33 m. ago Abell Pest Control Promotes Tick Prevention During Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Toronto, Ontario, May 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As Lyme disease cases continue to rise across Canada, researchers at the G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab at the University of Guelph are working to understand this complex illness better and develop more accurate diagnostic tools. Their vital work is supported by Abell Pest Control, helping […]

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2 h. ago Restaurant sales projected to contract in 2025 amid trade war with U.S., despite a strong start to the year thanks to the GST/HST holiday

Toronto, May 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — While the GST/HST holiday prevented foodservice bankruptcies and boosted sales and employment in the first two months of 2025, the tariff war has thrown the industry into uncharted waters, finds Restaurants Canada’s latest Quarterly Report. Restaurants Canada’s updated 2025 commercial foodservice sales forecast is now in negative territory. […]

Society

10 h. ago Oil prices drop $2 with most Asian markets closed for holidays

HONG KONG (AP) — Oil prices fell more than $2 a barrel early Monday after the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations said it plans to increase output. U.S. futures fell U.S. benchmark crude oil sank $2.21 or 3.8% to $56.08 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the […]

Economics

14 h. ago Experts see hopeful signs as Carney prepares to talk trade with Trump

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump — and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief — when he meets with the U.S. president Tuesday in Washington. After months of Trump’s annexation threats, the newly elected prime minister will be tasked with a delicate […]

Economics

19 h. ago A family, a festival and how unfathomable tragedy occurred at Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day

The killings that devasted so many families were part of a series of tumultuous events that upended the suspect and his family

Culture

21 h. ago Experts start complex recovery of superyacht that sank off Sicily, killing 7

ROME — Marine salvage experts on Sunday began operations to recover from the seabed off Italy’s Sicilian coast the British-flagged superyacht “Bayesian,” which sank last summer, killing U.K. tech magnate Mike Lynch, his daughter and five others. Operations will be conducted by two floating cranes: “Hebo Lift 2,” which has remotely operated underwater equipment and […]

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23 h. ago At least 1 dead after 14 people shot at Houston family party, police say

HOUSTON — At least one person was killed when 14 people were shot early Sunday during at party a home in Houston, where police said gunfire broke out after an uninvited guest was asked to leave. The Houston Police Department began receiving calls reporting shots fired around 12:50 a.m. at a home in southeast Houston, […]

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24 h. ago As Carney prepares to talk trade with Trump, experts call for a united front

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be watched closely by Canadians infuriated by Donald Trump — and by an anxious business community looking for tariff relief.

Economics

35 h. ago Confessed killer knew what he was doing when he fatally stabbed Calgary fitness instructor, jury finds

Confessed killer Michael Adenyi wasn’t in the throes of a psychotic episode where he did not appreciate what he was doing was wrong when he fatally stabbed a fitness instructor on a downtown Calgary street, a jury ruled Saturday. The 12-member Calgary Court of King’s Bench jury deliberated about 14 hours before concluding Adenyi was […]

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38 h. ago More memorial masses planned for victims in Vancouver festival attack

VANCOUVER — About 400 people attended a memorial mass Saturday morning to honour those killed in last week’s deadly vehicle ramming at a Vancouver Filipino festival. Father Amador Abundo says the mass at Delta, B.C.’s Immaculate Conception church included prayers specifically chosen for the occasion and the names of the 11 people killed and dozens […]

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46 h. ago A family and a festival: How Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded

Documents, interviews and social media show the family was wracked by Alexander Lo's killing, financial battles, what Adam Lo called a suicide attempt by their mother,

Culture

48 h. ago What's the future of public events in B.C. after deadly Lapu Lapu Day attack?

From massive outdoor festivals to small block parties, the ability to gather with friends, neighbours and strangers serves an important function, says security expert Stephen Hart. "We want the ability to have those things. It's kind of what makes life worth living."

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48 h. ago Brown rice has more arsenic than white. Is it still the better choice?

Health experts say that concerns about arsenic in brown rice are mostly overstated

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52 h. ago Saturday's letters: Alberta should have backed winning party

Re. “Albertans seek ‘a fair deal’: expert,” May 1 Maybe Albertans should have taken Danielle Smith’s advice to Edmonton after the last provincial election: Edmonton should have voted for the party that would win. If we had followed that advice, we would have a Liberal majority in Alberta and would get a “fair deal.” The difference […]

Culture

58 h. ago Voici 4 champs d'expertise qui profitent à tous les Québécois et qui font de l’hôpital Maisonneuve

Plusieurs départements se démarquent au niveau provincial dans différents domaines, bien que l’hôpital tombe en ruine.

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61 h. ago ‘Huge injustice,’ says family after driver in fatal Peace Arch border crash walks free

Pastor Tom Cheung was killed on May 2, 2019, when Washington state resident Gurbinder Singh crashed into his minivan in a border lineup, causing it to burst into flames.

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61 h. ago Search underway for 3 orphaned cubs after bear killed in Whistler for biting woman

The mother bear was killed after it knocked a woman down and bit her in the Kadenwood neighbourhood on Monday evening.

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62 h. ago Saskatoon murder victim’s family frustrated with delayed court proceedings

The family of 23-year-old Alfred Okyere are hoping to get answers into his death soon, but are frustrated with continued delays into his accused killer's court proceedings.

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63 h. ago Albertans urged to be fire smart heading into hot, dry May weekend

'We have really dry conditions. All of the snow has melted and all the vegetation and grass is really dry, which makes it easier for a wildfire to start.'

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63 h. ago Nashville school shooter who killed student and himself had brandished box cutter

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Nashville high school student who fatally shot a classmate before killing himself in January was on probation after threatening a student with a box cutter months earlier, according to juvenile court files obtained through an open records request. Solomon Henderson, who was 17 at the time, was charged with carrying a […]

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