Unpublished Newswire
A Newfoundland judge has convicted a butcher with theft and eight counts of fraud for putting deep discounts on meat for himself, his friends and fellow employees. Between March and May of last year, Jins Joseph was caught on surveillance cameras multiple times changing stickers on beef so it was labelled as cheaper cuts and giving himself and others 50 per cent discounts that weren’t warranted. One fraud expert testified Joseph’s actions over the course of 27 weeks starting in November 2024 cost the Dominion Store in Corner Brook where he worked about $2,700. “I conclude that Mr....
July 30, 2026 - 07:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
About 2,088 people in northwestern Ontario remain under evacuation due to wildfires in the region, according to a spokesperson for the province's minister of emergency preparedness and response. Meanwhile, some communities are starting to send their members home. Here's what we know about how wildfires are affecting communities across the region.
July 30, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A non-profit representing Canadians with autism says better emergency alert systems for missing vulnerable people are needed after the death of a Calgary boy.
July 30, 2026 - 06:51 | | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada won’t use energy exports as a bargaining chip in U.S. trade talks. More on that below, along with U.S. wildfires and why Canadians don’t want to get prenups.
July 30, 2026 - 06:02 | Sebastian Leck | The Globe and Mail
Walk into a Toronto bar on a Friday night and some of the drinks in people’s hands have no alcohol in them at all. The customers holding them are not sober, just pacing themselves. The industry calls it ‘zebra striping’, alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks during a night out. In Canada it has grown into a $223-million business, and the people driving it are mostly still drinkers. Low- and non-alcoholic beverage sales climbed from $171 million in 2023 to $200 million in 2024 and $223 million last year, according to NielsenIQ . About 20 per cent of Canadian households bought...
July 30, 2026 - 06:00 | Mason Kossak | National Post
Awareness of the latest U.S. tariff threat is high among Canadians, according to a new Leger poll, but only 50 per cent support some level of tariff response. Overall, 68 per cent of poll respondents are following Canada–U.S. trade developments closely, the new data suggest. More men (77 per cent) are doing so than women (59 per cent). Meanwhile, Canadians 55 and over are more engaged in the tariff news (79 per cent) than younger Canadians, 18-34 (59 per cent). The poll results state that 80 per cent of respondents had heard about U.S. President Donald Trump’s most recent tariff...
July 30, 2026 - 06:00 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
