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Publication Date: August 17, 2026 - 07:00
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'I felt like a sitting duck': B.C. mother recounts harrowing escape from scaffolding collapse in Regina
August 17, 2026
Claire Johnstone was loading her young son into her car when, all of a sudden, a scaffold came crashing down next to her car on Aug. 11. "It took me a second to realize that it was actually hitting the car," said Johnstone.
September 9, 2026 - 06:29 | Catherine Morrison | The Globe and Mail
Good morning. On the same day Canada’s countertariffs took effect, the U.S. fired back with expanded trade barriers. More on that below, along with a loan from the Smithsonian and the new season of the In Her Defence podcast.
September 9, 2026 - 06:19 | Sierra Bein | The Globe and Mail
Andri Ruel, 19, a recent graduate of Garneau Catholic Secondary School in Ottawa, wasn’t impressed with his history classes in high school. “I really, really hated anything to do with Canada because it was just so boring. It was constantly the same thing over and over again,” he says. “We had the War of 1812 and that’s pretty much the interesting part of our history, according to me, at least.” Sophie Peterson, 15, now in Grade 10 in that city’s Canterbury High School, agrees: “It’s interesting the first year, and then it’s sort of the same stuff again and again, because Canada was...
September 9, 2026 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post



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