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Author: Aaron D’Andrea
Publication Date: August 19, 2026 - 11:24
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‘Aggressive’ Asian tiger mosquito found in Niagara Region
August 19, 2026
Niagara Region Public Health said Tuesday it has detected a single Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian tiger mosquito, through its ongoing surveillance program.
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To qualify for higher income assistance in Nova Scotia, a home now needs running water and a sewer connection. The province filed the legislative amendment on Aug. 25 and it took effect the same day. It rewrites the provision the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal interpreted on Aug. 7, when it ruled that Bradley Lowe’s tent was his accommodation. Lowe died Dec. 15, 2023, of an overdose in a tent in front of Halifax City Hall, after camping at Victoria Park. Two months earlier he applied to move from $380 a month to the enhanced rate of $974, saying he had a disability and owned his tent. He...
August 26, 2026 - 19:46 | Mason Kossak | National Post
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rejected the idea of using the province’s oil exports as leverage in the U.S. trade war, saying that such a move would “devastate the Canadian economy” and inflate energy prices for consumers across Canada. The premier was responding to growing calls — including from Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi and former Alberta premier Jason Kenney — to consider using Canada’s energy exports to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariffs. But such a move, Smith said, would prompt the U.S. to slap fresh levies on everything from crude oil...
August 26, 2026 - 19:30 | Jesse Snyder | National Post
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August 26, 2026 - 19:06 | Sean Boynton | Global News - Canada
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