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Relentless summer rainfalls has led to two rural counties to declare a state of agricultural disaster north of Edmonton. Farms in Westlock and Thorhild counties have been drenched by precipitation, leading local politicians to make the calls last week.The DeWindt family has been farming near the hamlet of Thorhild for decades and the man at the helm can’t recall a summer as wet as this.“Once that ground is saturated, it’s like a sponge — you just can’t rid of it,” Harry DeWindt said. “It’s draining, but it’s so wet… it’s just unreal.”Thorhild County declared a state of agricultural disaster on July…

REGINA – Vincent Blanchard kicked a 57-yard field goal on the final play of the game to lift the Edmonton Elks to an exciting 36-34 CFL victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday. The West Division-leading Elks improved to 6-1 and are off to their best start since 2017 when they were 7-0. The Riders, second in the West, slipped to 4-2 on an emotional night for the hosts.Alex Hale kicked a pair of fourth-quarter field goals to give the Riders a late 34-33 lead.Elks quarterback Cody Fajardo had a big night, passing for 510 yards and four touchdowns. He…

CLEARWATER, Fla., July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Two Tampa Bay nonprofits serving some of the region’s most vulnerable residents received record charitable contributions from FrankCrum this year, the result of a series of giving initiatives that brought together the company’s employees, clients, and community partners around a shared commitment to making a difference close to home. Feeding Tampa Bay, which works to break the cycle of hunger across a 10-county region, received more than $264,000 from FrankCrum this year through two initiatives: the employee-driven Jeans Day program, through which employees donate $1 per paycheck to support Feeding Tampa Bay’s…

Despite a decline in the severity of police-reported crime, many Kelowna, B.C., residents and business owners say they aren’t convinced the city is becoming safer. Newly released data from Statistics Canada’s annual Crime Severity Index show the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime in the Kelowna census metropolitan area fell 4.5 per cent in 2025.The decline moved Kelowna to ninth among Canada’s 41 census metropolitan areas, down from fifth the previous year.“I think it is going down, hopefully,” said Kelowna resident Candy Van Hees. “We can only hope.  Kelowna is a wonderful place, so let’s just keep positive.”The Crime Severity…

WOODSTOCK, Ill., July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Other World Computing (OWC®), a trusted leader in high-performance storage, memory, connectivity, software, and accessories that empower creative and business professionals to maximize performance, enhance reliability, and streamline workflows, today announced the launch of its OWC Express 4M2 Ultra, the fastest compact ready-to-run ThunderboltTM 5 NVMe RAID solution, in 4TB, 8TB, 16TB, and 32TB capacities. The OWC Express 4M2 Ultra combines everything creative professionals need in one high-performance desktop RAID solution – massive all-flash NVMe storage capacity, flexible RAID configuration, and the dramatically improved workflow efficiency of Thunderbolt 5 bandwidth. Built for…

DALLAS, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cato Supply Inc. today announced its official rebrand to Cato Healthcare Supply, a strategic evolution that better reflects the company’s mission. Cato stands for Completely Autonomous Trading Operation—an intelligent procurement platform designed to automate and optimize healthcare sourcing, helping providers strengthen supply chain resilience while protecting critical revenue. The rebranding marks an important milestone in the company’s evolution and reflects its long-term vision of becoming an indispensable partner to healthcare systems navigating an increasingly complex supply chain environment. The new identity reflects the company’s evolution beyond traditional medical distribution into a technology-enabled healthcare procurement…

ARLINGTON, Va., July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OwlTing Group (NASDAQ: OWLS) (“OwlTing” or the “Company”), the operating brand of OBOOK Holdings Inc., a global fintech company building regulated payment infrastructure, today reported rapid growth on OwlPay Harbor, its digital currency-based platform for cross-border enterprise payments.1 Processed volume on OwlPay Harbor grew more than fivefold quarter over quarter in Q2 2026 and reached a new monthly high in July, with volume in the first three weeks of the month already exceeding June’s full-month total.2 This growth builds on a substantial base. Across its full platform, spanning both fiat and digital…

WUHU, China, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In May 2026, LUXEED V9, the flagship intelligent premium MPV under LUXEED brand, officially hit the market. As the brand’s debut flagship MPV, the LUXEED V9 stands as an all-encompassing masterpiece engineered for the intelligent mobility era, delivering generational leaps in exterior design, cabin spaciousness, driving performance, handling and passive & active safety. Boasting a suite of industry-first flagship technologies, the LUXEED V9 is equipped with the ALPS 3.0 Healthy Cabin, a flagship MPV-dedicated flagship Tuling Chassis Platform, the automotive industry’s first built-in vehicle oxygen generation system, and world-first full-surround multi-stage airbags.…

SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain, July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Multiverse Computing, a leader in AI model compression, today announced that its CompactifAI®-compressed version of the Llama* 3.3 70B model now runs seamlessly on Intel® Xeon® 6 processors with Performance-cores, utilizing vLLM* CPU and Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), marking a major advancement in more energy-efficient and scalable AI . With CompactifAI, Multiverse Computing’s proprietary AI model compression technology, the company compresses and offers optimized versions of leading open-source AI models. This breakthrough delivers improved throughput and latency while maintaining compatibility with mainstream open‑source tooling.    Performance and efficiency. In controlled…

London, Greater London , July 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Goodwille, one of the UK’s leading specialists in market entry and corporate governance services for international businesses, is issuing an urgent warning. Every Director and Person of Significant Control (PSC) of a UK-registered company must complete mandatory identity verification with Companies House. The clock is already ticking Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, mandatory identity verification for all UK company directors and PSCs came into force on 18 November 2025 , with a 12 month transition period for existing companies to comply with the regulations. This transition…