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BMO Branch Sale Completed

BMO Financial Group, a Canadian bank, has sold 138 branches in the United States to First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co., completing a deal that aligns with BMO's strategy to streamline its US operations and focus on markets with strong growth…

Survivor TV Accident Lawsuit

Stavros Floros, a 22-year-old contestant on Season 13 of Survivor Greece, is suing the show's producers for $100 million after his leg was severed in a boat accident while he was competing in the Dominican Republic on May 11. The accident…

Free Flu Shots Not Offered

Quebec will no longer offer free flu shots to its entire population this fall, reversing a decision made last year to provide them for free. This decision comes after the province's immunization committee, CIQ, recommended harmonizing the…

Roughriders Fans Argument

The Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team has been engaging in annual trash talk with their rivals, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, ahead of their Labour Day Classic game. This year's exchange centered around "Regina-style" pizza, which the…

Major Drilling Shareholder Results

Major Drilling Group International Inc., a company that provides drilling services to the mining sector, held its annual general meeting on September 3, 2026 in Moncton, New Brunswick. All eight director nominees were elected as directors…

Man Stuck in Garbage Truck

On Wednesday at 4:11am, crews from the San Francisco Fire Department responded to reports of yelling coming from inside a Recology garbage truck in downtown San Francisco. They found a man conscious and speaking with them after digging…

Orca Corrects Q3 Dividend

Orca Energy Group Inc., a company based in TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, issued a correction to its August 12 news release announcing a quarterly dividend. The original announcement stated that the dividend would be payable to…

Trump Ag Beef Supporter

U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign executive orders aimed at easing high beef prices, which have hit record highs this year due in part to a historically low cattle supply constrained by drought and wildfires. The orders will allow…

Canadian Money Laundering Scandal

Maple Digital Financial Solutions, a company based in Vancouver's financial district, has been linked to a money-laundering network called TGR. According to a visual investigation by CBC News, Maple Digital Financial Solutions is a shell…

Iran Nuclear Deal Concerns

The United States, Britain, France, and Germany have drafted a resolution to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council for not complying with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations. According to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran…

Maternity Leave Rights Ruling

A Canadian court has ruled that denying employment insurance (EI) benefits to women who lose their jobs after maternity leave is a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The decision, made by the Federal Court of Appeal, affects…

Saskatchewan Insurance Rate Hike

Saskatchewan's SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) has approved a 3.75% increase in auto insurance rates for 2027, despite a recommendation from the province's rate review panel to not raise rates due to affordability concerns. The…

Vancouver Police Corruption Scandal

Kal Dosanjh, a 26-year veteran of the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) and CEO of the KidsPlay Youth Foundation, has been charged with defrauding at least 19 victims out of approximately $3 million. The alleged crimes date back to 2017…

Canada Student Protest Deportation

A coalition of nearly 300 labour and community groups, including Amnesty International and CUPE Ontario, has written a letter to the federal and Alberta governments urging them to stop deporting 10 international students who were targeted…

Alberta Healthcare Dispute

Adriana LaGrange, Alberta's minister of hospital and surgical health services, is introducing a new model that allows some surgeons to work in both the public healthcare system and private clinics at the same time. This "dual-practice"…

Manitoba Specialty Licence Plates

Manitoba's government has chosen a loon design as the winner of its public survey for a new specialty licence plate, which will pay homage to provincial parks. 62,605 people responded to the July survey, out of which the loon design…

Sex Assault Charges Filed

Nicholas Tilbe, a 30-year-old man from Lethbridge, has been charged with four counts of sexual interference and one count of sexual assault after allegedly assaulting two young girls. The victims, a 12-year-old and a 10-year-old, reported…

Miley Name Change Backlash

Miley Cyrus dropped "Cyrus" from her stage name on her social media accounts earlier in the week, sparking speculation about why she made the change. Her father, Billy Ray Cyrus, a country singer, cleared up the confusion with a post on…

Nova Scotia Legislative Changes

Nova Scotia Speaker Danielle Barkhouse has decided to rescind her decision to ban 36 people from the legislature premises, just days before the fall sitting was set to begin. The bans were issued after a disruption in March, when…

E Scooter Safety Concerns

British Columbia school districts are cracking down on e-scooters and e-bikes after a surge in injuries among underage riders. The Langley School District has banned e-scooters and e-dirt bikes from all its schools, while the…

Canada China EV Tariffs

An Ontario company called Axglo Inc. is facing a $500,000 tax bill from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) for importing golf carts that were classified as electric vehicles (EVs). This is similar to what happened to another Canadian…

NHL Prospect's Medical Crisis

Matthew Mayich, a 21-year-old hockey prospect from Hamilton who was drafted by the St. Louis Blues, is hospitalized after collapsing during a morning workout at Arizona State University (ASU) last month. His family's lawyer, Rob Carey…

Alberta Referendum Ballots

Elections Alberta has received 290,000 applications for mail-in ballots ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum in Alberta, which is four times higher than in the 2023 general election. The high demand is likely due to the contentious nature of…

Alberta Separatist Movement

Alberta's separatist movement may be losing momentum, according to a recent poll by Research Co., which suggests that support for independence is waning. A rally organized by the Oui side of the October referendum drew only 1,000 people…