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Ontario FOI Request Pause

On April 24, the Ford government's 2026 budget passed into law, making sweeping changes to Ontario's freedom of information (FOI) process. The new law excluded the premier, his cabinet, and their staff from disclosing records to the…

Illicit Garbage Dumping Scandal

In Alberta, Canada, a growing problem of illegal garbage dumping has sparked concern and debate about how to address it. A man known as "One Ditch at a Time" has been documenting and cleaning up dumped trash along roadsides and fencelines…

AL Wild Card Standings

The Toronto Blue Jays visited the Oakland Athletics on Monday night in Sacramento, starting a three-game set that is part of a crucial road trip for the Jays as they try to stay in contention for an American League wild-card spot. The game…

Live D&D Streaming Frenzy

Thousands of people are paying to watch live performances of Dungeons & Dragons, a tabletop role-playing game, where players improvise a story together with the help of dice rolls. The event, called Endless Dungeon, has already sold out…

Quebec Student Election Campaigns

Orphée Dubé-Gervais, a Québec solidaire candidate, is balancing her university studies with campaigning for the Quebec election on October 5th. She expects to spend a lot of time studying on the train while also door knocking and attending…

Marriage Expectations vs Reality

A woman in her 40s has been engaged twice but never married, despite thinking she wanted to settle down. She attributes her hesitation to not being raised with a strong idea of marriage as a positive institution and having a lack of good…

Hamas Israel Conflict

On October 7, 2023, a militant group called Hamas launched a major attack on Israel, but according to a report by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the…

Manitoba Teen Car Crash Tragedy

Four teenagers, three of whom were 18 years old from Manitoba and one 17-year-old from Ontario, died after their car was hit by a van at an intersection near the resort town of Winnipeg Beach in Manitoba. The accident occurred on Sunday…

Ontario Government Secrecy

Ontario's government has refused to release information to the public through its freedom-of-information requests, citing new provincial legislation that allows the premier and his cabinet to keep their office records secret. Between April…

Food Refrigeration Safety

Evelyne Selberherr, a researcher from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria, studied 45 household fridges and found that only 38% operated below the recommended temperature threshold of 5C, while 24% exceeded 7C, which…

Backlash Against Classroom Technology

Kim Herrick, a substitute teacher in Nova Scotia, is concerned about the excessive use of technology in classrooms after discovering that her 7-year-old daughter had a school Google account created three years ago without her knowledge…

Canadia Yacht Rescued Off Australia

A Canadian tourist was rescued by Australian authorities after his yacht was found partially submerged in the Indian Ocean, approximately 1,000 kilometers east-southeast of Christmas Island. The man, who was traveling from Darwin…

Toronto Basement Fire Incident

A 16-year-old teenager suffered second-degree burns to their legs in a basement fire in Toronto. The blaze occurred around 3:20 a.m. Tuesday near Dundas and Bloor streets, and everyone inside managed to escape on their own. In addition to…

Lawsuit Against Online Critics

A Canadian condo developer, Concord Adex, has filed a $10M lawsuit against online critics who have made hundreds of thousands of views on social media platforms TikTok and RedNote. The company claims that the owners of @Sailor.of.Justice…

Ukraine Tensions Escalate

A 21-year-old Moldovan citizen has been detained by Russia's Federal Security Service for allegedly attempting to kill a senior military officer in the Russian Defense Ministry on behalf of Ukraine. The incident occurred last week, and…

PSG's European Ambitions Struggles

Luis Enrique, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), says his team needs to step out of its "comfort zone" to win a third consecutive Champions League title. PSG is defending its title and faces Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday at the Parc…