2 h. ago Quaint little Ontario town boasts charming main street and picturesque waterfall

Small towns are a significant part of Ontario's charm, especially quaint gems like Fenelon Falls, a village that feels a world away from big-city life, just waiting to be explored. It's the place of small-town dreams, and nowhere like you've visited before. Fenelon Falls can be described as a varied mix of all things you'd like to find in a town like this, full of unique restaurants, shops and cottages to rent along the water. Nicknamed the "Jewel of the Kawarthas," it has a population of around 2,500 people and is mainly known as a tourist town — mostly active in the peak summer cottagegoer season, but you can find trails offering beautiful fall colours in the autumn too. But the best part of this place is right in the middle of all the action: part of its namesake is inspired by a waterfall that runs through the heart of the town. Though nowhere near the stature of major waterfalls elsewhere in the province, Fenelon Falls can...

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2 h. ago This viral Toronto singer is making waves and was even noticed by SZA

Toronto-born singer Christina Smith thinks of her breakthrough in the classical music industry as a "happy accident.""My mom would play a lot of classical music in the house, so it kind of became part of our daily life," she tells blogTO. "We'd be on the bus, and she used to think I was screaming until she realized there were actually matching pitches with some of the songs that we've heard on the radio. And that's when she realized that I gravitated towards classical music."Smith said singing classical music immediately felt "natural" to her.Smith, a Toronto-based Caribbean-Canadian making waves as an opera performer, moved back to Kingston, Jamaica, when she was 11. Upon realizing her talents, she recalls people asking her to sing genres like gospel, but she says she couldn't "belt to save my life." That's when she worked with a vocal teacher who gave her the chance to sing opera and other genres of classical music, confirming her mother's suspicions: hitt...

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2 h. ago Toronto club is helping people rebuild their social lives after kids move out

Do you ever reminisce on the luxury of hogging the TV when your roommate is gone for the weekend? Do you live for those lazy, weekend days when you get the condo all to yourself?That's the life for so many twenty-somethings in Toronto. But not so much so for many Toronto parents, who wake up, feed their kids, make lunches and pick them up from school — amongst other things. Until one day, the constant scramble of that reality comes to a halt when the kids move out. Then what?When Leaside mom Charlene Wood first found herself with an empty home after her youngest child went to university, that first taste of solitude in years might have sounded like a dream to some.It meant no noise, no extra responsibilities, and the best of all: all that spare time back to yourself. That transition didn't evoke those feelings in Wood, though. Instead, it left her feeling the effects that many empty-nesters experience after their last child lea...

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6 h. ago Trump tours Texas flood sites, defends officials amid mounting questions about response

July 4 disaster killed at least 129 people and left more than 170 missing

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7 h. ago Union pleads for action four years after B.C. crane collapse that killed five people

Crane collapse killed five people in Kelowna, and their families and the industry are still waiting for answers from WorkSafeBC

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7 h. ago Two motorcyclists die from crashes on Highway 7, County Road 2

Two motorcyclists died Friday from injuries in crashes five days apart. On Friday, a 71-year-old man from Ottawa died following a single-vehicle crash at about 9 a.m. on Highway 7 between Kaladar and Sharbot Lake. The rider was transported to hospital, but succumbed to his injuries. Highway 7 was closed for several hours between Arden […]

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7 h. ago B.C. losing workers as youth can't find employment due to lack of private

While 18,000 youth between the ages of 18 and 24 joined the province's workforce in May, even more left it in June, with 18,500 young people stopping their search for a job

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7 h. ago ‘Who really is in charge of the waterways?’: B.C. boy’s death prompts call for change

Lionel Hall was killed on June 7 when a speedboat struck two children who were being towed on an inner tube in Burrard Inlet off Cates Park in North Vancouver.

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7 h. ago Saskatchewan wildfires: Muskeg fire reaches the outskirts of Beauval

Hundreds of people have been forced to flee from the Village of Beauval in northern Saskatchewan due to the Muskeg wildfire breaching the outskirts of the community.

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8 h. ago Boeing settles with a man whose family died in a 737 Max crash in Ethiopia

CHICAGO (AP) — Boeing reached a settlement Friday with a Canadian man whose wife and three children were killed in a deadly 2019 crash in Ethiopia, averting the first trial connected to the devastating event that led to a worldwide grounding of Max jets. The jury trial at Chicago’s federal court had been set to […]

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8 h. ago City of Calgary delays Stephen Avenue revitalization project amid business concerns

Work on the Stephen Avenue Revitalization was set to begin on July 14, but was under threat of legal action from a group of businesses in the area.

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8 h. ago Cyclist killed in collision with dump truck in Calgary’s southwest

The driver of the truck remained on scene and made a statement to police as part of the investigation. The intersection was closed for much of Friday.

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8 h. ago British man extradited to US to face federal charges in alleged $99 million wine scam

NEW YORK (AP) — A British man has been brought to the U.S. to face charges in connection with an alleged $99 million Ponzi-like fraud involving expensive wines. James Wellesley, 58, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Friday in Brooklyn federal court following his extradition from the United Kingdom, where he was arrested in 2022. […]

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10 h. ago Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew calls out U.S. lawmakers complaining about smoke from Canadian wildfires

'This is what turns people off politics,' Kinew said, accusing the Republicans politicians from Minnesota and Wisconsin of trying to 'get likes on Instagram'

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11 h. ago Public sector union warns Carney against reducing government staff to cut spending

'What it actually means is that you're looking to cut jobs, which means cutting services,' says the head of PSAC, Sharon DeSousa

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11 h. ago Québec injectera 142 millions de dollars dans l’économie sociale d’ici 2030

Le nouveau plan d’action gouvernemental en la matière veut «briser les silos ministériels».

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11 h. ago Developer Urges Trump Not to Kill $11 Billion Midwest Power Line

Invenergy, a closely-held power developer, is calling on the Trump Administration to affirm its commitment to a $11 billion power line in the US Midwest after a US Senator from Missouri said he’s secured a pledge from federal officials to halt the project.

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12 h. ago Son of ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in U.S. drug trafficking case

CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, becoming the first of the drug lord’s children to enter a plea deal. Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez and his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. They became known locally […]

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13 h. ago Cyclist dies after collision with dump truck in southwest Calgary

The intersection of 26th Avenue and 32nd Street S.W. is expected to be closed for several hours

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13 h. ago Canadian border officials say two brothers have pleaded guilty in cross

CBSA officers say the smuggling resulted in the attempted evasion of approximately $17.5 million in duties and taxes

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