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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Montreal man who initially thought he had won $5,000 discovered instead that he was the sole winner of a $5-million Lotto 6/49 jackpot, one of two major lottery prizes claimed in Quebec over the past week. Loto-Québec said Pierre Draws won the Classic Jackpot in the July 4 Lotto 6/49 draw. The prize was part of a week that also saw a $25-million Lotto Max jackpot won in Laval through a group ticket, with each share worth $2.5 million.Draws said he checked his ticket using the Loto-Québec mobile app and first…
A tree species planted by the city is causing a stir in the Northwest Calgary community of Cambrian Heights. The Ohio Buckeye is popular for providing shade and changing with the seasons. However, the nut it produces can be toxic to pets if ingested.Several of these trees, which are producing the nuts, are currently planted in the Cambrian Heights dog park.“Some residents have reported in the past, these trees being potentially hazardous to their dogs,” says Daryl Connolly, the president of the Cambrian Heights Community Association.“We’ve passed that comment on to parks, and the response has been that their specialist…
Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that’s changing how Android app stores work in the United States — and that means Google will be forced to carry rival app stores inside of its own. In fact, Google tells the court, it’s ready to begin carrying third-party app stores on Wednesday, July 22nd. Does that mean it’s time for Microsoft to launch an Xbox game store on Android?But Judge James Donato was skeptical he should abandon his original permanent injunction in favor of Google’s proposed “Registered App Stores” that users would have…
LOS ANGELES, July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FixGo, an online tire retailer that pairs web-based purchasing with local installation, has expanded into San Diego County, adding 20 partner installation shops effective July 2, 2026. FixGo now works with more than 200 partner installation shops across the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. The new San Diego partner network includes partner shops in Chula Vista, National City, Escondido, and the Convoy and Miramar areas of San Diego. Customers order tires at FixGo.com, choose a nearby partner shop, and book installation — paying online at checkout, with all-inclusive pricing that covers…
The family of Drihanna Matamona, the young girl who drowned in a Legacy storm pond Sunday, says she was bright, loving and brought joy to everyone she met. “When Drihanna was here, you would notice her presence,” says Ninon Ignoumba, Drihanna’s godmother.“There are no words to express what we are feeling now, it’s just a tough moment.”Drihanna was seven years old. Ignoumba says she loved to write, draw, and play with her siblings.“If you take a puzzle and mix it around, she would put it in order,” says Ignoumba. “She was very, very smart.”Drihanna was autistic and non-verbal, but her…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a helicopter crash near Knight Inlet, on the West Coast of B.C., on Tuesday morning. In a post on social media, West Coast Helicopters stated that a member of their work family died in the crash.“This morning, we had a Hughes 500 operating in Loughborough Inlet for forestry operations,” the post reads. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a trending story. “They were working with the amazing CFMG crew. At 6:15 a.m.,…
APO Secretary-General Dr. Indra Pradana Singawinata (left) and APO Director for Nepal Krishna Bahadur Raut, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, pose with the National Productivity Master Plan for Nepal 2026–2036 following its completion. TOKYO, July 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On 14 July 2026, the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) formally handed over the National Productivity Master Plan for Nepal 2026–2036 to the Government of Nepal during an online ceremony jointly organized with the National Productivity and Economic Development Centre (NPEDC) and the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and Supplies. The handover marks a significant milestone in Nepal’s…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several Montreal emergency rooms are operating at more than 200 per cent capacity as extreme heat adds pressure to an already strained health-care system. Health ministry data shows hospitals including Lakeshore General and the Royal Victoria Hospital are among the facilities dealing with severe overcrowding.Dr. Greg Clark, an emergency physician with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), says ERs have been functioning at around 200 per cent capacity during different busy periods for the past two to three years, making overcrowding a year-round challenge rather than a seasonal one.While summer heat is…
X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, admitted in a post on Monday that X’s algorithm was “missing” data about surfacing posts from people who you’ve followed back. Now, he says a tweak will “boost visibility of your posts to your mutuals,” hopefully enhancing the sense of community instead of highlighting and spreading random arguments, but didn’t explain how the data went missing in the first place.Last week, Bier also said users who post original content will “climb faster,” after admitting that top accounts on the platform have been posting “stolen” recycled content from other users, and now this tweak might…
After severe weekend storms pummelled north-central Saskatchewan, crews are still working to restore power in some areas, according to SaskPower. Saturday evening saw a widespread outage affecting a “very large area” that included Prince Albert, Melfort, Shellbrook, Spiritwood, Nipawin, Candle Lake, La Roche and Hudson Bay, said Joel Cherry, spokesperson with SaskPower, adding that 50,000 customers were impacted.Power to this area was restored by Sunday morning, but another storm that day caused further outages in the region, said Cherry.“It wasn’t just one single storm that caused it. We had another storm on Sunday that caused outages in the northeast,” he…