Walter Cup just one month ago, players across the league knew things were about to change. With the dust now settled from the PWHL's expansion draft, free-agent signing window and entry draft, it's clear that there's been a massive, league-wide roster reset. Seattle and Vancouver accumulated a wealth…

[published_date] Winnipeg’s iconic Portage and Main intersection has reopened to pedestrians for the first time in 46 years. Long considered the coldest intersection in Canada, it was closed to foot traffic in 1979 in favour of an underground concourse. Source link

[published_date] The CONCACAF Gold Cup is over for Canada. But the learnings will continue. Canada, reduced to 10 men when winger Jacob Shaffelburg was sent off in first-half stoppage time, stumbled in the first knockout round Sunday, beaten 6-5 in a penalty shootout by No. 106 Guatemala after the quarterfinal finished knotted at 1-1 after…