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Received today — 17 May 2026 National Post Canada

B.C. couple in hospital isolation after testing positive for hantavirus

16 May 2026 at 21:55
The B.C. Provincial Health Office is reporting that one of four high risk individuals who was on the cruise ship M.V. Hondius and self-isolating on Vancouver Island has tested presumptive positive for the Andes hantavirus. Read More

Trump returns from China with little progress to reopen Hormuz

16 May 2026 at 15:56
Iran said transit through the Strait of Hormuz will normalize once security conditions are restored, after U.S. President Donald Trump returned from a visit to China with an agreed desire to reopen the critical maritime route but little in the way of a path to achieving it. Read More

Jews targets of 82% of religion-motivated hate crimes in Toronto in 2025: police data

Some 82% of religion-motivated hate crimes in Toronto in 2025 targeted Jews, compared to 14 per cent that were anti-Muslim, according to annual hate crime statistics that the Toronto Police Service released on Thursday. Read More

The $600M cost of Danielle Smith’s carbon deal with Ottawa

16 May 2026 at 11:00
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on Friday was quick to tout the potential economic benefits of her latest pipeline deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Beneath those headline claims, however, is a much less visible $600-million cost. Read More
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