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CTV News - Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:46 AM
     The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in July were up from last year but down from a month earlier, while listings jumped.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 3:38 AM
     The Canadian Olympic Committee says it has revoked Olympic accreditation from sprinting coach Rana Reider. The COC says "new information" has come to light about the appropriateness of accrediting Reider, who coaches six-time Canadian Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse.

Monday, August 5, 2024 10:29 PM
     In 2021, 17-year-old Grace Haines nearly died after being hit near Keith Road East and St Andrews, while out for a run. The driver was eventually caught and pleaded guilty.

Toronto Sun Tuesday, August 6, 2024 2:00 AM
     Sue Dewar

Toronto Sun Tuesday, August 6, 2024 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Nicole is a 5-foot-8, blue-eyed beauty who posed for us in 2017. She loves baseball, paddleboarding, exploring and, really, anything to do with the outdoors. Nicole's dream car is a Camaro and she'd like to become a physiotherapist. (Michael Peake/Toronto Sun)

Toronto Sun Monday, August 5, 2024 11:02 PM
     HINTON, Alta. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Hinton, Alta., to get a briefing on the status of the Jasper wildfire, as well as meet with the province's premier and evacuees who fled the blaze that destroyed a third of the town. Trudeau toured the mobile incident command centre in Hinton on Monday, but was […]

Toronto Sun Monday, August 5, 2024 10:39 PM
     LOS ANGELES — Freddie Freeman returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup on Monday night after missing eight games to be with his ailing 3-year-old son who is out of danger after a serious medical diagnosis. "I'm back," he said, "so that means good things are happening at the Freeman home." Freeman received a standing […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:39 AM
     COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The trial of a Polish man accused of punching Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in the shoulder in June began Tuesday, with Frederiksen not expected to appear in court. She suffered a minor whiplash injury when a man assaulted her in central Copenhagen on June 7 and canceled her schedule for […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:37 AM
     TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China says it launched a rocket Tuesday carrying a constellation of a reported 18 satellites as part of efforts to assert its presence in space. The satellites were carried aboard a Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province early on Tuesday afternoon. The […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:25 AM
     WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia's most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter limits on remote work, after news outlets provoked a fraught debate about work-from-home habits established during the pandemic. Chris Minns, the New South Wales premier, said in […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:19 AM
     There's a little bit of Bret Hart to the Canadian men's national basketball team. While Dillon Brooks is unquestionably the villain no matter where he goes, the rest of this team — young, likable, flavourful stylistically — is a group most unaffiliated fans would get behind. But if Canada is going to earn just its […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:00 AM
     TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says home sales in July were up from last year but down from a month earlier, while listings jumped. The board says there were 5,391 homes sold in July in the Greater Toronto Area, a 3.3 per cent rise compared with the 5,220 homes sold in the […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:24 AM
     ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A cruise ship rescued 77 migrants found overnight in a sailboat in distress far off the southwestern coast of Greece and was transporting them to the nearest major port, Greek authorities said Tuesday. A passing Maltese-flagged cargo ship found the boat 112 nautical miles (129 miles, 207 kilometers) southwest of the […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:15 AM
     Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canadian Olympic Committee pulls accreditation from De Grasse coach Rana Reider The Canadian Olympic Committee says it has revoked accreditation from the coach of six-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter Andre De Grasse. The COC says "new information" has come […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:12 AM
     SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Several homes burned Monday as a fast-moving wildfire torched a California hillside community, triggering evacuations while hundreds of firefighters tried to control the blaze. The Edgehill fire erupted in the 3300 block of Beverly Drive on Little Mountain about 2:40 p.m., according to San Bernardino County fire officials. Early reports […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:00 AM
     VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it's keeping a close eye on river flows as a "big pulse" of debris and sediment-laden water is expected to work its way down to the Fraser River after a massive landslide dammed the Chilcotin River last week. Connie Chapman with the province's water management branch says the pulse […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:00 AM
     VANCOUVER — Urban planner Louisa-May Khoo says she got a sense of deja-vu when British Columbia Premier David Eby announced the BC Builds housing program earlier this year. Khoo, a University of British Columbia public scholar, was a veteran of Singapore's planning and development sector starting in 1996 before arriving in Vancouver in 2018. When […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:00 AM
     The potential of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports is being welcomed by the Canadian head of General Motors as major producer BYD looks to enter the market. "We're encouraged by the government's examination of these issues," said Kristian Aquilina, president of GM Canada. "Because on the basis of strong competition, a fair playing field, […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 2:14 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — Nissan showed Tuesday what it called a "cool paint" to keep people inside vehicles cooler, although the coating is six times thicker, making commercialization still a challenge. The company's announcement Tuesday was timely, coming as Japan was enduring record sweltering temperatures. Nissan Motor Co. tested the paint on vehicles scuttling around Tokyo's […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 1:58 AM
     FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Abdul Jalloh was the only practicing psychiatrist in Sierra Leone when he took over the country's sole psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of the capital. Now six years later, the young doctor is leading a transformation of mental health services in the West African nation. He abolished the practice of […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 1:53 AM
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco reported half-year profits Tuesday of $56.3 billion, down from the year before due to weakening volumes sold amid worries about the global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its overall revenue for the half-year was $220.7 billion, up from $218.6 […]

CityNews Toronto Tuesday, August 6, 2024 1:10 AM
     SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state voters are deciding in Tuesday's primary between U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, one of the last remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, and two conservative rivals endorsed by the GOP presidential nominee. Other high profile races include the battle to become the next governor in a Democratic stronghold […]

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Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:00 AM
     When it all began, no one grasped the strength of the unprecedented boom about to be unleashed, upending the notion that Ottawa was only a government town.

Ottawa Citizen Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:00 AM
     MSH International began administering coverage last summer for public servants and their dependants travelling and living abroad.

Ottawa Sun Tuesday, August 6, 2024 4:00 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

National Observer Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:10 AM
     Luiza Salek is using art to help high school teachers provide a platform for students to express their feelings about the climate crisis, as part of the first UBC Climate Studies and Action cohort.

National Observer Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:10 AM
     Blooms over the past decade have started earlier in July and had longer peaks, according to NOAA researchers.

National Observer Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:10 AM
     Fossil fuel companies and industry organizations use revolving doors of employment, closed-door meetings, casual encounters, and personal relationships to expand their influence on laws and policies, especially when it comes to climate change. 

National Observer Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:10 AM
     A new groundbreaking scientific study identifying "dark oxygen" production on the seafloor, has thrown the deep sea mining industry into chaos as countries negotiate its future.

Montreal Gazette Tuesday, August 6, 2024 5:00 AM
     Why should anything other than a health card be needed to qualify for care in English?

Montreal Gazette Tuesday, August 6, 2024 12:04 AM
     The Amber Alert was cancelled around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Calgary Herald Tuesday, August 6, 2024 12:28 AM
     For the third time this season, Calgarian Chanse Vigen is victorious. In a penalty free championship final heat, Chanse Vigen won the Strathmore Stampede with a run of 1:11.66. Rae Croteau Jr. placed second, while Vige Jamie Laboucane placed third. The victory is the second victory in as many weeks. After winning a few times […]

Calgary Herald Monday, August 5, 2024 10:02 PM
     Some gates at Calgary International Airport were evacuated due to water infiltration, while images and video indicate many homes suffered hail damage

Vancouver Sun Monday, August 5, 2024 11:46 PM
     There are no detours available, according to Drive B.C.