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Canada's blood supply is down 20% since June. Here's how Islanders can help
29 Jul 2026
Canadian Blood Services says there is a "very urgent" need for donations across the country after its supply of all blood types dropped nearly 20 per cent since June 1.
'A big difference': Small fire departments in area of northwestern Ontario wildfires get new equipment
29 Jul 2026
Smaller fire departments in communities surrounding Thunder Bay, Ont., are getting new equipment and protective gear to help prevent small bush fires from turning into larger blazes. Here's what the d
Ontario wildfire program 'on the verge of collapse': union
29 Jul 2026
Ontario's wildfire program is "on the verge of collapse," a union representative and veteran wildland firefighter said.
Sleeping Giant Brewing Company brews to keep flowing
29 Jul 2026
Thunder Bay's Sleeping Giant Brewery, which closed its doors earlier this year, has a new owner. Original Gravity Beverage and Hospitality Group has acquired Sleeping Giant's brand, intellectual property, and recipes.
Drone video shows homes reduced to ashes, rubble by wildfire in southwestern France
29 Jul 2026
A massive wildfire in southwestern France has left parts of the town of Biscarrosse in ruins, with drone footage from Tuesday revealing burnt homes and forest. Fires across France have forced the unpr
Trump meets Zelenskyy, Netanyahu as wars test U.S. diplomacy
29 Jul 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump met separately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East continue to test U.S. d
2 men found guilty of murdering Quebec entrepreneur and his partner in Dominica
29 Jul 2026
Two men have been found guilty of murdering Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand in Dominica, according to Radio-Canada. In December, 2023, the couple was found dead
Major projects soured by residential school counsellor funding cuts: Dene National Chief
29 Jul 2026
Dene National Chief George Mackenzie told CBC on Tuesday that it was "shocking" to find out that travel reimbursements that used to allow residential school survivors and their families to access mental health counselling will no longer be offered.
Federal, territorial gov'ts reach ‘agreement in principle’ to build 560 N.W.T. homes by 2030
29 Jul 2026
On Monday, both governments “reached an agreement in principle” to help build at least 560 affordable housing units through a combined investment of almost half a billion dollars. The money is split b
Crews could be weeks away from pulling MSC Baltic III from Cedar Cove, Coast Guard says
29 Jul 2026
The Canadian Coast Guard says the majority of containers aboard a grounded cargo ship have been removed, and that the ship is only weeks away from being pulled to the shore of a western Newfoundland beach.
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