3 h. ago Cintas Celebrates Bear Head Lake State Park as 2025 America’s Best Restroom®

The Minnesota state park was awarded $2,500 in Cintas products and services CINCINNATI — Cintas Corporation (Nasdaq: CTAS) is excited to name Bear Head Lake State Park in Minnesota as the 2025 America’s Best Restroom® contest winner. As this year’s winner, Bear Head Lake State Park’s restrooms earned a prize package that includes a Cintas […]

Culture

5 h. ago Man charged in death of boat passenger who fell into Lake Ontario: Toronto police

Toronto police say a man has been charged with criminal negligence in the death of a person who fell from a boat on Lake Ontario in August.

Events

5 h. ago Captain charged in death of passenger who fell into Lake Ontario

Toronto Police allege the suspect was operating an illegal boat charter without a proper commercial licence or registration

Events

16 h. ago District of Lake Country recommends residents of 2 RV parks find new homes

The District of Lake Country declined an interview, but said that the decision was made due to safety concerns on the properties after a number of fires.

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18 h. ago 'Sea change:' Vancouver city council rezones thousands of properties in Broadway and Cambie corridors

Vancouver's sweeping rezoning of more than 4,200 properties aims to shorten the development process by a year or more. 'Less site-by-site, customized rezoning. And more standardization and predictability,' said the city's chief planner, Josh White

Transport

21 h. ago ‘Unauthorized’ dam on B.C. lake prompts evacuation alert for 14 properties

The Fadear Lake dam structure could fail, prompting an uncontrolled release of water from the lake into Fadear Creek. The district describes the dam as an unauthorized structure.

Events

21 h. ago 7 men accused of child porn sexual exploitation arrested in Alberta

The operation prioritized suspects with the largest child pornography collections and some of the most graphic sexual abuse content, ALERT said.

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25 h. ago Nova Scotia offers emergency financial support for Lake George wildfire evacuees

The province says 353 properties have been evacuated due to the wildfire in Kings County. Funding will be given to those with proof of residency within the evacuation zone area.

Events

28 h. ago Breathtaking Toronto proposal swapped for boring design in monumental bait

A stunning proposal to redevelop a key stretch of Toronto's waterfront has been quietly swapped out for the same old boring blandness, and don't act like you're so surprised right now.Rising from the ashes of Google parent company Alphabet's aborted vision for a wired-up smart city of the future, a bold plan to redevelop what has become known as the Quayside lands drummed up newfound excitement in 2023.Zoning for the first phase of the enormous new residential complex was approved in mid-2024, granting height envelopes for a block-long timber mid-rise and a trio of towers rising as high as 70 storeys.But, like the ambitious plan that came before, the 2023 iteration of Quayside has been quietly whittled down to a much lesser vision now before Toronto city planners.The 2023 vision for the Quayside site prior to the 2025 design revisions.An updated application for the Quayside community, filed at the tail end of September, has shed much of what made the project spe...

Politics

30 h. ago First American Uranium Inc. to Enter Quebec with Planned Strategic Acquisition of Rare Earth Elements Niobium Properties in the Grenville Province, Quebec

This acquisition will mark First American Uranium Inc.’s initial entry into Quebec with five properties in the Grenville Province, one of the most prospective regions for critical minerals in Canada Properties host multiple rare earth, niobium and nickel-copper showings, including historical samples returning 2.7% Total Rare Earth Elements (“TREE”) and 3,190 ppm niobium (“Nb”) Vancouver, […]

Culture

34 h. ago West Red Lake Gold Reports Third Quarter Operations Update for Madsen Mine Ramp

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (“West Red Lake Gold” or “WRLG” or the “Company”) (TSXV: WRLG) (OTCQB: WRLGF) is pleased to provide a third quarter (“Q3”) update on the ramp-up of the Madsen Mine located in the Red Lake Gold District of Northwestern Ontario, Canada. […]

Culture

43 h. ago Gunman charged after shot allegedly fired in direction of victim: Cops

An argument allegedly boiled over into gunplay as police say an armed man fired in the direction of his adversary. Toronto Police said officers responded shortly after 8 p.m. on Sept. 21 to a call in the Lake Shore Blvd.-Islington Ave. area. Police alleged officers arrested a man who was in possession of a loaded […]

Events

44 h. ago Automotive Properties REIT Announces $50 Million Equity Offering and Agreement to Acquire Three Automotive Properties

− Not for distribution to U.S. News Wire Services or dissemination in the United States − TORONTO, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Automotive Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: APR.UN) (the “REIT”) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell 3,070,000 units of the REIT (“Units”) on a bought deal basis […]

Economics

61 h. ago Le procès pour agression sexuelle d’un entrepreneur bien en vue de Québec encore reporté

Plus de deux ans après avoir été accusé, Olivier Paré n’a pas subi son procès au grand dam de la plaignante et d’une association de défense des femmes

Economics

66 h. ago Emergency alert lifted in northern Ontario after search for armed suspect

Provincial police said officers were searching for 34-year-old man in Temagami North-Latchford area

Other

4 d. ago Have stinging freshwater jellyfish invaded Lac La Pêche in Gatineau Park?

In late September, the lake was teeming with the ghostly creatures. a phenomenon experts believe is rooted in the rising lake-water temperatures associated with climate change.

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4 d. ago 50 years ago, 5 men killed in one of deadliest industrial accidents in Metro Vancouver

The second explosion was caused by grain dust, which can be 35 times more explosive than TNT. Nearby homes had to be evacuated as large pieces of charred wood rained down.

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5 d. ago FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered pushback from anti-abortion groups aligned with the Trump administration. Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved […]

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6 d. ago Hold and secure lifted at Moncton school, medical emergency caused by baking soda

Classes have resumed at a Moncton, N.B., school after an unknown substance that prompted a medical emergency turned out to be baking soda. 

Society

6 d. ago Wildfire in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley remains out of control in dry conditions

A wildfire at Lake George in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley remains out of control as firefighters battle dry and windy conditions.

Events