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🚑 Mga Balita at Insidente

  1. Sandalang paglikas nang may 136 na wildfire sa hilagang-kanlurang Ontario. Iniulat ng Ontario na may 136 aktibong wildfire sa northwest hanggang 8 p.m. Miyerkules, kung saan 63 ang nakalista na out of control; ipinataw ang mandatory evacuation para sa Armstrong, Whitesand First Nation, Collins First Nation, Gakijiwanong Anishinaabe Nation (Lac La Croix FN) at Lac des Mille Lacs First Nation, at isinara nang buo ang Highway 599 at Highway 527 maliban sa ilang lokal na trapiko para sa paglikas.

  2. May-ari ng lodge malapit sa Upsala muntik malagay nang masunog habang nasira ang mga karatig na resort. Iniulat ni Rylie Isaacs Laforge ng Lac Des Mille Lodge, mga 160 kilometro northwest ng Thunder Bay, ang wildfire noong Hunyo 30 at sinabing umabot ang apoy sa gilid ng kanyang campground, sinunog ang ilang campers habang ang kanyang lodge ay nakaligtas; ipinakita ng datos ng Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources na may 129 aktibong wildfire sa northwest region kung saan 62 ang hindi kontrolado sa isang ulat.

🏛️ Gobyerno at Pulitika

  1. Opisyal na humiling ang Ontario ng tulong pederal at militar para sa mga paglikas dahil sa wildfire. Sinabi ni Minister of Emergency Preparedness Jill Dunlop na nagpadala ang probinsya ng pormal na Request for Assistance sa pederal na pamahalaan para “mapabilis ang deployment ng pederal na mga resources,” kabilang ang posibleng suporta mula sa Canadian Armed Forces, habang naitala ng Ontario ang 482 nasunog ngayong taon kumpara sa 362 noong katulad na panahon noong nakaraang taon.

  2. Tinalakay ni Premier Doug Ford ang iskandalo sa gastos sa hotel at nangakong babayaran ang mga tinatayang nagastos. Sinabi ni Ford na ang mga MPP na nag-charge ng hotel stays ay “magbabayad pabalik,” matapos ibunyag ng Ontario NDP na 20 PC MPPs ang nag-bill ng $120,000 para sa mga kuwartong hotel sa downtown Toronto kahit nakatira sila sa loob ng 50 kilometro ng Queen’s Park; iniulat na si Tourism Minister Stan Cho ay nag-bill ng higit sa $16,000.

🚨 Krimen at Pampublikong Kaligtasan

  1. Babaeng taga-Ontario umamin sa guilty sa $265,330 na scam ng Taylor Swift tickets. Inamin nina Denise Tisor at ng isang kasosyo ang panlilinlang sa 107 biktima ng kabuuang $265,330 sa pamamagitan ng pag-angkin ng akses sa Rogers Centre tickets para sa Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour noong Nobyembre 2024; natuklasan ng pulisya na ang sinasabing contact sa Rogers ay walang kinalaman, ayon sa agreed statement of facts.

  2. Halton police nakumpiska ng $5M halaga ng cocaine at meth, pinakamalaking meth bust sa kasaysayan ng serbisyo. Nagresulta ang Project Jester sa pagkakakuha ng 20 kg ng cocaine at 273 kg ng methamphetamine matapos ang mga traffic stop noong Marso at Mayo at isang Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant sa isang commercial building sa Brampton; tinatayang street value ng magkabilang droga ay $5 million.

💼 Ekonomiya at Negosyo

  1. Sinasampahan ng rail union ng paratang ang CN na pinadalhan ng crew sa aktibong wildfire malapit sa Armstrong. Ayon sa Teamsters, napalibutan ng apoy ang isang CN train crew malapit sa Armstrong, northwestern Ontario; na-evacuate ang crew at ginamot para sa smoke inhalation, at pansamantalang sinuspinde ng CN ang operasyon malapit sa Armstrong, ayon sa kompanya.

🏥 Kalusugan

  1. Tumataas ang kaso ng Cyclospora sa Quebec at B.C.; binabantayan ng Canada ang outbreak sa U.S. Iniulat ng Quebec ang 107 na kaso ng cyclosporiasis hanggang Hulyo 11, 2026 kumpara sa 30 sa kaparehong panahon noong 2025, habang ang B.C. ay nag-ulat ng 93 kaso ngayong taon; sinabi ng mga opisyal ng Quebec na karamihan ng mga kaso ay konektado sa paglalakbay, pangunahin sa Mexico, at mas mababa sa lima ang nag-ulat ng paglalakbay sa United States.

🎨 Komunidad at Kultura

  1. Pinangalanang miyembro ng Canadian Football Hall of Fame si Calvin Tiggle; induction Set. 17. Inanunsyo ang dating linebacker na naglaro para sa Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Toronto Argonauts bilang bahagi ng 2026 class, at gaganapin ang Hall of Fame induction ceremony Set. 17 sa Hamilton Stadium.

📰 Ngayon Din

  • Usok mula sa wildfire bumalot sa Toronto, nananatili ang orange air-quality warning; posibleng gumanda ang kondisyon Biyernes.
  • Ayon sa Teamsters, ginamot ang crew dahil sa smoke inhalation matapos masunog ang tren malapit sa Armstrong.
  • Dating deputy interior minister ng Iran na si Seyed Salman Samani humiling sa Federal Court na ipatigil ang deportation.
  • Sinasabi ng Ontario na ang 482 sunog ngayong taon ay humigit kumpara sa 362 noong 2025 at 170 noong 2024 sa parehong panahon.
  • Bumaba ng $1M ang gastos sa staff sa opisina ni Ford matapos ang kritisismo sa paggastos; 10 trabaho nabawas.
  • Nagsimula ang Project Jester noong Marso at nagresulta sa traffic stop sa Brampton at search warrant noong Mayo 7.
  • Gumamit si Denise Tisor ng palayaw na 'Denise Blackhawk' habang niloko ang 107 biktima.
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  • Dirigent ng Ottawa orchestra nagtapos ng 11-taong tungkulin sa kanyang huling pagtatanghal (mga detalye iniulat).
  • City councillor nagbabala ng trapikong 'RTO hell' sa kabila ng transportation plan.

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