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[published_date] Ottawa's annual Pride parade was cancelled on Sunday after it was halted by a local pro-Palestinian advocacy group that blocked the road and demanded to negotiate with organizers. The group Queers for Palestine — Ottawa (Q4P) halted the parade "with the permission" of the grand marshal, the organization said in a press release issued Sunday afternoon…

[published_date] Volunteer firefighters pulled a teenage boy from the ocean Saturday afternoon after he was spotted clinging to driftwood off Glace Bay, N.S. John Chant, chief of the Glace Bay Volunteer Fire Department, said a call came in at 12:42 p.m. reporting someone struggling to get back to shore near Hill Street. The boy, who the chief estimated…

[published_date] A Manitoba couple is pushing for more safeguards in how pharmacies supply medication after their daughter overdosed on a pill dispensed at a Shoppers Drug Mart that had 10 times the dosage her doctor had prescribed. "This isn't just a 'my bad scenario,' this is a bigger situation," said Kevin Barkley, the girl's father. "You…

[published_date] Former Alberta politician Thomas Lukaszuk is a man on a not-so-lonely mission to keep Canada from splitting. "This has become a full-time job. I'm very passionate about this," the former Progressive Conservative deputy premier said in Edmonton last week. As people trickled in and out of a local legion, a table full of volunteers…

[published_date] Firefighters in West Dalhousie, N.S., have successfully saved a memorial to a fatal World War II plane crash from a nearby wildfire, preserving a tangible piece of Nova Scotia's wartime history. It was in the path of a wildfire that is threatening the area. A memorial at the site honours two Royal Air Force airmen…

[published_date] Vince Kuipers' grandparents emigrated from Holland to Kelowna in 1921 when they started orcharding, eventually passing the knowledge down to his parents. Today, Kuipers owns a fruit-picking family business, Kuipers Fruit Family Farm in Kelowna, that has had a rough few years with extreme weather events killing crops in the Okanagan.  "I grew up in the…

[published_date] The village of Dorchester in southeast New Brunswick is the last place Miriam Andrews expected to end up. "I knew nothing about it," the United Kingdom native said. But that all changed after she met New Brunswicker Stephen Trites while they were both living in British Columbia. The couple bonded over their love of…

[published_date] Scott Noble's Cuisinart blender has been spinning since the 1980s. It was gifted to him by his mother, who had bought a new one and had no use for her old machine. However, she may have gifted it too hastily. "Unfortunately, her new one didn't last as long as the original one, and I still use…

[published_date] Sarah Dobbin didn't give it a second thought before jumping feet-first into the Ottawa River early Thursday morning, confident in her ability to swim 50 kilometres by day's end. The fact that she'd never swum that far before — even in training — was no deterrent.  "I've always said I could swim all day, so I'm going to…

[published_date] Canadian shot put star Sarah Mitton placed second at the Diamond League track and field stop in Brussels on Friday. American Chase Jackson won the event with a meet-record throw of 20.90 metres. Mitton, who had already clinched her spot in next week's Diamond League Final in Zurich, topped out at 19.89m. The Brooklyn, N.S., native ranks third in the…

[published_date] Even Brooke Henderson, the winningest professional golfer in Canadian history, can still learn on the job. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., climbed 33 spots up the leaderboard on Friday at the CPKC Women's Open, shooting a 5-under 66 to sit in a tie for fifth at 5 under after two rounds. It's not the…

[published_date] The 2025 Canada Games come to a close on Sunday, but their impact on the host city and athletes from across the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is expected to be felt for generations to come. Canada Games Host Society CEO Karen Sheriffs said more than $80 million was invested into legacy facilities to…