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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 6, 2026 8:16 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A few dozen properties in a village in Metro Vancouver are under evacuation alert due to a nearby wildfire, while evacuees in British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon may start returning home. The blaze burning in Belcarra Regional Park has prompted those from 35 properties in the village of Anmore, north of Port Moody, to pack essential items and be ready to leave at a moment’s notice. Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as…

NEW YORK, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fortude, a global digital solutions company and one of Infor’s largest alliance and channel partners for CloudSuite, today introduced its AI-driven delivery model for Infor CloudSuite implementations. The model combines industry accelerators, a suite of AI agents, and human-led project governance to reduce repetitive effort across the implementation lifecycle and shorten the time it takes customers to build a working ERP foundation. Fortude’s AI agents collect and organize project knowledge, generate implementation artefacts, and automate repeatable steps. Coupled with a reduced consulting footprint, this delivers a faster, more affordable ERP foundation. In…

The AI-powered “Ask Maps” tool in Google Maps can now perform a broader range of personalized and conversational requests, including ordering food, finding hotels, and providing suggestions that factor in your existing plans. These are among several new features announced for Ask Maps today, which aim to “make it easier than ever to get more done” without having to close the Google Maps app, according to Google Maps head, Miriam Daniel.New agentic capabilities include asking Maps to order you food while considering contextual information like specific dietary needs, location, and places you’ve saved. For example, Google says you can ask…

Indianapolis, Indiana, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trimedx has introduced an evolved brand that better reflects the company it has become and the future it is helping shape across healthcare technology management. The evolution clarifies Trimedx’s market positioning and creates a more unified way to communicate the company’s broad portfolio of expert services, technology, and performance intelligence. Over the last several years, Trimedx has expanded its scale, strengthened its capabilities, deepened its technology investments, and built the industry’s most comprehensive clinical asset dataset.  With more than 7.4 million device records, 27+ years of longitudinal insight, and visibility into 90-95%…

Tests at newcleo’s FASTER facility PARIS, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — newcleo (or the “Company”), a pioneer in advanced modular reactor (“AMR”) technology and nuclear fuel manufacturing, today announced significant regulatory milestones supporting its planned mixed-oxide (“MOX”) fuel manufacturing facility in the United States. In July, newcleo submitted a Regulatory Engagement Plan (“REP”) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) for its lead-cooled fast reactor, LFR-AS-200. With today’s submission of the REP to the NRC for its planned U.S. MOX fuel manufacturing facility, newcleo has achieved a significant milestone in establishing a source of advanced nuclear fuel for its…

Linda Umlauf has maintained a rigid schedule for her high-needs autistic daughter since the London, Ont., group home where her daughter lived shuttered in May, as social and community service workers walked off the job. She takes Nicky Umlauf, 28, to the beach on Mondays, shopping and swimming on Tuesdays, and other activities the rest of the week, with a packed itinerary planned around her daughter’s interests and need for routine. The mother and daughter love to cook together and go bowling, and they use a picture board to communicate about the day’s plans.But as the strike has dragged on,…

JINAN, China, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Aug. 4, the 2026 “Sino-African Friendship Enters Shandong — Shandong-Africa Cultural Carnival” commenced in Jinan under the theme “Harmony of Mountains and Seas, A Shared Tapestry of Beauty.” His Majesty King Letsie III of Lesotho and Queen Masenate attended the opening ceremony. Diplomatic envoys, cultural tourism professionals, and artists from 23 African nations including Somalia and Angola gathered in the City of Springs for a cultural dialogue. As a major regional event marking the 2026 China-Africa Year of People-to-People Exchanges, the carnival was co-hosted by the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Shandong Provincial People’s…

MIAMI, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OpenFX, the real-time cross-border money movement platform, announced today that it has acquired Global Ledger, founded by Tyler McIntyre. McIntyre previously built and co-founded Novo, a neo-bank serving >300,000 business last valued at over $700M. McIntyre is joining as Head of Banking to accelerate OpenFX’s product expansion and launch multi-currency accounts, with a waitlist available today. These accounts will let a company’s customers pay it locally in their own currency, and let the company hold what arrives rather than converting on receipt. OpenFX is launching with named USD accounts that send and receive…

Drilling continues to expand gold mineralisation across three principal structures at the Road Cut Zone: the Main Road Cut Shear, Artisanal Shear and Contact Zone Fault, reinforcing the scale of the broader mineralised systemHighlights include 2.0 m at 21.10 g/t Au, 7.0 m at 4.16 g/t Au and 8.0 m at 2.65 g/t Au, with mineralisation remaining open at depthMore than 47,850 m of drilling completed across 240 holes at Kossou as two drill rigs advance resource definition and exploration ahead of an inaugural MRE expected in Q4 2026 QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kobo Resources Inc.…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midnight Sun Mining Corp. (TSXV: MMA / OTCQX: MDNGF) (“Midnight Sun” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that an initial high-resolution ground magnetic survey on its wholly owned Dumbwa copper deposit, located in Solwezi, Zambia, has identified multiple new exploration targets outside the previously defined and drilled mineralized corridor. The magnetic survey covered an area of approximately 2.7 kilometres (“km”) by 2.5 km in the northern portion of Dumbwa’s Central Mineralized Block. Data was collected along north-south survey lines spaced 100 metres (“m”) apart, with east-west tie lines spaced at…