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By Bill Graveland The Canadian Press Posted August 20, 2026 5:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents of Calgary and surrounding communities, freed nearly five months ago from water restrictions, are being warned of another possible shutdown. Mayor Jeromy Farkas says the Bearspaw feeder main is to be closed for less than a week in September.He says it’s to complete electrical work on a new pumping station — not because Calgary is running short of water.Farkas adds that residents may be asked to restrict outdoor watering.The feeder main provides 60 per cent of…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew isn’t committing to returning American alcohol to Manitoba shelves, in response to an ask from Prime Minister Mark Carney as Canadian and American officials close in on a trade deal. Kinew saying he’s open to the idea if it will help secure a good deal for Canada, but he still has a message for customers.“What I would say to Canadians is, leave it there,” said Kinew on Thursday. “If we put the booze back on the shelves, don’t buy it, let it sit on the shelf where the…

Even if you love DJI’s drones and cameras, you might not love the company’s bloated closed-source apps that phone home to its cloud servers. But they’re the only way to easily review, manage, and wirelessly download your pocket camera’s footage on the go.Osmosis, a free open-source app built by DJI watcher Konrad Iturbe (with help from Claude) is an attempt to change that. By reverse engineering the protocol DJI’s cameras use to talk to the official Osmo app, he built his own — which not only lets you download files, but also see thumbnails, stream low-res previews, trim clips down…

BIGC Wins Gold in Entertainment at the International Business Awards (IBA), the ‘Oscars of Business,’ Proving Its Global ProminenceAchieves a Quadruple Crown by Sweeping Prestigious Awards, Including Consecutive Selection for ‘2026 Good Design Korea (GD)’Global Judging Panel Unanimously Praises the “Exceptional User Interface and Seamless Fan Journey” PHOTO CREDIT: Courtesy of BIGC SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BIGC, a global enter-tech company, announced on the 21st that its integrated global fandom platform, ‘BIGC App 4.0,’ has won the Gold Stevie® Award in the Entertainment category at the 23rd International Business Awards® (IBA), the world’s premier business…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GoldInxs Mining Corp. (“GoldInxs,” or the “Company”) (TSXV: INXS) is pleased to announce that it has received the required drilling permits for its flagship Fishpot Property in central British Columbia. This allows the Company to move forward with its planned inaugural diamond drill program of up to 2,000 metres following the results of the 3D Induced Polarization (“IP”) which was recently completed by SJ Geophysics Ltd. Highlights A Multi-Year Area Based (“MYAB”) drilling permit has been issued by the British Columbia Ministry of Mines and Critical Minerals to GoldInxs for the Fishpot PropertyThe…

Three men facing extradition to the United States over their alleged involvement in transnational drug trafficking may seek to be tried in Canada, but the British Columbia Supreme Court says the prospect is “speculative at this point.” Gurtej Smagh, Jaskarn Baghri, and Ravinder Dhanda were arrested last month in B.C. and are being pursued by American authorities for their alleged involvement in cross-border drug trafficking.The CBC successfully applied to lift a publication ban on evidence presented at the men’s bail hearings, which their lawyers had argued could jeopardize a fair trial in the United States.The ruling says the men also…

High-grade intercept of 10.04m grading 12.18 g/t Au and 103 g/t Ag further extends the known mineralized envelope, with additional drilling continuing to demonstrate continuity of mineralization to depth and along the southeastern margin.TORONTO, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dundee Corporation (TSX: DC.A) (“Dundee” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to report the fifth batch of assay results from the ongoing 35,000m resource infill drilling program, presently supported by four drill rigs at Westhaven Gold Corp’s (“Westhaven”) South Zone gold and silver deposit on the Shovelnose gold property in southern British Columbia. “These are exceptional results and among the most…

Google will soon allow you to customize your Discover feed by describing what you want to see. The new feature, rolling out to the Google app in the “coming days,” will use AI to automatically tweak your feed and “remember” your preferences for future visits.You’ll find the option within the three-dot menu on your Discover feed. As shown in a video shared by Google, tapping the feature will open a chatbot-style interface, where you’ll be able to describe your preferences. The chatbot will confirm your choices and lay out the types of content it will prioritize, but you’ll also have…

Patients reported approximately 58% less discomfort overall in the IHEEZO-treated eye, with the largest absolute differences in the immediate post-injection period, when discomfort is highestNASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Harrow (Nasdaq: HROW), a leading provider of ophthalmic disease management solutions in North America, today announced positive results from a prospective, randomized, contralateral-eye study evaluating IHEEZO® (chloroprocaine hydrochloride ophthalmic gel) 3%, an ophthalmic gel indicated for ocular surface anesthesia, in patients undergoing same-day bilateral intravitreal injections. The single-center, investigator-initiated study demonstrated statistically significant differences favoring IHEEZO at every measured time point. Patients reported approximately 58% less discomfort overall…

Drill hole SNR26-117 returned 10.04m grading 12.18 g/t Au and 103 g/t Ag, extending high-grade gold and silver mineralization below the deepest mining stopes proposed in Westhaven’s 2025 preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”). Drill hole SNR26-110 returned 37.34m grading 6.24 g/t Au and 55 g/t Ag, confirming thick, high-grade gold and silver mineralization at the southeastern margin of the deposit.35,000m resource infill drilling program is >76% complete, with four active drills on the South Zone deposit VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Westhaven Gold Corp. (TSX-V: WHN) (OTCQB: WTHVF) (FRA: 1W5) (“Westhaven” or the “Company”) is pleased to report the…