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CTV News - Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:47 AM
     Premier Doug Ford will be holding a news conference alongside the province's minister of infrastructure in Mississauga this morning.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:12 AM
     On Monday, former U.S. president Donald Trump repeated the false claim that Fidel Castro could be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's real father. Trump has previously called Trudeau 'two faced,' 'weak' and a 'far left lunatic.'
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:35 AM
     The second woman to publicly accuse Alice Munro's late husband of targeting her sexually when she was a child says she hopes her story will encourage parents to believe their children.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:20 AM
     The Conservatives say they have no connection to a rash of conspicuously similar social-media posts that flooded the X platform following a Pierre Poilievre event in northern Ontario last week.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:29 AM
     Part of a hotel in a winemaking town on the Mosel River in western Germany collapsed, leaving two people dead and three others trapped in the wreckage, authorities said Wednesday.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:34 AM
     Two activists from animal rights group PETA interrupted Pope Francis' general audience on Wednesday, shouting and holding up banners against bullfighting before being escorted out of Paul VI Hall.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:54 AM
     Tropical Storm Debby is taking a breather Wednesday over the western Atlantic Ocean but it isn't done dousing the coastal Carolinas before it slowly marches north.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:40 AM
     The government began accepting claims for dental services for seniors enrolled in the program in May, and has since expanded eligibility to children and persons with disabilities.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:28 AM
     The second woman to accuse Alice Munro's late husband of targeting her sexually when she was a child says she hopes her story will encourage parents to believe their children.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     With speculation over an early election in Ontario not going away, opposition leaders are preparing their parties to fight sooner than expected to form government.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     The government's 2022 decision to allow development on 15 parcels of Greenbelt land triggered controversy after two independent investigations revealed how events unfolded.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 5:00 AM
     An independent inquiry into Montreal police is being called for after emails show what appears to be the force interfering with a report into the practice of street checks.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 3:00 AM
     The study highlights the importance of peer influence, suggesting that your friends' genes might have a significant impact on your own mental health outcomes.
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 1:39 AM
     Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services were called around 6:45 p.m. to a building under construction on West 41st Avenue near Blenheim Street.
Toronto Sun Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:00 AM
     WATCH BELOW: Sun political columnist Brian Lilley and Postmedia columnist Adam Zivo on the balance between a trans student's right to privacy and the parent's right to know what's happening at school. What do YOU think? Tweet and Facebook us! And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel. 
Toronto Sun Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     DEAR ABBY: I have been with my live-in boyfriend, "Kyle," for four years. He has many great qualities, the most important of them being he fully accepts my daughter as his own. He doesn't see her as his "girlfriend's kid" or even a "stepchild." She has no contact with her biological father or any of […]
Toronto Sun Wednesday, August 7, 2024 2:02 AM
     SUNshine Girl Amanda is a petite blue-eyed Cancer who posed for us in 2017. Her favourite way to spend time is playing video games but she also likes to draw and watch football. Amanda's dream car is Mustang. (Craig Robertson/Toronto Sun)
Toronto Sun Wednesday, August 7, 2024 2:00 AM
     Steve Nease cartoon, August 7, 2024
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:51 AM
     Moh Ahmed's hopes of earning a second straight Olympic medal in the men's 5,000 metres were crushed on Wednesday after the Canadian suffered a disastrous fall in a heat in which several runners went down. The 33-year-old, who got tangled up with a group of runners before going down, finished 16th in his heat and […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:46 AM
     COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said Wednesday, in an apparent bid to regain his family's lost power after a humiliating setback two years ago during an unprecedented economic crisis […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:40 AM
     OTTAWA — Shopify Inc. reported a profit in its latest quarter compared with a loss a year ago as its revenue increased 21 per cent. The e-commerce company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported net income of US$171 million or 13 cents US per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30. The […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:38 AM
     The Walt Disney Co. returned to a profitable third quarter as its combined streaming business started making money for the first time and the movie Inside Out 2 did well in theaters. For the period ended June 29, Disney earned $2.62 billion, or $1.43 per share. A year earlier it lost $460 million, or 25 […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:37 AM
     COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — No one will be allowed to fish out any of the nearly 100 bottles of 19th-century Champagne and mineral water nestled in a shipwreck off southern Sweden without proper authorization, officials said Wednesday. Though the wreck's location has been known since 2016 and is registered in Sweden's National Antiquities Office's cultural […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:34 AM
     BERLIN (AP) — A doctor has been arrested in Berlin on suspicion of killing four elderly patients and trying to cover up the evidence by setting fires at their homes, authorities said Wednesday. The 39-year-old doctor, who was part of a nursing service's palliative care team, was ordered to remain in custody on Tuesday pending […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:26 AM
     Bianca Andreescu had the wind — and the home-soil crowd — firmly at her back. The Canadian looking to climb a tennis mountain she's conquered before blasted a shot down the line to make an early statement at the National Bank Open. Three aces followed. Seven games later, she was up a break in the second set. […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:19 AM
     BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carles Puigdemont, the former leader of Catalonia who fled Spain after organizing an illegal independence referendum in the wealthy Spanish region nearly seven years ago, announced that he plans to return home on Thursday despite the likelihood he will be arrested. Puigdemont, 61, who fled to Belgium after the breakaway bid […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:06 AM
     In today's The Big Story podcast, it's been well over a week since Venezuelans votes, by all accounts, to send president Nicolás Maduro packing. He hasn't left office, and has instead presented results that claim he, in fact, won the election. Hundreds of thousands of citizens have taken to the streets to demand he transfer […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:02 AM
     WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting concludes Saturday in Hawaii's state primaries, where candidates for Congress and the Legislature will compete for their parties' nominations. Hawaii's primaries for Senate and House should set the stage for much-needed safe wins for Democrats in November as the party faces tough contests across the country in its bid to control […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:00 AM
     MONTREAL — Air Canada reported a second-quarter profit of $410 million, down from $838 million a year earlier, as its operating revenue edged higher. The airline says its net income amounted to $1.04 per diluted share for the quarter, down from $2.34 per diluted share in the same quarter last year. Operating revenue totalled $5.52 […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:31 AM
     The Ford F-150 has consistently been a top-rated truck at Edmunds. Thanks to the many available engines and configurations, the F-150 can be anything from a basic work truck to a leather-lined luxury machine that's capable of trailering sizable campers and boats. Ford has also updated the 2024 F-150 with fresh styling and new technology […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:30 AM
     NEW DELHI (AP) — The dramatic resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses a dilemma for India's government, and the South Asian powerhouse could even see its influence in the region wane, according to experts. During her 15-year rule, Hasina cultivated deep ties with India, her biggest backer, as she oversaw an economic boom […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:29 AM
     Anti-theft software upgrades provided for Hyundai and Kia vehicles regularly targeted by thieves has cut theft rates by more than half, according to new research from the Highway Loss Data Institute. Theft rates of the affected automobiles soared after thieves discovered that certain car models lacked engine immobilizers, an anti-theft technology that has long been […]
CityNews Toronto Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:26 AM
     York Regional Police have released video surveillance of a brazen carjacking at a gas station in Newmarket, identifying the wanted male suspect believed to have committed the act. Officers were made aware of a carjacking at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 at an Esso gas station in the area of Mulock Drive East and […]
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Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     It is the coarsening of our political life generally, and in Ottawa specifically, that ultimately decided matters for me.
Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     The Doctor Drain: Family physicians in this province aren't poor, but they're not exactly getting rich — particularly, given the workload, pressure and uncertainty of running what is effectively a business.
Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, August 7, 2024 4:00 AM
     Visitors can mine for pieces of history on NCC land on a prime spot on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.
Windsor Star Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:00 AM
     Re: 'How you learn': UWindsor actors fear loss of performing experience (July 15) The wrong decision, taken at the wrong time, for the wrong reason, and carried out in the wrong way. University Players (UP) has been a gem in the University of Windsor's crown for 65 years. To callously and suddenly axe this highly […]
Ottawa Sun Wednesday, August 7, 2024 4:00 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.
National Observer Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:10 AM
     A new generation of developers and architects deliver net-zero and green retrofit designs for an emerging clean economy.
National Observer Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:10 AM
     The interconnection between human and planetary health has never been more important.
National Observer Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:10 AM
     Citizen scientists partner with the Ministry of Forests and VIU to understand how climate change is hitting Vancouver Island's forests and plant species.
National Observer Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:10 AM
     For every bottle collected along B.C.'s shorelines, it seems like there are five more buried beneath driftwood and sand — but neither the hard work nor the limited budget deters crews from their marine debris removal efforts.
Montreal Gazette Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:38 AM
     Police said the victim had been attacked by more than one assailant.
Montreal Gazette Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:33 AM
     A road surface had caved in over the weekend.
Montreal Gazette Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     The CAQ government is prepared to sacrifice fundamental constitutional rights to life, liberty and security of the person to fulfil its language goals.
Montreal Gazette Wednesday, August 7, 2024 6:00 AM
     The Office de consultation publique de Montréal has instead hired an office manager following last fall's expense scandal. 
Calgary Herald Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:00 AM
     'The project has gone from questionable to ludicrous,' says Neil McKendrick, former city transit planning boss, of the Green Line LRT
Calgary Sun Wednesday, August 7, 2024 7:01 AM
     STUCK WITH HIM Re: Who's next? The contenders to replace a troubled Justin Trudeau, online, July 29 — Stop it! He's not listening or leaving. Where else would he get a cushy "job" like this? The UN is already a mess so he can't further wreck that. The G7 partner countries don't need an economic […]