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Author: James Macdonald
Publication Date: September 27, 2025 - 09:30
These Vancouver Island caves give rescuers room to hone life-saving skills
September 27, 2025
A waterfall tumbles down the rock face near 10 or so cavers hunched deep within a cranny in Horne Lake Caves, one of Vancouver Island’s best-known cave systems.
As part of a rescue training workshop, the volunteer cavers are learning how to strap a person onto a backboard – a role played by a fellow volunteer – and how to manoeuvre and communicate in dark, tight and twisting passages.
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J.R. (Jim) Miller was a foundational figure among Canadian historians. His major works, a series of deeply researched books about the complicated relationships between Canada’s settlers and Indigenous people, set a standard for his profession and educated Canadians about overlooked aspects of their history.“He made an excellent contribution to Indigenous-settler relations before anyone called it that,” said Onondaga scholar David Newhouse, a professor emeritus and inaugural director of the Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies at Trent University, in Peterborough, Ont.
October 24, 2025 - 04:00 | James Cullingham | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA
— U.S. President Donald Trump says he has “terminated” trade talks with Canada, taking issue with an anti-tariff ad taken out by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government featuring former U.S. president Ronald Reagan that the president says was “fake.”
Trump announced the move in a post on Truth Social late Thursday.
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October 23, 2025 - 23:50 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
U.S. President Donald Trump says he is terminating trade talks with Canada, citing a recent Ontario government anti-tariff ad featuring late Republican president Ronald Reagan.In a late-night post to Truth Social on Thursday, Mr. Trump referenced the advertisement which Ontario launched last week and said the Ronald Reagan Foundation announced that the advertisement is “fake.” He wrongly claimed the ad cost $75,000, but Ontario has said it is spending $75-million on the campaign.
October 23, 2025 - 23:40 | Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
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