{ "updated": "2026-08-18T23:01:01.322313", "items": [ { "title": "How the Blue Jays have carved out new identity during recent turnaround", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/how-the-blue-jays-have-carved-out-new-identity-during-recent-turnaround/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Shi Davidi joins Sportsnet Central to discuss the Blue Jays notching another big win over the Rays, touching on Alejandro Kirk\u2019s hot streak at the plate, the team\u2019s dominant pitching, and how they\u2019ve started to establish their identity of late.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-18T22:50:18-04:00" }, { "title": "Major traffic delays following crash near McKenzie Avenue", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/major-traffic-delays-following-crash-near-mckenzie-avenue-1342766/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "A multi-vehicle crash is causing major traffic delays on the Trans-Canada Highway near the McKenzie Avenue overpass in Victoria Tuesday evening. The post Major traffic delays following crash near McKenzie Avenue appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-19T02:45:56+00:00" }, { "title": "B.C.\u2019s honey producers brace for the sting of 50% new tariff from the U.S.", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12026405/bc-honey-producers-brace-sting-us-tariff/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The U.S. is threatening tariffs on $28 billion worth of Canadian exports, from dairy to alcohol to plywood and honey. The deadline for those tariffs to be implemented is 9 p.m. PT", "category": "Finance & Taxes", "published": "2026-08-19T02:06:19+00:00" }, { "title": "Wildfires Are Yet Another Challenge for This Young Immigrant Chef", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/08/19/Wildfires-Young-Immigrant-Chef/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "After moving from India to Toronto to Clinton, Armaan says feeding fire crews is \u2018the least I can do.\u2019", "category": "Immigration", "published": "2026-08-19T07:40:00+00:00" }, { "title": "TAIWANfest Returns to Vancouver This Labour Day Weekend", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2026/08/19/Taiwanfest-Returns-Vancouver/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "The three-day celebration will feature live performances, interactive workshops, \u2018Hope Talks\u2019 and shared cultural stories.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-19T07:30:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Conservatives and Greens Challenge the Liberals in a North Shore Byelection", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/08/19/Conservatives-Greens-Challenge-Liberals-North-Shore/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "World events, cost of living and environmental backsliding could have an impact in this urban/suburban riding.", "category": "Finance & Taxes", "published": "2026-08-19T07:20:00+00:00" }, { "title": "BC Needs Commitments on Distant Carbon Capture Promises", "url": "https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/19/BC-Needs-Commitments-Carbon-Capture-Promises/", "source": "The Tyee", "summary": "Construction of a new pipeline supposedly depends on an emissions reduction project. But will it be built?", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-19T07:10:00+00:00" }, { "title": "Island businesses brace for new tariffs as buy-local demand grows", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/island-businesses-brace-for-new-tariffs-as-buy-local-demand-grows-1342703/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "A Victoria puzzle company is taking a creative approach to a new round of U.S. tariffs, offering to split the added cost with its American customers rather than risk losing them altogether. The post Island businesses brace for new tariffs as buy-local demand\u2026", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-19T01:07:31+00:00" }, { "title": "Tumbler Ridge school demolition 'new chapter' in recovery after shooting, residents say", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-school-demolition-new-building-memorial-plans-9.7310968?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "Residents in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., gathered for an emotional milestone this week as the site of February\u2019s mass shooting is torn down and returned to grass.", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-18T20:33:52-04:00" }, { "title": "Rutschman hits towering solo shot for first homer with Red Sox", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/rutschman-hits-towering-solo-shot-for-first-homer-with-red-sox/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as catcher Adley Rutschman crushes a towering solo shot to record his first home run with his new team, the Boston Red Sox.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-18T20:28:07-04:00" }, { "title": "Bregman pokes single up the middle to notch Cubs\u2019 second straight walk-off", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/bregman-pokes-single-up-the-middle-to-notch-cubs-second-straight-walk-off/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as Chicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman pokes a single up the middle in the bottom of the ninth to notch his team\u2019s second straight walk-off win.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-19T00:47:03-04:00" }, { "title": "Alexandra Lodge, a gold rush-era landmark, survives B.C. wildfire", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/18/alexandra-lodge-landmark-survives-b-c-wildfire/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "The owners of the gold rush-era Alexandra Lodge in southwestern B.C., are celebrating news that the landmark is still standing after a wildfire came perilously close.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-18T22:33:30+00:00" }, { "title": "Rodriguez allows extra run to score after throwing ball into crowd with two outs", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/video/rodriguez-allows-extra-run-to-score-after-throwing-ball-into-crowd-with-two-outs/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Watch as Seattle Mariners centre-fielder Julio Rodriguez has a brain cramp and throws the ball into the crowd with only two outs, allowing a run to score in the process.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-19T00:06:36-04:00" }, { "title": "Proposed treaty with B.C. First Nation raises concern about access to tourist attraction", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12026193/bc-first-nation-proposed-treaty-concern-public-access/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The proposed treaty for the Songhees Nation calls for the transfer of Hatley Park, which is federal Crown land that includes Royal Roads University and Hatley Castle.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-18T21:47:07+00:00" }, { "title": "'Things could have gone way differently': Coroner's inquest into RCMP shooting hears testimony from witness", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coroner-inquest-julian-jones-9.7311902?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC British Columbia", "summary": "Late one evening in February 2021, a woman called the Tofino RCMP seeking help. She said she'd been confined and sexually assaulted by two men in a home in the remote Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation community of Opitsaht.", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-18T23:38:33-04:00" }, { "title": "Brewers tie MLB shutout record with 22-0 win over Mariners", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/brewers-tie-mlb-shutout-record-with-22-0-win-over-mariners/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-18T23:13:07-04:00" }, { "title": "American League wild-card roundup: Blue Jays keep pace with crowded field", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/american-league-wild-card-roundup-blue-jays-keep-pace-with-crowded-field/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "Five teams in the American League wild-card race entered play Tuesday with 61 wins, but only three separated themselves by getting win No. 62.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-18T23:10:42-04:00" }, { "title": "Trump pauses tariffs on Canada, cites pending trade deal", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12025675/canada-us-trade-deal-donald-trump-tariffs/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "The president says on social media that the duties were delayed \"based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!\"", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-19T02:46:17+00:00" }, { "title": "Caitlin Clark, Fever produce \u2018spectacle\u2019 in Toronto as Tempo lose 11th straight", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wnba/article/caitlin-clark-fever-produce-spectacle-in-toronto-as-tempo-lose-11th-straight/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "On a night Brittney Sykes made her much-anticipated return for the Tempo, the home side couldn\u2019t quite finish off a fourth-quarter rally against Caitlin Clark and the Fever.", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-18T22:44:50-04:00" }, { "title": "Blue Jays Romp Rays (home, Aug 18)", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/?sn-collection=blue-jays-romp-rays-home-aug-18", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "", "category": "Sports & FIFA", "published": "2026-08-18T22:07:20-04:00" }, { "title": "Frank Beard, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer of boogie-rock trio ZZ Top, dies at 77", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/18/frank-beard-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-drummer-of-boogie-rock-trio-zz-top-dies-at-77/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band\u2019s biggest hits like \u201cSharp Dressed Man,\u201d \u201cLegs\u201d and \u201cGimme All Your Lovin,\u2019\u201d has died. He was 77.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-18T20:05:28+00:00" }, { "title": "Quebec election likely won't put Churchill Falls deal in jeopardy, experts say", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/quebec-election-likely-won-t-put-churchill-falls-deal-in-jeopardy-experts-say-9.7311413?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC Canada", "summary": "Leading up to the announcement of a new Churchill Falls agreement, questions swirled about what would happen if Quebec elects new leadership in the fall. But according to one political expert, Ottawa\u2019s influence will make the deal much harder to break.", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-08-18T16:04:37-04:00" }, { "title": "Chinatown business break-ins up 275% in first half of 2026", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12025999/chinatown-business-break-ins-up-275-first-half-2026/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "One of the most recent crimes occurred at the Tasty Market & Caf\u00e9 on East Georgia Street at Gore Avenue, where a large window remained boarded up Monday.", "category": "BC Headlines", "published": "2026-08-18T19:51:28+00:00" }, { "title": "Disorder and suffering permeating beyond Pandora", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/disorder-and-suffering-permeating-beyond-pandora-1342670/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Victoria business owners near Pandora Avenue are reaching a \"breaking point\" and are calling the current government response to mental health and addictions a failure. The post Disorder and suffering permeating beyond Pandora appeared first on CHEK .", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-08-19T01:46:27+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018Generations of knowledge\u2019 to be shared as SPSA enters MOU with First Nations councils", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12025825/spsa-mou-saskatchewan-first-nation-councils/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "Wildfire management in Saskatchewan will be informed by First Nations perspectives, as outlined in an MOU signed by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency and two nations, Tuesday.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-18T19:38:46+00:00" }, { "title": "Court told that Meta hooked children and misled public", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/world/court-told-that-meta-hooked-children-and-misled-public", "source": "National Post", "summary": "In what many are calling social media's 'big tobacco moment,' states are asking that Meta be penalized by around US$200 billion", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-19T01:36:11+00:00" }, { "title": "Wildfire season tracking to be 4th worst on record; fire risk remains elevated", "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/18/wildfire-season-tracking-to-be-4th-worst-on-record-fire-risk-remains-elevated/", "source": "CityNews Vancouver", "summary": "OTTAWA \u2014 Canada is on track for its fourth worst wildfire season on record.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-18T19:28:05+00:00" }, { "title": "Australian court begins appeals hearing for mushroom murderer Erin Patterson", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/australian-court-begins-appeals-hearing-for-mushroom-murderer-erin-patterson", "source": "National Post", "summary": "Three judges are hearing two appeals \u2014 Patterson's attempt to overturn her conviction and the prosecution's demand for a stiffer sentence", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-19T01:17:09+00:00" }, { "title": "NASA finds crater created by SpaceX rocket\u2019s Moon crash", "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/space/nasa-finds-crater-created-by-spacex-rockets-moon-crash", "source": "National Post", "summary": "New crater is estimated to be about 18 metres wide and three metres deep", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-19T01:04:06+00:00" }, { "title": "\u2018He did not deserve to die\u2019: Inquest into fatal Tofino RCMP shooting begins", "url": "https://cheknews.ca/he-did-not-deserve-to-die-inquest-into-fatal-tofino-rcmp-shooting-begins-1342699/", "source": "CHEK News", "summary": "Laura Manson entered Port Alberni court Tuesday, carrying a collage of photos of her little brother Julian Jones. She held it up high in the courtroom when she took the stand on the first day of the coroner's inquest into his death. The post \u2018He did not\u2026", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-19T01:01:01+00:00" }, { "title": "8 hate charges from a single Toronto protest outnumber 13 years of enforcement", "url": "https://thehub.ca/2026/08/18/8-hate-charges-from-a-single-toronto-protest-outnumber-13-years-of-enforcement/", "source": "The Hub Canada", "summary": "# Editorial Summary This article argues that Toronto's sudden enforcement of hate speech laws\u2014eight charges from a single March 2025 protest versus four total charges over 13 years\u2014reveals an institutional choice rather than a legal gap, and calls for\u2026", "category": "Crime & Courts", "published": "2026-08-18T18:54:48+00:00" }, { "title": "Canada\u2019s Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to round of 16 at Cincinnati Open", "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/atp/article/canadas-felix-auger-aliassime-advances-to-round-of-16-at-cincinnati-open/", "source": "Sportsnet", "summary": "After experiencing major disappointment at his home tournament, Felix Auger-Aliassime is back on the winning track south of the border.", "category": "Immigration", "published": "2026-08-18T20:42:59-04:00" }, { "title": "Drunk driver who killed 2 in 2024 crash pre-approved for day parole", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/brittany-barry-drunk-driving-parole-9.7311266?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC Canada", "summary": "Brittany Barry is serving a six-year sentence for drunk driving causing the deaths of Laura Hannah, 53, and Jamie Hannah, 20, and injuring her own two children, who were in the vehicle with her.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-18T14:12:24-04:00" }, { "title": "Government spending questioned as SRO still open while businesses are closing", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12026365/bc-government-spending-questions-sro-open-businesses-closing/", "source": "Global BC", "summary": "The Broadway Subway Project has already caused business owners in the area to express frustration with long delays and declining revenue.", "category": "Politics", "published": "2026-08-19T00:08:11+00:00" }, { "title": "Hope Mission looks to expand permanent shelter services in Edmonton", "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12026336/hope-mission-expand-shelter-services-edmonton/", "source": "Global Canada", "summary": "A public hearing was held Monday on a rezoning application for the site near Argyll Road and 75th Street. Currently, the building is used as a thrift store and a warehouse.", "category": "Travel & Outdoors", "published": "2026-08-19T00:03:18+00:00" }, { "title": "Elections Alberta soliciting help from other jurisdictions to carry out fall referendum", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/elections-alberta-referendum-staffing-9.7311711?cmp=rss", "source": "CBC Canada", "summary": "Elections Alberta says it has invited senior and experienced electoral staff from across the country to help carry out October's referendum.", "category": "National", "published": "2026-08-18T20:02:14-04:00" } ] }