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Thirty years after the Saguenay flood forced her to flee her home with her three young children, France Roy says the memories are still vivid. “It’s a memory that’s still engraved in my mind,” Roy said Monday from her home in Chicoutimi. “When I think about it 30 years later, it still makes me sad.”She was living in the rural sector of La Baie, near the Rivière-à-Mars, when torrential rain between July 19 and 21, 1996, triggered one of Quebec’s worst natural disasters.She’s among the 14,000 who were displaced from their homes in eastern Quebec’s Saguenay region. More than 155…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada is “one of the best places in the world” for America to buy oil from, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said on Monday just days before more U.S.-forced labour tariffs are set to hit Canada — on top of sectoral ones now in place for more than a year. During a panel at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region annual summit, Hoekstra was asked to clarify comments U.S. President Donald Trump has made that the U.S. doesn’t “need” Canadian oil.“(When) the president says, ‘We don’t need your oil,’ we need oil…

LONDON, ONTARIO, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PCCA Canada is proud to announce it has earned Great Place to Work® Certification™ for the first time in the company’s history. This significant milestone was achieved in PCCA Canada’s first year of entering the certification process and coincides with the company celebrating its 25th anniversary of supporting the Canadian pharmacy compounding community. The award is based entirely on confidential feedback from team members about their workplace experience. Evaluation is conducted by Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, through its Trust Index© survey, which measures levels of trust,…

Toledo, OH, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Summertime in Toledo means one thing is on the horizon: Toledo Jeep Fest. This year’s festival, running Thursday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 9, is special because it celebrates the 85th anniversary of Jeep, the vehicle that made it all possible. The festival will once again take over Toledo with a four-day lineup that includes the All-Jeep Parade, the Vendor Midway, the Indoor Jeep Exhibit, live music, a Sunday run/walk and family-friendly activities throughout the festival footprint. For the first time, Jeep and parent company Stellantis will join Mercy Health as co-presenting…

A video from Gamers Nexus explains how, after connecting a new LG UltraGear monitor to a PC running Windows 11 for the first time, Windows Update is silently installing LG driver updates and the LG Monitor App Installer, without so much as a permission pop-up or notification. The app doesn’t appear to include special controls of its own, instead simply pointing users to LG’s other apps, as well as McAfee antivirus.There are reports about LG’s app auto-installing as far back as 2024, but Gamers Nexus’s test follows recent user complaints on Reddit about large pop-up ads for McAfee and LG’s…

DALLAS, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Janta Power, a leading developer of patented three-dimensional solar tower energy systems, today announced a milestone for rapidly deployable infrastructure in support of one of the world’s largest sporting events. At Fan Festival sites in Dallas and Houston, Janta’s innovative solar towers generated power quietly and concurrently, demonstrating a new model for energy installations that simplify sourcing logistics and align with compressed operational timelines. The Dallas installation at Fair Park consists of four JP5K solar towers with integrated 28 kWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) and served as a temporary power source for…

Las Vegas, NV, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tradeshows have always been about innovations that advance industries. For decades, companies in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and life science sectors have relied on large physical structures and mountains of printed brochures to explain their offerings and encourage booth visitor engagement. However, the way attendees interact with exhibits is undergoing a major shift, with Slate360 helping transform static booth experiences into more engaging, interactive, and digitally connected environments. Today’s attendees—particularly busy physicians, medical executives, and procurement professionals—no longer have the patience for a one-size-fits-all experience. They are looking for relevance, and they…

Colorado Springs, CO, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Small technology companies often grow by using consultants, engineering firms, software developers, university researchers, prototype shops, and specialty subcontractors instead of hiring a full-time staff for every discipline. That approach is practical and often essential. It allows a small business to pursue high-value research, development, and production opportunities without carrying the cost of permanent employees before revenue is secure. According to Martensen IP, when the company’s primary customer is the United States Government, standard government contractor consultant agreements carry risks that are far larger than the cost of the engagement itself.…

Omaha, Nebraska, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For small business owners, marketing can often feel like a puzzle with too many pieces. With so much advice available, it can be challenging to know which marketing ideas for small businesses are worth your time and, more importantly, your budget. The good news is that effective marketing doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. At biBerk, we know small business owners need practical solutions that deliver results. The key is to focus on a few core strategies, execute them well, and build from there. Whether you’re just starting or looking to…

Richmond, VA, July 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to welcome Jason W. Powell, former senior advisor to the Virginia Secretary of Finance, as the firm’s director of government affairs in the global economic development, commerce and government relations group, the firm’s full-service public affairs consultancy. Based in Richmond, Powell will help manage the firm’s Virginia state and local government relations and lobbying efforts and advise clients on legislative, budgetary, and regulatory strategy. With three decades of experience in fiscal analysis and public policy evaluation, Powell has advised senior leaders on high-stakes public investments and has…