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Fifty years ago this summer, Montreal marked one of its biggest milestones on the world stage, hosting the 21st Olympiad — the country’s first Olympic Games. For Bruny Surin, a child at the time who would go on to compete in future Games, July 1976 was significant.“Every time I go past Olympic Stadium, I have feelings,” he said.They’re feelings of greatness and of what’s possible, because of one event in particular that helped motivate him to push for greatness as an Olympian.“The only thing I remember from the 1976 Olympics in Montreal is Nadia Comaneci,” he said. “Oh, she got…

The federal government on Thursday tabled a new version of its “lawful access” legislation that would give police new powers to pursue online data for investigative purposes while addressing some of the privacy concerns raised by the original version of the bill. Although the new bill, C-22, still contains warrantless powers, that will be restricted to apply to demanding confirmation from telecommunication service providers of whether they have provided services to a specific person.Production orders for additional information will be narrowed to basic identifying information like names and addresses, and will require a judicial warrant under a “reasonable” suspicion threshold.Those…

Most Canadians are paying higher insurance premiums overall for their home and car, a new report by Rates.ca shows. Three in four Canadians (75 per cent) say their insurance premiums, for all types of insurance, have gone up in the last two years, the Leger survey conducted for Rates.ca has found.This figure refers to Canadians who have at least one insurance policy on a home, apartment, condo and/or vehicle.Canadians over 35 — who are more likely to own a car and home —experienced a higher rate (78 per cent) compared to Canadians aged 18-34 (64 per cent).Six out of 10…

By Sybille de La Hamaide Reuters Posted March 12, 2026 12:29 pm Updated March 12, 2026 12:30 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Avian influenza detections in birds have started to decline across Europe following an autumn and winter during which circulation of the virus in waterfowl reached its highest level in five years, EU health officials said in a report on Thursday. The spread of the highly pathogenic viral disease, commonly called bird flu, is a concern for governments and the poultry industry due to the devastation it can cause to flocks, its…

Montreal, March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MioCommerce, a leading all-in-one e-commerce platform for home and commercial services businesses, today announced the expansion of its Automation Suite, introducing  a variety of integrated automations designed to help small and mid-sized home and commercial service businesses reduce operational costs, improve cash flow, and scale more efficiently. For many home and commercial service operators, growth has come with mounting administrative burden. Owners are frequently consumed by thousands of small but essential operational tasks that extend beyond the workday spending evenings and weekends managing collections, requesting customer feedback, and following up for reviews. These…

MCLEAN, Va., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.11%. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage returned to last month’s level of 6.11%,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist. “Despite the modest uptick, buyers are responding to rates in this range, with existing-home sales increasing 1.7% in February. Purchase applications also increased this week, a welcome sign as buyers enter spring homebuying season with rates down more than half a percentage point compared to the same time last year.” News…

Kelly Clarkson claims she’s still waiting for her American Idol prize almost 25 years after winning Season 1 of the singing competition television series in 2002. While talking with The Traitors winner Rob Rausch, 27, on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the 43-year-old singer said she could relate “so hardcore” to the fact that Rausch was still waiting to be paid his US$220,800 prize after winning the reality competition show.“You probably weren’t alive when I was on American Idol,” Clarkson said to Rausch on Tuesday. “I literally was on the show, and they were like, ‘Oh, you win a million dollars’ or whatever.…

PASCAGOULA, Miss., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that all five collective bargaining units at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division have ratified new collective bargaining agreements, securing an immediate 18 percent or higher base wage increase for union-represented shipbuilders. This is the largest single wage increase in Ingalls Shipbuilding history and will extend the contract through March 8, 2031. The Ingalls Shipbuilding Collective Bargaining Agreement, for union-represented shipbuilders, provides historic wage growth of 35 to 47 percent through 2031. Shipbuilding leadership anticipates this will improve recruitment and attrition that will enable accelerated throughput.   “This agreement strengthens our partnership with…

Anthropic’s latest update to Claude will allow the AI chatbot to generate custom charts, diagrams, and other visualizations during your conversation. If Claude determines a visual is useful based on the context of your chat, it will insert the image in-line, rather than in its side panel.As an example, Anthropic says a conversation about the periodic table could lead Claude to generate a visualization of it, featuring interactive elements that let you click inside the table for more information. Another example shows how Claude can generate a visual related to a question about how weight travels through a building.Though Claude…

February same-store sales increased 4% year-over-yearThe average price paid for the top 500 items in February increased 2.7% year-over-year NEWARK, N.J., March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NRSInsights, a provider of sales data and analytics drawn from retail transactions processed through the National Retail Solutions (NRS) point-of-sale (POS) platform, today announced comparative retail same-store sales results for February 2026. As of February 28, 2026, the NRS retail network comprised approximately 38,700 active terminals across 33,600 stores, reflecting the expected normalization from seasonal retailers following the year-end cycle alongside continued year-over-year expansion of the core independent retail base. February Highlights(Same-store sales,…