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Ottawa, Ontario, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OTTAWA – (July 21, 2026) – Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) today proudly announced that Kady Dandeneau and Ryan Bester have been selected as Team Canada’s Flag and Baton Bearers for the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.    Dandeneau, a member of Canada’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball team, will serve as Team Canada’s Flag Bearer, while Bester, competing in bowls, will serve as Team Canada’s Baton Bearer as they lead the Canadian delegation into the Opening Ceremony on July 23.   For the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, participating nations and…

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National Content & Technology Cooperative (“NCTC”) is pleased to announce that Brian Jones has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. During his more than three decades with NCTC, Jones has been instrumental in supporting the organization’s financial management and operational success. He has worked closely with NCTC’s Board of Directors and member companies, programmers, and suppliers, building trusted relationships and helping guide the organization through periods of growth, change, and continued member service. Jones previously served as Senior Vice President of Finance & Operations and has been a dedicated member of…

LAKE FOREST, Calif., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Del Taco, the nation’s second-largest Mexican quick service restaurant*, has once again received top honors in USA TODAY’s 2026 10Best Reader’s Choice Awards, earning #1 Fast Food Restaurant and #1 Fast Food Fries. This marks Del Taco’s second straight year being voted the nation’s Best Fast Food Restaurant and the third consecutive year capturing the top spot for Best Fast Food Fries, further reinforcing the brand’s reputation as a nationwide fan favorite. Complementing the two top accolades, Del Taco also ranked #3 in Best Fast Food Breakfast and #4 in Best Fast…

The integration brings Traini’s pet emotion AI directly into TECNO smartphones, creating a new native use case for interspecies communication. PALO ALTO, Calif., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Traini, a Silicon Valley-based pet emotional intelligence company, today announced a partnership with TECNO, a global smart device company. Under the partnership, TECNO has integrated Traini’s proprietary pet emotion translation model as a native smartphone capability, enabling users to understand their pets’ emotions, intentions, and needs directly through their phones. The collaboration marks an important shift for pet emotion translation—from a standalone application to a deeply integrated smartphone experience. Using a…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 21, 2026 1:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Federal fisheries officials have seized more than $170,000 worth of halibut after a captain was allegedly found fishing in a protected area in Nova Scotia. Fisheries and Oceans Canada said in a social media post that officers tracked the vessel within the St. Anns Bank Marine Protected Area, east of Cape Breton, on July 6 and July 8. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won’t miss a…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.S. is threatening a fresh round of 50 per cent tariffs on Canada, citing retaliatory and “discriminatory” measures Canada put in place in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Trump signed three executive orders on Monday, each one using a different justification for the new tariff: the provincial and territorial boycotts on American alcohol products, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts and quotas on American dairy imports under Canada’s supply management system.The new tariff is set to take effect in 29 days and will also apply to goods covered by…

Toronto, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Two of Canada’s leading cultural organizations, the Shaw Festival and Harbourfront Centre, today announced the first productions in their new three-year artistic residency, bringing acclaimed Shaw Festival productions of Sleuth and A Christmas Carol to Toronto this fall. Presented at The Fleck at Harbourfront Centre Theatre, a multi-purpose performance venue that hosts theatre, dance and music presentations on the waterfront year-round, the residency will give audiences greater access to world-class theatre in the heart of Toronto. “To launch our residency at Harbourfront Centre, we wanted to begin with two very different but equally…

If you’ve been thinking about picking up a Kindle before school starts, or for your next vacation, now’s a good time to do it. As part of its Black Friday in July sale, Best Buy has brought the Kindle Paperwhite back down to its all-time low of $124.99 ($35 off). It’s the Kindle we recommend for most people because it has a bunch of features. It’s waterproof and features a sharp 300ppi, 7-inch display, it offers an adjustable warm light for reading at night, and it has great battery life that can last for more than a month on a…

Aberdale brings over two decades of entrepreneurial scaling, public market and private sale experience, and operational leadership to accelerate the clinical and commercial deployment of AiM’s dynamic image-guided neurosurgery system. Worcester, MA, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AiM Medical Robotics, a leading developer of advanced robotic systems for MRI-guided neurosurgery, today announced the appointment of Andrew “Andy” Aberdale as President and Chief Financial Officer. Aberdale brings more than thirty years of deep operational and financial leadership, with a highly successful track record of commercializing early-stage ventures to successful exits, executing high-value corporate exits, and driving rapid organizational growth. Aberdale…

ZUG, Switzerland, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twelve years ago, on July 22, 2014, the Ethereum presale opened. KeychainX, a Swiss cryptocurrency wallet-recovery firm, has released an on-chain study of the sale. It found that 621 of the original genesis wallets have never sent a single transaction in the twelve years since, holding 1,421,008 ETH — about $2.7 billion at current prices. The study also identified 30 presale wallets that moved for the first time in 2025 and 2026 after roughly a decade of dormancy. On-chain data was captured on July 19, 2026, and valued at an ETH price…