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PORT ANGELES, Wash., July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Fed Bank (“First Fed”), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Northwest Bancorp (NASDAQ: FNWB), today announced that Board Chair Cindy Hill Finnie has been named one of the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2026 Directors of the Year. Finnie is one of 12 directors recognized in the publication’s 10th annual awards program celebrating outstanding corporate and nonprofit board leadership across the state of Washington. Finnie has served on the First Northwest Bancorp Board of Directors since 2012 and has chaired the board since 2022, when she became the first woman to…

BOCA RATON, Fla., July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Michael Bogdan Scholarship for Healthcare has officially launched its application cycle for the 2027 academic year. Established by South Florida entrepreneur, medical real estate developer, and business leader Michael Bogdan, the national initiative provides financial awards to undergraduate students who demonstrate exceptional promise, leadership, and a commitment to advancing patient-centered care. While headquartered in Boca Raton, the competition is open to eligible college undergraduates across the United States. Fueling the Future of Medicine As modern healthcare experiences rapid transformation driven by technology and shifting patient needs, the demand for compassionate, highly…

NEW YORK, NY, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NEWMEDIA.COM, a full-service digital marketing agency headquartered in New York City at One World Trade Center, has published advisory guidance for New York businesses on how to choose an NYC SEO company as visibility shifts from rankings alone to rankings plus AI-generated answers. New York is the most competitive search market in the country, and that changes what a business should expect from an SEO company. Ranking somewhere is easy; ranking for the high-value head terms that actually drive New York inquiries is hard, and it is now only half the…

A Toronto man is facing dozens of charges after police allege he used fake online identities to lure and exploit children across multiple Canadian provinces and several countries. The investigation began in March after the Toronto police Internet Child Exploitation Unit received a report that child sexual abuse and exploitation material had been uploaded to a social media platform, a news release said.On April 16, investigators executed a search warrant at a home near Broadview Avenue and Danforth Avenue in Toronto, where they seized electronic devices.A forensic examination uncovered child sexual abuse and exploitation material, including evidence that multiple online…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Talks between WestJet and the union representing the airline’s flight attendants are “progressing,” the federal transport minister said Wednesday as a strike deadline inches closer. Close to 4,400 union members represented by CUPE Local 8125 could walk off the job as soon as Sunday, Aug. 2, unless both sides reach a negotiated agreement on a new contract.“The parties are at the table. They are negotiating, I know, very intensely. My information is that those talks are progressing,” Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon told Global News after an unrelated announcement in Montreal.“Obviously, I have…

Four out of five foods sold for toddlers in the U.S. are ultra-processed, according to new research. Nearly half of the items analyzed also failed to meet at least one nutritional benchmark for children set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Promotion Profile Model for commercial foods intended for children aged six to 36 months.“Many parents may assume that products sold on the baby/toddler food aisles of their grocery stores have to meet certain nutrient standards. Our findings highlight that half of the toddler foods available in local grocery stores do not,” said Erin A. Hudson, lead author…

K-pop group BTS announced Wednesday that it will not submit its music for the 2027 Grammys in co-ordinated Instagram posts shared on each of the seven members’ accounts. “We have decided not to submit our music to the Grammys this year. We hope music can be heard and loved as music itself, rather than being divided by region or language. Thank you to ARMY and everyone who has always been with us,” a translated version of the statement reads, according to The Associated Press.The announcement follows a nearly four-year hiatus while members completed their mandatory military service, and a record-breaking…

By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted July 29, 2026 12:23 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors will host games in Quebec City and Vancouver as part of their NBA pre-season. The league announced Wednesday that Toronto will face the Miami Heat in the NBA’s first pre-season game in Quebec City at Videotron Centre on Oct. 3.The Raptors will then take on the Los Angeles Clippers at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena on Oct. 10. The NBA club also announced it will hold training camp in Quebec City from Sept.…

MONTRÉAL, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Air Canada and the Air Canada Foundation today announced the two inaugural recipients of the Big Dreams Grant Program, a national community investment initiative that launched earlier this year, inspired by Air Canada’s longstanding partnership with the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee, and by the spirit of Team Canada. New Pathways Foundation receives the Air Canada Foundation’s Healthy Futures Grant for its initiative “Become” and Women’s Para Hockey of Canada receives the Accessible Sports and Recreation Grant for its project “Future on Ice”. Rooted in values of inclusion, health, and national…

Is this the future of foldable phones?Samsung clearly thinks so. The company has given its new wide foldable the “Z Fold 8” name, positioning the phone not as a widescreen oddity, but as the new normal, the default design for foldables going forward. Rumor has it that Apple feels the same way, with a similar squat shape widely predicted for the first foldable iPhone, expected to launch in September.Whether you want to give the credit to Apple, Samsung, or even Huawei (which got here first with the Pura X Max), I think they might be onto something. After a week,…