{ "updated": "2026-08-07T23:00:47.411478", "items": [ { "title": "Urgent evacuation order issued for fast-moving wildfire near Summerland", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12014029/bald-range-wildfire-summerland-evacuation-order/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The BC Wildfire Service says it's displaying aggressive rank 5 behaviour, with an organized flame front with a fast rate of spread and moderate to long-range spotting.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-08T04:33:00+00:00" }, { "title": "'Significant risk to life': Evacuation orders issued for wildfire near Summerland", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/summerland-bc-wildfire-aug-7-9.7300528?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "A B.C. emergency alert says the Bald Range wildfire poses a significant risk to life.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-08T00:15:01-04:00" }, { "title": "Evacuations underway as wildfire near Summerland, B.C. explodes in size", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/07/summerland-rdos-faulder-bald-range-wildfire-evacuation-order/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "Evacuations are underway around Summerland, B.C., after a new wildfire near Okanagan Lake exploded in size.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-08T03:58:20+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018We are beginning a new era\u2019: Trump ally Abelardo de la Espriella sworn in as Colombia president", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/world/colombia-abelardo-de-la-espriella", "source": "National Post", "summary": "The former lawyer brings an abrupt turn to the right for the Andean nation, vowing to bomb jungle cocaine labs, build \u2018mega-prisons\u2019 and slash the size of the state", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-08T02:54:50+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018Beautiful and wonderful\u2019 new seahorse species named after UBC professor", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12013773/beautiful-wonderful-new-seahorse-species-named-ubc-professor/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "Amanda Vincent helps lead a global team in research, conservation and policy, which includes ensuring seahorses are not overharvested for traditional medicine, among other issues.", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-08-08T00:50:12+00:00" }, { "title": "Angels\u2019 Trout launches six career birthday homer in first inning vs. Marlins", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/angels-trout-launches-sixth-career-birthday-homer-in-first-inning-vs-marlins/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as Mike Trout crushes his sixth career birthday home run to open the scoring in the first inning against the Miami Marlins.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-07T19:53:00-04:00" }, { "title": "Residents who remained in Okanagan wildfire evacuation zone need to leave, officials say", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12013706/residents-remained-okanagan-wildfire-evacuation-zone-leave/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The organization (COEM) said it has become aware that some residents remained behind and said that an evacuation order is not a suggestion; it is a life-safety measure.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-07T23:38:06+00:00" }, { "title": "Mistakes costly for Whitecaps in Leagues Cup loss to FC Juarez", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mls/article/mistakes-costly-for-whitecaps-in-leagues-cup-loss-to-fc-juarez/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T01:25:58-04:00" }, { "title": "Traffic delays scheduled for major Salt Spring Island road", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/traffic-delays-scheduled-for-major-salt-spring-island-road-1340944/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit is warning drivers of traffic delays along a major road on Salt Spring Island. The post Traffic delays scheduled for major Salt Spring Island road appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-07T23:19:00+00:00" }, { "title": "MLB Highlights: Yankees 3, Braves 2 (10)", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/mlb-highlights-yankees-3-braves-2-10/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Austin Wells and Ben Rice drove in a run each in the ninth inning and Ryan McMahon drove in the winning run in extras to help the New York Yankees beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T01:15:30-04:00" }, { "title": "Phillies\u2019 Zack Wheeler chirps Blue Jays after David Popkins ejection", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/phillies-zack-wheeler-chirps-blue-jays-after-david-popkins-ejection/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T01:05:57-04:00" }, { "title": "Diamondbacks\u2019 Waldschmidt hits walkoff HR, Dodgers lose 7th straight", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/diamondbacks-waldschmidt-hits-walkoff-hr-dodgers-lose-eighth-straight/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T00:50:49-04:00" }, { "title": "MLB Highlights: Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 3", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/mlb-highlights-diamondbacks-4-dodgers-3/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Ryan Waldschmidt hit a walk-off two-run homer in the ninth inning to extend the Dodgers\u2019 losing streak to seven games as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T00:49:11-04:00" }, { "title": "Redblacks lose to Roughriders as winless skid hits 14 straight regular-season games", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/cfl/article/redblacks-lose-to-roughriders-winless-skid-hits-eight-straight/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T00:42:22-04:00" }, { "title": "Bradley Creek wildfire fight threatened by wind with hot, dry conditions", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12013672/wind-hot-dry-conditions-threaten-bradley-creek-wildfire-fight-vernon/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The Bradley Creek wildfire has not grown significantly over the past few days, but crews are still working to prevent flare-ups and keep the area safe.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-07T22:39:40+00:00" }, { "title": "MLB Highlights: Blue Jays 5, Phillies 4", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/mlb-highlights-blue-jays-5-phillies-4/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Jose Soriano pitched four-plus innings, and Josh Smith hit a solo home run in their Blue Jays debuts, as Toronto earned a 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-08T00:25:06-04:00" }, { "title": "Roughriders roll past winless Redblacks 42-20", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12014035/roughriders-roll-past-winless-redblacks-42-20/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "The Ottawa Redblacks are still searching for their first victory of the CFL season after a 42-20 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Friday.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-08T04:15:23+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018Eala Mania\u2019 continues Toronto takeover with gutsy win over McNally at NBO", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wta/article/eala-advances-to-round-of-16-at-national-bank-open/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "The National Bank Open is starting to feel like a Filipino festival. And, based on Friday\u2019s results, the party is only going up from here. Ryan Dixon covers off Alexandra Eala\u2019s latest win, and the swelling noise around Eala Mania.", "category": "Human Interest", "published": "2026-08-07T23:57:12-04:00" }, { "title": "After Rippling blew millions on AI in months, it built an employee ROI tool", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/07/after-rippling-blew-millions-on-ai-in-months-it-built-an-employee-roi-tool/", "source": "TechCrunch AI", "summary": "After its own AI usage wake-up call, Rippling this week unveiled AI Spend Console, a product that tracks individual and team employee AI spending.", "category": "AI", "published": "2026-08-07T21:30:11+00:00" }, { "title": "Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek 'vehemently' opposes Ontario ending wildfire implementation, evacuation orders", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/revoked-orders-9.7300065?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC Canada", "summary": "The leadership of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek, also known as Gull Bay First Nation, is \u201cvehemently opposing\u201d the Ontario government's withdrawal of wildfire implementation and evacuation orders around the community. The orders were updated at 12:02 a.m. ET.", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-08-07T17:07:03-04:00" }, { "title": "Saskatchewan human trafficking case \u2018sets a precedent,\u2019 Crown says, with 2 found guilty", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12013903/saskatchewan-human-trafficking-case-2-guilty/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "Saskatchewan human trafficking case finds two men guilty on charges of human trafficking and sexual assault after years in the court system.", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-08T02:57:55+00:00" }, { "title": "Metro Vancouver air quality improves as wildfire smoke begins to clear", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/07/air-quality-improves-friday/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "Air quality across Metro Vancouver has improved despite lingering hazy conditions, regional officials said Friday morning.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-07T20:57:37+00:00" }, { "title": "IIO seeking witnesses to July SkyTrain arrest in New Westminster", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/07/skytrain-arrest-iio-july/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "The Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO) is seeking witnesses to an arrest that took place aboard a SkyTrain in New Westminster on July 31.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-07T20:10:42+00:00" }, { "title": "How organizations are adapting to a summer of smoke in B.C.'s Interior", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-tourism-associations-smokle-9.7300373?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "About 10 per cent of tourists in Kelowna are cancelling their accommodation, with about 10 per cent of the occupied hotel rooms taken by wildfire evacuees. Tourism Kelowna says the city has more to offer than outdoor recreation, but last-minute cancellations\u2026", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-07T20:57:31-04:00" }, { "title": "No consideration of charges for Abbotsford, B.C., officer in fatal arrest: IIO", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/07/no-consideration-of-charges-for-abbotsford-b-c-officer-in-fatal-arrest-iio/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "British Columbia's police watchdog agency says it doesn't believe an Abbotsford officer committed an offence when a traffic-stop arrest turned fatal last year.", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-07T18:56:27+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018Sober Once Again\u2019: Nanaimo tugboat break-in suspect in recovery, pleads guilty", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12013877/nanaimo-tugboat-break-in-suspect-recovery-pleads-guilty/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "Security cameras captured Marcel Fontaine aboard the tugboat \u2018Trend D Foam\u2019, engaged in bizarre behaviour during a 30-hour stay earlier this year.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-08T00:54:29+00:00" }, { "title": "For Trevor Jang, Laughter Is the Best Medicine", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/08/07/Trevor-Jang-Standup-Comedy-Laughter-Best-Medicine-Healing/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "Performing standup comedy is instrumental to his own healing. Part 10 of The Tyee\u2019s Creative Forces series.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-08T00:40:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Candidates announced for North Vancouver-Capilano federal byelection", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/07/north-van-capilano-nominees/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "The federal byelection in North Vancouver-Capilano is set for Aug. 31, with voters choosing a new member of Parliament to replace longtime Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-08T00:26:01+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018You are going to ruin this farm\u2019: Debate grows over Cowichan Bay estuary restoration project", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/you-are-going-to-ruin-this-farm-debate-grows-over-cowichan-bay-estuary-restoration-project-1340963/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "A growing dispute in the Cowichan Valley is putting farmland, flood protection and the future of the Cowichan estuary at the centre of a heated debate. The post \u2018You are going to ruin this farm\u2019: Debate grows over Cowichan Bay estuary restoration project\u2026", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-08T00:21:33+00:00" }, { "title": "How Musicians Navigate the Digital \u2018Double Shift\u2019", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/08/07/Musicians-Navigate-Digital-Double-Shift/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "Social media curation is now a big part of their job. What does it cost them?", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-08T00:20:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Why Is Book Publishing So Precarious?", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/08/07/Why-Is-Book-Publishing-So-Precarious/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "Canada\u2019s cultural sector is a faster-growing industry than oil and gas. But workers continue to feel the effects of shrinking funds.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-08T00:10:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Vancouver-born NBA player died from effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities say", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/sports/brandon-clarke-cause-of-death-heroin-cocaine-grizzlies-nba-9.7300286?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke of Vancouver died in May from the effects of heroin and cocaine, authorities said Friday.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-07T19:40:03-04:00" }, { "title": "2 Sask. restaurant operators convicted of trafficking woman from Bangladesh", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/tisdale-elrose-gull-lake-human-trafficking-bangladesh-haider-masum-9.7300366?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC Canada", "summary": "Two Saskatchewan men have been found guilty of human trafficking for exploiting a Bangladeshi woman who worked in their restaurants in Gull Lake, Tisdale and Elrose.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-07T19:37:00-04:00" }, { "title": "Canada races for interim deal before Trump\u2019s 50% tariffs inflame trade feud", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canada-united-states-tariffs-2", "source": "National Post", "summary": "Canadian officials have told their U.S. counterparts that if Trump carries out his 50 per cent tariff threat this month, it would severely damage relations", "category": "Finance & Taxes", "published": "2026-08-07T23:15:55+00:00" }, { "title": "Saanich police seek missing 32-year-old woman last seen going camping in Woss area", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/saanich-police-seek-missing-32-year-old-woman-last-seen-going-camping-in-woss-area-1340945/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Police in Saanich are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 32-year-old woman last seen on her way to go camping more than two weeks ago. The post Saanich police seek missing 32-year-old woman last seen going camping in Woss area appeared first\u2026", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-07T23:03:29+00:00" }, { "title": "Winnipeg family frustrated after terminally-ill mother waits 20 hours in ER", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12013624/winnipeg-family-frustrated-terminally-ill-mother-waits-20-hours-in-er/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "A Winnipeg family is voicing frustrations after they say their terminally ill mother waited in an emergency department for 20 hours.", "category": "Medical & Health", "published": "2026-08-07T23:01:00+00:00" } ] }