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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 21, 2026 12:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec provincial police say they stopped a 21-year-old man who was driving at more than twice the speed limit on a highway in Laval, a city north of Montreal. Police say the man’s vehicle was clocked at 208 kilometres per hour in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 15. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. Police say local police stopped him shortly before 1 a.m.…

Premier Doug Ford says he won’t tell the LCBO to put American alcohol back on the shelves, after the White House explicitly cited Ontario’s alcohol ban as a trade irritant behind increased tariffs. On Monday night, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a fresh threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods.The announcement pointed specifically to Ontario’s decision to remove all United States alcohol from store shelves last year in response to Trump’s initial tariffs.“Beginning in March 2025, all Canadian provinces and territories halted the purchase, distribution, or retailing of U.S. alcoholic beverages,” the White House wrote on…

Dublin, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Xanthan Gum – A Global Market Overview” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. Asia-Pacific and food and beverage applications are expected to lead market growth through the forecast period. The global xanthan gum market reached US$978.8 million in 2025 and is projected to attain US$1.3 billion and 389 thousand metric tons by 2032. Market value is forecast to expand at a compound annual growth rate of 3.6% from 2025 to 2032, supported by rising demand for processed foods, clean-label ingredients and multifunctional hydrocolloids that improve texture, shelf life and product stability. Food…

There’s a symbiotic — and sometimes frustrating — relationship between social media sites and the creators that depend on them. Platforms need influencers’ and creators’ content to keep consumers on their apps; the creators, in turn, need to be able to reach those audiences to justify creating their content in the first place. Creators want a seamless way to make and disseminate their content while being able to make money; audiences want a bottomless feed of entertaining things to look at. And platforms need to keep both parties relatively happy.Over the last few months, Instagram has added a slew of…

IRVINE, Calif., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the culinary and cultural exploration arm of its fresh like that brand platform, Habit is launching Habit & Co., a new Chef in Residency platform built to push fast casual into fresher, bolder territory. The debut residency features chef, restaurateur and TV personality Jet Tila, whose limited-time Korean Street Menu will be available at Habit restaurants nationwide from July 22 through September 15. Habit & Co. is not a surface-level celebrity menu. It is a true culinary residency, with Habit handing its menu over to chefs and creative forces who bring…

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The window for early entry into the Solana Unchained ecosystem is closing with incredible speed. With only 1 day remaining, the project has reached the final hours of its Phase 10 presale. This is a defining moment for the platform, as it marks the end of its foundational fundraising and the immediate transition toward public exchange availability. Participants looking to secure $UCHN tokens at the final presale price of $0.45 have just 24 hours to act before the opportunity concludes permanently. As the project prepares to list on public exchanges at $0.50,…

Medford, OR, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ask Claire Mealy, The Human Bean’s Senior Manager of Operations Services & Innovation, about the biggest shift she’s seen in specialty coffee, and she’ll take you back to 1998. That’s when The Human Bean first opened, when the menu was simpler and the idea of a drive-thru selling Matcha Lemonades or Protein Cold Brew would have seemed like something out of science fiction.  “To think there was a time when we didn’t have Matcha, Chai, Cold Foam, Sweet Cream, Dirty Sodas or Energy Drinks. It’s wild,” says Mealy.  She believes it’s the…

ALBANY, N.Y., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New York’s housing market reached another milestone in June as the statewide median sales price climbed to a record high, while housing inventory continued its steady climb for the 16th consecutive month, according to the housing report released today by the New York State Association of REALTORS®. The median sales price rose 8 percent year-over-year, increasing from $440,000 in June 2025 to a record $475,000 in June 2026 – the highest median home price ever recorded in New York State. Inventory also continued to expand, with the number of homes available for…

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) today announced that AerCap Holdings N.V. (“AerCap”) has selected the GEnx-1B engine to power an additional 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. AerCap, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the world’s largest owner of Boeing 787 aircraft and has a portfolio of approximately 200 GEnx engines owned and on order. “We take great pride in AerCap’s continued confidence in the GEnx engine,” said Mohamed Ali, President & CEO, GE Aerospace Commercial Engines & Service. “With proven reliability and time on wing, the GEnx is delivering value for customers every day, and…

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine joined JobsOhio President and CEO J.P. Nauseef and Electra CEO Marc Allen at the Farnborough International Airshow in England to announce that Electra has selected Springfield for the site of its first EL9 Ultra Short aircraft production facility. This $850 million investment in Clark County will create 1,975 new jobs and marks a major milestone for the future of aviation and aerospace. The new facility will be located at AirPark Ohio, adjacent to Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport. “Ohio is where flight began, and the Dayton-Springfield area has become the national epicenter…