{ "updated": "2026-07-18T23:01:13.701016", "items": [ { "title": "U.S. military launches new airstrikes to \u2018swiftly punish\u2019 Iran for deaths of American troops", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/18/u-s-military-launches-new-airstrikes-to-swiftly-punish-iran-for-deaths-of-us-troops/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military said that it carried out new airstrikes against\u00a0Iran\u00a0on Sunday to \u201cswiftly punish\u201d the country\u2019s Revolutionary Guard after an attack on a base in\u00a0Jordan\u00a0killed two American service members, left one\u2026", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-19T02:28:34+00:00" }, { "title": "Rise score 3 times in first 11 minutes to cruise past AFC Toronto", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/vancouver-toronto-nsl-recap-july-18-9.7275637?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "The Vancouver Rise scored three times in the opening 11 minutes to cruise to a 3-0 win over host AFC Toronto on Saturday in Northern Super League action.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-18T20:40:30-04:00" }, { "title": "Red Sox\u2019s Abreu smashes two home runs in second straight game", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/red-soxs-abreu-smashes-two-home-runs-in-second-straight-game/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as Boston Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu hits two home runs against the Tampa Bay Rays for the second game in a row.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-19T00:58:03-04:00" }, { "title": "Guardians\u2019 Bazzana crushes home run to walk off Pirates", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/guardians-bazzana-crushes-home-run-to-walk-off-pirates/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as Cleveland Guardians second baseman Travis Bazzana crushes a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift his team to a walk off win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T23:33:13-04:00" }, { "title": "Dricus Du Plessis defeats Kamaru Usman on UFC Fight Night", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/ufc/article/dricus-du-plessis-defeats-kamaru-usman-on-fight-night/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T23:15:28-04:00" }, { "title": "Missed field goal on final play gives Tiger-Cats win over Argonauts", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/cfl/article/missed-field-goal-on-final-play-gives-tiger-cats-win-over-argonauts/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Veteran Toronto kicker Lirim Hajrullahu missed a 31-yard field goal on the game\u2019s final play, allowing the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to register a 24-23 win over the rival Argonauts on Saturday night.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T23:12:22-04:00" }, { "title": "B.C. wildfire tally surges past 100 as lightning transforms fire season in a flash", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11971259/bc-wildfires-lightning-3/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T20:06:03+00:00" }, { "title": "Joe Carter tosses first pitch, wears home run jacket in honour of 50th season", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/joe-carter-tosses-first-pitch-wears-home-run-jacket-in-honour-of-50th-season/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as Joe Carter thanks the Blue Jays fans for all their support throughout the franchise\u2019s 50 years in MLB, and then tosses out the first pitch to George Springer and having the home run jacket put on him by Vladimir Guerrero Jr.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T16:01:37-04:00" }, { "title": "Former B.C. Liberal MLA Mike Bernier announced as new leader of CentreBC", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/18/mike-bernier-centrebc/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "CentreBC announced Saturday that former B.C. Liberal MLA Mike Bernier will be the leader of the relatively new political party, CentreBC.", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-07-18T19:59:50+00:00" }, { "title": "What the 1993 Blue Jays can teach this year\u2019s club about chasing a title", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/what-the-1993-blue-jays-can-teach-this-years-club-about-chasing-a-title/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "The Blue Jays did the unthinkable in 1992-93 when they won back-to-back World Series. Shi Davidi writes what the players from those teams can teach the 2026 roster about chasing a championship.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T21:44:14-04:00" }, { "title": "Blue Jays immortalize \u2018glue guy\u2019 Joe Carter\u2019s iconic home run with statue", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-immortalize-glue-guy-joe-carters-iconic-home-run-with-statue/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "There was no question that if there was one person from the Blue Jays\u2019 glory days who deserved the recognition of a statue, it was always going to be Joe Carter.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T21:42:55-04:00" }, { "title": "UFC returning to Edmonton for Fight Night in October", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/ufc/article/ufc-returning-to-edmonton-for-fight-night-in-october/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Rogers Place in Edmonton is set to play host to a UFC Fight Night event on Oct. 17, it was announced Saturday.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-07-18T21:21:39-04:00" }, { "title": "City of New West attempting to reunite cats with their guardians following apartment fire", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/18/missing-cats-pinecrest-manor/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "One of the fallouts from the apartment fire that ripped through Pinecrest Manor in New Westminster earlier this month is that many cats remain missing.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-18T19:06:46+00:00" }, { "title": "Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals Service tells AP", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/social-media-influencers-andrew-and-tristan-tate-arrested-in-miami-us-marshals-service-tells-ap-1337223/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges. The post Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrested in Miami, US Marshals Service\u2026", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-07-19T00:41:09+00:00" }, { "title": "Ready, set, roll: Log drivers race makes a splash in Victoria", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/ready-set-roll-log-drivers-race-makes-a-splash-in-victoria-1337208/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Down at Victoria\u2019s Inner Harbour, athletes are making the 50-metre dash across a palette of logs as part of Red Bull\u2019s Log Driver competition. The post Ready, set, roll: Log drivers race makes a splash in Victoria appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-19T00:13:30+00:00" }, { "title": "Centreline road reflectors to be added to stretch of Highway 4", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/centreline-road-reflectors-to-be-added-to-stretch-of-highway-4-1337194/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Crews will be working overnight for three nights to add centreline reflectors to a stretch of Highway 4. The post Centreline road reflectors to be added to stretch of Highway 4 appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T23:26:58+00:00" }, { "title": "Victoria issues reminder that campfires not allowed, fines range from $350 to $10K", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/victoria-issues-reminder-that-campfires-not-allowed-fines-range-from-350-to-10k-1337190/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "As the weather heats up, drawing people outside, the City of Victoria is reminding people that campfires are not permitted. The post Victoria issues reminder that campfires not allowed, fines range from $350 to $10K appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T23:01:17+00:00" }, { "title": "Regional District of Nanaimo residents may be fined $500 for recycling contamination", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/regional-district-of-nanaimo-residents-may-be-fined-500-for-recycling-contamination-1337187/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "The Regional District of Nanaimo says it will be enforcing recycling contamination at curbside, and noncompliant homes may face fines of $500. The post Regional District of Nanaimo residents may be fined $500 for recycling contamination appeared first on\u2026", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-18T22:51:48+00:00" }, { "title": "Taco Bell in Canada says its lettuce is safe to eat amid cyclospora outbreak in U.S.", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/18/taco-bell-in-canada-says-its-lettuce-is-safe-to-eat-amid-cyclospora-outbreak-in-u-s/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "Taco Bell in Canada says the lettuce that has caused an outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora in the United States has not been served at its locations.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-18T22:46:15+00:00" }, { "title": "B.C. wildfire tally surges past 100 as barrage of lightning strikes transforms fire season in a flash", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-wildfires-lightning-9.7275420?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "On Wednesday morning the province's firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a relatively quiet season so far, but as of Saturday morning there were 113 fires burning, including about 100 started since Friday.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T12:28:25-04:00" }, { "title": "The true toll of wildfire smoke", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/wildfire-smoke-toll-9.7273056?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "Wildfire smoke is becoming a common part of summers in Canada. We look at how pollution from wildfires is setting back some of the world\u2019s gains in the fight for clean air.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T12:00:00-04:00" }, { "title": "Blue Jays unveil Joe Carter statue outside Rogers Centre honouring World Series championships", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/blue-jays-joe-carter-statue-unveiled-9.7275550?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC Canada", "summary": "A statue honouring the 1992 and 1993 World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays has been unveiled outside of Rogers Centre.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-07-18T17:25:18-04:00" }, { "title": "Campbell River park to close as construction begins on slo-pitch facility", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/campbell-river-park-to-close-as-construction-begins-on-slo-pitch-facility-1337176/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "A park in Campbell River will be closed starting on Monday as construction gets underway to build a slo-pitch facility. The post Campbell River park to close as construction begins on slo-pitch facility appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T21:20:37+00:00" }, { "title": "Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpasses 5,000", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/venezuela-earthquakes-death-toll-surpasses-5000-1337171/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said. The post Venezuela earthquakes death toll surpasses 5,000 appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-18T21:15:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Unifor releases details on tentative agreement with Ford", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11971335/unifor-tentative-agreement-ford/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "Thousands of Canadian auto workers could secure three per cent wage increases every year for the next three if they agree to a new labour contract.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-07-18T20:50:11+00:00" }, { "title": "Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 children and 6 adults, health officials say", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/israeli-strikes-in-gaza-kill-3-children-and-6-adults-health-officials-say-1337165/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, hospital officials said. The post Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 children and 6 adults, health officials say appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Medical & Health", "published": "2026-07-18T20:45:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Program helping families navigate hunger in the summer", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/07/18/program-helps-summer-hunger/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "For kids, summer is a chance to build confidence, stay active, and create lifelong memories beyond the classroom.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-07-18T20:40:28+00:00" }, { "title": "BCCDC reminds of health risks for people, pets in blue-green algae blooms", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/bccdc-reminds-of-health-risks-for-people-pets-in-blue-green-algae-blooms-1337149/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "As weather heats up, many people want to head to the nearest beach or lake to cool off, but the BC Centre for Disease Control is reminding people to be mindful of a health risk: blue-green algae. The post BCCDC reminds of health risks for people, pets in\u2026", "category": "Medical & Health", "published": "2026-07-18T20:31:51+00:00" }, { "title": "N.S. crews continue battling out-of-control wildfire northeast of Halifax", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11971121/mooseland-wildfire-halifax/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "Two fixed-wing water bombers from Newfoundland and Labrador are responding alongside two of Nova Scotia's helicopters and four of the province's fixed-wing water bombers.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-07-18T14:28:28+00:00" }, { "title": "How Ontario First Nation escaped raging wildfire that burned down their community", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/ontario-wildfire-namaygoosisagagun-first-nation", "source": "National Post", "summary": "'Chance Paavola, who was only 13, drove his little boat with his little dog. He turned around to go back to try and save more people,' Chief says", "category": "Human Interest", "published": "2026-07-18T13:00:28+00:00" }, { "title": "Former B.C. Liberal MLA says centrist party is the answer for voters tired of 'extremes'", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/former-b-c-liberal-mla-says-centrist-party-is-the-answer-for-voters-tired-of-extremes-9.7275000?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "Former B.C. Liberal MLA Mike Bernier is the new leader of Centre B.C. The party was formed in April 2025 after the B.C. Liberals, renamed to B.C. United, collapsed under Kevin Falcon.", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-07-18T15:00:00-04:00" }, { "title": "Amber Alert issued for missing 11-year-old vulnerable child in Calgary", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11971232/calgary-police-cctv-image-search-missing-11-year-old/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "Police also released new images from CCTV footage of Parker, 11, who went missing from the neighbourhood of Thorncliffe on Thursday.", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-07-18T18:52:40+00:00" }, { "title": "Kimi: Threat or menace?", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/18/kimi-threat-or-menace/", "source": "TechCrunch AI", "summary": "Chinese company Moonshot AI released a new version of its Kimi model this week, prompting concern about \"full AI communism.\"", "category": "AI", "published": "2026-07-18T18:51:07+00:00" }, { "title": "Iran, U.S. strikes ramp up as Tehran declares peace deal abandoned", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/world/iran-u-s-strikes-ramp-up-as-tehran-declares-peace-deal-abandoned", "source": "National Post", "summary": "A week of strikes by both sides has expanded to bridges, utilities and port facilities, suggesting little prospect of a return to the fragile ceasefire signed last month", "category": "National", "published": "2026-07-18T18:26:33+00:00" }, { "title": "British Conservatives find their new Margaret Thatcher", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/world/british-conservatives-find-their-new-margaret-thatcher", "source": "National Post", "summary": "Unlike the Iron Lady, Kemi Badenoch faces pressure from the left and the right as she reinstates the U.K. Conservatives\u2019 foundational values", "category": "National", "published": "2026-07-18T11:00:25+00:00" }, { "title": "Doug Ford visits Thunder Bay as northern Ontario fires force evacuations", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11971117/doug-ford-thunder-bay-wildfires-evacuees/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "There are nearly 200 wildfires burning in the province, sending thick smoke across Ontario and into parts of the United States.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-07-18T15:12:58+00:00" } ] }