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The offshore supply ship Paul A. Sacuta is seen moored in the port of St. John's, Nfld., Friday, June 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Radon in Newfoundland public housing a reminder of urgent national problem: experts

Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government recently found hazardous levels of a cancer-causing gas in some of its public housing units, prompting some experts to call for mandatory testing across the country.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corp. tested for radon in 172 of its housing units as part of a pilot program with Health Canada and found 23 had levels exceeding federal health guidelines and needing remediation, a spokesperson said.

The public housing authority included some of those test results in a post to the provincial procurement website last month, looking for tenders from contractors that could install mitigation systems.

Kelley Bush, manager of Health Canada's national radon outreach program, applauded Newfoundland and Labrador's efforts and said provinces are stepping up to test public housing for the deadly, odourless gas. But she said there is more work to be done.

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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston speaks during an announcement of four new contracted fixed-wing water bombers and a co-ordination plane for wildfire response in Debert, N.S. on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

N.S. premier says future support for data centres depends on energy supply, safety

Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Preview

N.S. premier says future support for data centres depends on energy supply, safety

Lyndsay Armstrong, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia says his government is not actively pursuing data centre projects, and he would only support such an endeavour if the province could fully supply the energy a data centre needs.

Data centres, used in artificial intelligence and other high-tech industries, are massive operations that require an immense amount of electricity to run and cool off computer servers.

Tim Houston told reporters Thursday there's no active proposal to bring a data centre to Nova Scotia and it's not a top priority for his government, but it's something he'd be willing to discuss when the province's major energy generation projects become fully operational.

"We're going to produce a lot of energy in this province when Wind West is fully operational, with the gas opportunities we have, more of the onshore wind, we're going to generate significant amounts of energy … at that point in time that would be a more appropriate discussion," he said. 

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Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

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Petrus gets a little assistance from Arla Melgar Franco as he and other fathers participate in

Beers, braids and bonding: Hairstyle classes for dads aim to challenge gender norms

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Preview

Beers, braids and bonding: Hairstyle classes for dads aim to challenge gender norms

Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Yesterday at 7:00 AM CDT

WINNIPEG - With a hairbrush in one hand and a craft beer in the other, Curtis Einarson takes a seat behind a mannequin head with long, vibrant pink and blue hair.

The father of three young girls is one of a dozen dads sitting in the corner of Sookram's Brewing Co., in Winnipeg on a recent Wednesday evening. The goal is for them to upgrade their limited hairstyling skills.

"Average at best. I can do a ponytail, I think OK. Maybe ask (my daughters)," Einarson said when describing his prior proficiency in styling girls' hair.

A post on the social media site Reddit led Einarson to the Beers and Braids event.

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The CN Tower looms in the distance as a pair of kayakers paddle on Lake Ontario in Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

World Cup fans to hike Grouse Mountain, kayak to Toronto Islands for watch parties

Elissa Mendes, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

World Cup fans to hike Grouse Mountain, kayak to Toronto Islands for watch parties

Elissa Mendes, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

TORONTO - Outdoorsy World Cup fans are ready to kayak on Lake Ontario and scale a mountain in British Columbia to make it to prime watch parties.

On Saturday afternoon, fans in Toronto will canoe or hitch a ferry to Toronto Islands to watch Germany take on Ivory Coast as part of a sold-out Destination Canada event.

From there, attendees will kayak along the Olympic Island shoreline to watch the match on a screen from their vessels as it unfolds several kilometres away at Toronto Stadium.

The following weekend, another "natural watch" party will have people taking one of Vancouver's most popular hiking trails on Grouse Mountain to get to a big screen showing the Panama-England matchup — or opt for the gondola ride included in their ticket.

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Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

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Canada's Ismael Kone rolls on the pitch after suffering a lower body injury during the second half of a World Cup Group B soccer match against Qatar, in Vancouver, on Thursday, June 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Canada midfielder Ismaël Koné undergoes surgery to repair broken leg at World Cup

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Preview

Canada midfielder Ismaël Koné undergoes surgery to repair broken leg at World Cup

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press 5 minute read Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

VANCOUVER - Filling an Ismaël Koné-sized hole in Canada's lineup won't be easy as the country continues its World Cup quest. 

The central midfielder underwent successful surgery Thursday night after the tibia and fibula in his left leg were broken during a group-stage matchup against Qatar. 

The surgeons who performed the operation were watching the game before they were called into action, Canada's head coach Jesse Marsch said Friday. 

Koné, 24, is expected to make a full recovery, but he will not be available for the rest of the tournament. 

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Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

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A raccoon licks his chops in an environment reproducing a Laurentian Maple Forest during a media event at Montreal's Biodome on Thursday, August 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say

Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press 1 minute read Preview

Raccoon rabies outbreak still growing, Quebec public health officials say

Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press 1 minute read Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

LONGUEUIL - Quebec public health officials are sounding the alarm as rabies cases continue to spread in regions to the south and east of Montreal. 

The province has recorded 76 cases in 2026, only halfway through the year, compared to 93 for all of 2025.

Officials logged 104 cases over three years, during the province's last outbreak between 2006 and 2009.

Public health officials from the Montérégie and Estrie regions told a media briefing on Thursday that rabies has a 100 per cent mortality rate in humans and animals once symptoms appear.

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Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

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Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood pose in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Kevin Mazur (Mandatory Credit)

Rolling Stones’ new album channels spirit of early Toronto gigs, says Ronnie Wood

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Preview

Rolling Stones’ new album channels spirit of early Toronto gigs, says Ronnie Wood

Alex Nino Gheciu, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

Ronnie Wood says Toronto helped start him up.

Nearly 50 years after the Rolling Stones slipped into the El Mocambo under the pseudonym the Cockroaches, the guitarist still considers those legendary 1977 club gigs his “initiation” into the band.

Having recently joined the Stones, he recalls falling sick around that period and going to bed, only for guitarist Keith Richards and frontman Mick Jagger to raid his hotel room.

“Mick and Keith unscrewed the screws on my door, took the door off its hinges and stole all my champagne,” the 79-year-old Wood says on a virtual call from London.

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Friday, Jun. 19, 2026

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Surgical Services Minister Adriana LaGrange says the status quo isn't working as Alberta's UCP government invites surgeons to apply this summer to be able to charge patients for elective procedures. Surgical Health Minister Adriana LaGrange provides an update on what steps the government is taking related to allegations by former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos, in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta dual-practice doctors could begin offering private surgeries in fall

Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Alberta dual-practice doctors could begin offering private surgeries in fall

Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government will allow some physicians to offer privately paid surgical procedures while also working in the publicly funded system beginning in September.

It's inviting surgeons to apply this summer to be able to charge patients for elective procedures like hip and knee replacements outside their publicly funded practice.

Surgical Services Minister Adriana LaGrange says the status quo isn't working as too many Albertans are sitting in the queue too long to get surgery.

She says the change will attract doctors, increase capacity and cut down waits by allowing some patients to choose a paid option close to home.

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Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

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AP Dhillon performs during the Juno Awards in Edmonton on March 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Timothy Matwey

Man convicted of shooting at pop star AP Dhillon’s B.C. home is ordered deported

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Man convicted of shooting at pop star AP Dhillon’s B.C. home is ordered deported

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

OTTAWA - A man convicted of arson and firing a gun at Indo-Canadian pop star AP Dhillon's British Columbia home in 2024 has been ordered deported from Canada.

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada confirms that Abjeet Singh Kingra was found inadmissible to Canada on Monday.

The board says the ruling is based on a section of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that says a foreign national or permanent resident is inadmissible for engaging in organized criminality.

Kingra was convicted last year and sentenced to six years in prison after the attack that took place in Colwood on Sept. 2, 2024.

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Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

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Secretary of State (Combatting Crime) Ruby Sahota rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Secretary of state Sahota says ‘foreign entity’ hired people to shoot at synagogues

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Secretary of state Sahota says ‘foreign entity’ hired people to shoot at synagogues

The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press 1 minute read Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

OTTAWA - Ruby Sahota, the secretary of state for combatting crime, told the House of Commons this week that people who fired shots recently at synagogues were hired and paid by a "foreign entity."

She suggested the shooters were recruited online and said that if authorities had been able to find them sooner, there would have been fewer victims.

Sahota made the comments Wednesday in response to a question about the government's "lawful access" bill, which is intended to help police and spies navigate the online world.

Sahota said victims and police chiefs were asking why it has taken so long for the bill to get through the legislative process.

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Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

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An elephant crosses the road in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Shiraaz Mohamed)

Canadian shot dead at South Africa wildlife park in apparent accident: officials

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Preview

Canadian shot dead at South Africa wildlife park in apparent accident: officials

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

OTTAWA - A Canadian was shot and killed at a South African wilderness park on Wednesday in what authorities said appears to be an accident.

The South African Police Service said a 69-year-old Canadian man asked a park guide whether his gun was real, resulting in him being shot to death.

South African National Parks reports the incident happened in Kruger National Park at an evening barbecue picnic. It says the Canadian was part of a group which was invited inside the park for what's known locally as a bush braai.

In a statement offering condolences, the agency said preliminary information indicates a private guide "accidentally discharged a firearm, resulting in the fatal injury."

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Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

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Vandalism is shown at the Islamic cultural centre of Mauricie, in Trois-Rivières, Que., in this Wednesday, June 17, 2026 handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Mohamed Toubal (Mandatory Credit)

Muslim cultural centre in Trois-Rivières, Que., vandalized overnight

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Preview

Muslim cultural centre in Trois-Rivières, Que., vandalized overnight

The Canadian Press 1 minute read Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

TROIS-RIVIÈRES - Police are investigating after an Islamic culture centre northeast of Montreal was vandalized overnight.

Mohamed Toubal, president of Centre Culturel Islamique de la Mauricie, says people who showed up for morning prayers found rocks and smashed glass on the floor. 

Security camera footage Toubal shared with The Canadian Press shows someone with their face covered seemingly throwing objects at the centre around 1:45 a.m. 

Police in Trois-Rivières, Que., confirmed they opened an investigation into vandalism and mischief.

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Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

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Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin,left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney take part in an announcement in Wakefield, Que., Tuesday, March 31, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Environment groups suing Ottawa over projected missed emission targets

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Preview

Environment groups suing Ottawa over projected missed emission targets

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

OTTAWA - A group of climate advocates is suing the federal government, saying recent policy changes have put it off track to meet Canada's legislated emission reduction targets.

An application for judicial review filed on Monday asks the Federal Court to order Ottawa to bring its 2030 emissions reductions plan into compliance with the Net-Zero Accountability Act.

The application also says that, in lieu of such an order, the Federal Court should declare Ottawa's emission reductions plan unlawful under the act.

Environmental Defence and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment are named as applicants in the lawsuit, along with climate activists Marie Maltais, Sophia Mathur and Shirley Barnea.

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Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

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An Alberta flag flaps in the breeze with Mt. Kidd in the background at the site of the G7 Leaders meeting in Kananaskis, Alta., on Monday, June 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Community feeling ‘profound’ loss after boy dies on school field trip at Alberta park

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Preview

Community feeling ‘profound’ loss after boy dies on school field trip at Alberta park

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

MEDICINE HAT - The mayor of a city in southeastern Alberta says the community is feeling a profound loss after an 11-year-old boy died of a suspected drowning during a field trip to a regional park.

Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark said all municipal pools and aquatic facilities are to be closed until further notice so staff and first responders can process what happened.

"We are ensuring that professional supports are available to all staff and first responders affected, and we are asking them to use those supports without hesitation," Clark said in a statement Wednesday.

"In moments like this, strength is not found in standing alone. It is found in leaning on the people around you."

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Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

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FILE - Turbines are visible at Sunrise Wind offshore wind farm that is under construction off the coast of Montauk Point, New York, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Trump administration to buy back another energy company’s offshore wind leases for 4 more projects

Jennifer Mcdermott, The Associated Press 5 minute read Preview

Trump administration to buy back another energy company’s offshore wind leases for 4 more projects

Jennifer Mcdermott, The Associated Press 5 minute read Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

The Trump administration said Wednesday it's buying back another energy company's U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.

The latest deal brings the total amount spent on these agreements to nearly $2.6 billion.

Chicago-based Invenergy has agreed to end its four offshore wind leases that were very early in development in exchange for reimbursements of lease fees totaling $765 million. The company had already canceled the largest of the four in November, Leading Light Wind off New Jersey's coast. The others are off the coasts of Maine and California. It will invest that money in natural gas and geothermal ventures that can be built more quickly instead.

By buying back leases, the Republican administration is stopping offshore wind farms that President Donald Trump does not support, and redirecting the money to fossil fuel projects that he does. It adopted this strategy after federal courts thwarted Trump’s efforts to stop offshore wind development through executive action. Trump has frequently talked about his hatred of wind power and calls turbines ugly.

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Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

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People walk by a flooded and abandoned vehicle on Alan McLeod Ave. in Stonewall, Man., on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

More Canadians now report being affected by extreme weather, poll suggests

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Preview

More Canadians now report being affected by extreme weather, poll suggests

Nick Murray, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

OTTAWA - The number of Canadians reporting having been directly affected by extreme weather events has increased since a year ago, a new poll suggests.

An online poll by Leger of 1,512 Canadians from June 12-15 indicates 30 per cent of respondents said they were personally affected by extreme weather events like heat waves, floods, fires and tornadoes over the last 12 months.

That's up from the 23 per cent who said the same in a June 2025 poll.

Because the poll was conducted online, it can't be assigned a margin of error.

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Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2026

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