Former Afghan interpreter details alleged sexual abuse by Global Affairs employee | Aid groups rally to help First Nations facing mass food spoilage after northwestern Ontario outages | Military asked to consider dismissing members after 1st offence of unwanted sexual touching
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Former Afghan interpreter details alleged sexual abuse by Global Affairs employee; A shooting exercise is seen at Camp Nathan Smith in Kandahar in 2010\. A former interpreter who was allegedly sexually abused by a Global Affairs Canada employee met her alleged abuser while working at the camp\.

Former Afghan interpreter details alleged sexual abuse by Global Affairs employee

July 19 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Clutching a teddy bear and trembling through her story in the witness box, a female former Afghan interpreter who worked for Canada in Afghanistan detailed the harrowing sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of a government employee. 

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Aid groups rally to help First Nations facing mass food spoilage after northwestern Ontario outages; Pikangikum First Nation Chief Paddy Peters says people were using vehicle headlights to illuminate their homes during the recent four-day power outage in the remote Ojibway community\.

Aid groups rally to help First Nations facing mass food spoilage after northwestern Ontario outages

July 19 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Aid organizations are ramping up efforts to replenish supplies after power outages across half a dozen First Nations in northwestern Ontario led to mass food spoilage. Meanwhile, more details have emerged about the magnitude of the impact of going for days without electricity in remote communities.

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Military asked to consider dismissing members after 1st offence of unwanted sexual touching; A series of military leaders were removed from prominent roles starting in 2021, causing a damaging and high-profile crisis\. The military is now working to implement changes recommended following that crisis\.

Military asked to consider dismissing members after 1st offence of unwanted sexual touching

July 18 , 2025 at 03:24:20 p.m. EDT • :

Defence Minister David McGuinty wants the military to review a trend in civilian court toward judges supporting workplaces firing Canadians for any unwanted sexual touching on the job — even if it happened once.

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Trump sues Wall Street Journal reporters, owners after Epstein story, court records show; U\.S\. President Donald Trump is shown at the White House on Friday, the same day he filed a lawsuit against two Wall Street Journal reporters and several others, raising claims under federal libel law, court records show\.

Trump sues Wall Street Journal reporters, owners after Epstein story, court records show

July 18 , 2025 at 06:36:13 p.m. EDT • :

U.S. President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners, including Rupert Murdoch, on Friday, seeking at least $10 billion US in damages over the newspaper's report that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for Jeffrey Epstein that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared.

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Coldplay couple a reminder that anyone can go viral — even in a crowd of 60,000; Screenshots from recent incidents that were captured in public and went viral\. From left, a man picks a fight on an Alberta golf course, a CEO and his co-worker are caught at a Coldplay concert in Boston and a man flips off a camera at a Liberal rally in Ontario\.

Coldplay couple a reminder that anyone can go viral — even in a crowd of 60,000

July 19 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

A tech CEO and his company's HR manager had a joyful evening turn into a nightmare after they popped up on the big screen at a Coldplay concert in Boston on Wednesday. The viral moment is one of many recent examples of lives being upended by social media.

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WATCH | Is the 'Gen Z stare' for real?; A composite image shows people staring into the middle distance\.  

July 18 , 2025 at 01:56:13 p.m. EDT • :

WATCH | Is the 'Gen Z stare' for real?

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'Shaken to our core': Small businesses struggle with high cost of going green; Asha Wheeldon set out to make her business net zero, but she's faced a number of challenges along the way\.  

July 19 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

'Shaken to our core': Small businesses struggle with high cost of going green

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Lawyers at centre of $7M real estate embezzlement case charged with fraud; Provisionally suspended lawyers Singa Bui, left, and husband Nicholas Cartel, right, spent time in jail last fall for failing to obey civil court orders related to an alleged fraud at their firm\. Now they're facing criminal charges\.   

July 18 , 2025 at 08:24:04 p.m. EDT • :

Lawyers at centre of $7M real estate embezzlement case charged with fraud

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Alberta premier demands apology from fire-stricken town of Jasper; Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is disheartened by a report into last summer's Jasper wildfire that she says unfairly criticizes and minimizes the contributions of her government\.  

July 18 , 2025 at 12:39:56 p.m. EDT • :

Alberta premier demands apology from fire-stricken town of Jasper

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More than 100 candidates — most in Canadian history — to run against Poilievre in byelection; Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre waves to the crowd as he rides in the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Alta\., Friday, July 4, 2025\. Poilievre is seeking to regain a seat in the House of Commons via an Alberta byelection next month\.  

July 18 , 2025 at 01:52:28 p.m. EDT • :

More than 100 candidates — most in Canadian history — to run against Poilievre in byelection

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July 18 , 2025 at 06:31:26 p.m. EDT • :

Calls for Canada to bar bands Kneecap, Bob Vylan over anti-Israel messages test limits of free expression

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July 18 , 2025 at 02:11:28 p.m. EDT • :

Teen boy, 16, was standing on dock when fatally struck by small plane in Lake Scugog, police say

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July 18 , 2025 at 08:24:04 p.m. EDT • :

As one Manitoba landfill search for First Nations women's remains ends, another is set to begin

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July 18 , 2025 at 08:35:24 p.m. EDT • :

CBC to broadcast 1st-ever Northern Super League final at Toronto's BMO Field

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July 18 , 2025 at 06:23:48 p.m. EDT • :

Canadian Druze community asks for humanitarian corridor into Jordan amid violence in Syria

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