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[published_date] Residents of a floating home community on B.C.'s South Coast are worried about their homes as silt builds up in the Fraser River, causing them to sit in the mud during low tide. Ted Dufresne, a resident of Canoe Pass Village in Delta, B.C., said the homes tilt when the tide is low, which…

[published_date] Two months after people from Tataskweyak Cree Nation were forced from their community by wildfires and issues with the water treatment plant, they are finally starting to head back home. In a Facebook live address to community members on Monday evening, Chief Doreen Spence said there will be a staggered return so everyone isn't returning en mass. Staff…

[published_date] Growing up as a Korean immigrant in 1990s Toronto, Maggie Kang kept her love of K-pop to herself. "I remember hiding my K-pop albums from my white friends because they thought it was weird and silly," recalled Kang, who moved from Seoul to Canada at age five and was raised in the North York…

[published_date] A tsunami watch has been issued for multiple parts of the B.C. coast after a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency Info B.C. says there was a magnitude 8.7 earthquake around 135 kilometres southeast of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk around 4:25 p.m. PT on Tuesday. A tsunami watch has…

[published_date] Retail giant Canadian Tire confirmed on Tuesday it will reduce its corporate staff roles, as part of a transformation and modernization push the company says is necessary to remain competitive. "Earlier this year, we announced that we would be transforming our company to better compete in a new era of retail, defined by global competitive threats…

[published_date] Last week, Hong Kong issued arrest warrants for 19 overseas activists, all members of a group called Hong Kong Parliament, which promotes self-determination in Hong Kong and the establishment of a Hong Kong constitution.  But Hong Kong alleges the group is using illegal means to overthrow institutions in China.  Among the 19 is Victor…

[published_date] A man found guilty for his role in an immigration fraud scheme has had the charges stayed because a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) agent working on the case was accused of intimidating witnesses, then allowed to investigate and clear himself. Saskatoon Court of King's Bench Justice Naheed Bardai's 106-page decision, issued on July…

[published_date] A British Columbia judge has sentenced a man with the longest record of Fisheries Act violations in Canadian history to six years in prison for "ravaging the ocean and flouting the law."  Scott Steer and his co-accused corporation faced eight charges, including fishing in a closed area without a licence, selling more than $1 million worth of illegally harvested sea cucumbers and breaching an…

[published_date] Two officials at Matawa Education and Care Centre in Thunder Bay are calling for stable funding to help them keep Ojibway, Oji-Cree and Cree languages alive across northern Ontario. The call comes even as the centre welcomes a $500,000 grant in support of its Matawa Waka Tere program. Over the last several years, the…

[published_date] International pop superstar Katy Perry and former prime minister Justin Trudeau were spotted dining together Monday night at a high-end Montreal restaurant, an encounter that caused a "roar" online. TMZ first reported the story and obtained photos and video of Perry and Trudeau talking to each other at a table for two at Le Violon, a fine dining-establishment run…

[published_date] Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the National Bank Open with a left ankle injury. The 25-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., sustained the injury on match point Sunday night versus Barbora Krejcikova, but pulled out the first-round win 6-3, 6-4. Andreescu said she tore some ligaments in her ankle but wouldn't rule out a return to…

[published_date] After as many as 32 days away, residents of Beauval, Sask., can go home on Wednesday. The northern village plans to lift its mandatory evacuation order on July 30, just over a month after wildfires forced residents from their homes in the community about 340 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. "It's a date we've been waiting…