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Pope Leo XIV used a major Catholic gathering in the Italian city of Rimini, and a visit to San Marino, to urge Catholics to reject division, conflict and social polarization, calling instead for dialogue, mercy and friendship across political and cultural differences. (AP Video: Niccolò Lupone)
Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza face a daily choice between digging through garbage for combustible materials to cook their meals or crowding around scarce charity kitchens in the embattled enclave, with their pots, seeking food as shortages continued to grip the enclave. (AP Video produced by Wafaa Shurafa)
As Europe faces stifling summer heat, the humble sunhat has become an increasingly common sight in Athens, where tourists and locals are turning to hats for protection from soaring temperatures. Around the Acropolis, where millions of visitors endure intense midday heat with little shade, sales of fedoras, baseball caps, bucket hats and straw hats are rising. Hatmakers and retailers say extreme heat, growing awareness of sun protection and social media fashion trends are driving demand. (AP Video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic. Produced by Theodora Tongas and Derek Gatopoulos)
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake rattled eastern Japan, including Tokyo, early Sunday, injuring 23 people. Most injuries were minor, with people falling or hitting furniture as they reacted to the shaking. The quake caused train delays and a water pipe rupture, but there was no tsunami danger or reported nuclear facility damage.
Mira Boucher says her home was ransacked by looters while her community of Summerland was empty and vulnerable — with every single house vacant under an evacuation order.
The new 50 per cent tariff will make it much more expensive for many Canadian businesses to export to the U.S. – adding to the pain many sectors had already been feeling. Lumber, steel and auto producers had been hopeful that tariffs would be lowered because of these talks. As Jasmine King reports, the financial impact of the trade impasse is only beginning.
The affordability crisis has spurred more people to get their hands dirty – and grow their own food. And whether it’s lettuce or lavender you’re growing, science is giving us one more reason to garden. A 25-year study of psychological wellness, physical function and biological markers in senior citizens should have us all puttering with plants. Melissa Ridgen explains.
Late Friday night, Canada walked away from the negotiating table in Washington, D.C., ending the talks without a deal to avoid President Donald Trump’s threat of a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. Prime Minister Mark Carney called the negotiating team home after the U.S. introduced last-minute demands, throwing into question the validity of any possible deal. Mackenzie Gray reports.
A front lifting through the region will set the stage for bursts of heavy rainfall throughout the Maritimes to end the weekend
Thunderstorm potential creeps into southern Ontario for the weekend, with temperatures cooling on Sunday
The 'constitutional discussion document,' released by the Alberta Prosperity Project, spans 54 pages and envisions the fate of a new nation that includes an elected president, open-carry gun rights, an unprecedented fourth branch of government with recall petitions and binding referendums triggered by only three per cent of the population's support.
Robin Gibbs' home in Summerland, B.C., was burned down nearly to its foundation amid the Bald Range wildfire, but he says the devastation doesn't compare to the emotion of knowing the family dog is still missing.
The B.C. Conservative MLA for Abbotsford-Mission has announced she will be stepping down, and Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay plans to seek the vacant seat.
Lion dancing is an important part of Chinese culture, but as it moves into the realm of competitive sport, it shifts to welcome all countries and cultures. In Edmonton, this year's Dragon Festival includes the Pan American Lion Dance Championships, including the first team from Trinidad and Tobago.
Premier Danielle Smith says she’s urging the federal government to restart negotiations with the United States after trade talks fell apart late Friday night, bringing the Trump administration’s 50 per cent tariffs on a wide range of Canadian exports into effect. As CBC's Jo Horwood reports, small business owners in Alberta are figuring out how to survive this trade dispute, while politicians and local business leaders consider whether walking away from negotiations was the right decision.
Residents of Fort Smith, N.W.T., will need to stick together and lean on mental health resources following a community-wide shelter-in-place order, says resident Mildred Martin.
The three-day competition will take place at Martinique Beach Provincial Park and Rainbow Haven Beach in Halifax County from August 21–23. More than 150 lifeguards from across Canada will compete in various events to demonstrate their lifesaving skills. It would be a great opportunity for the public to come out and watch the competition, learn more about the work lifeguards do, and raise awareness about water safety.
Hundreds lined downtown streets Saturday for the Edmonton Pride Parade and Trans March. Organizers of the annual spectacle calling for unity in the face of waning public and government support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Dozens of Montrealers marched in solidarity over violence against women. It comes after two Montreal women were killed last week in separate incidents of suspected intimate partner violence. The march, organized by Maison d'Haïti, took place in the borough of the recent killings, in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.
An area resident reported finding pills scattered in a suspicious manner at Blue Willow Park.
Police in the Netherlands say a man found collapsed on a street in that country three years ago is not a Canadian who went missing in British Columbia in the 1990s.

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