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SUPPLIED Marlow co-founder Nadia Ladak pitches the Toronto-based startup to Women’s Equity Lab Manitoba investors in Winnipeg last month. Right: A selection of Marlow period care products.

WEL Manitoba investment fund signs on with Canadian company in push to meet province’s menstrual products mandate

Aaron Epp 5 minute read Friday, Jul. 17, 2026

An all-women, angel investment fund in Winnipeg is opening new doors for a Toronto-based company that produces organic, toxin-free tampons and pads.

WEL Manitoba recently voted to fund Marlow, a health startup that aims to revolutionize period care with the first-ever lubricated tampon designed for smoother and more comfortable insertion.

The fund’s investors were so impressed with Marlow they started linking the company with employers and retailers in the keystone province even before investing in the company, said Katie Hall Hursh, managing partner.

Those connections are being made in the lead-up to Sept. 1 — the day when all provincially regulated companies must provide free menstrual products to their employees.

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File photo — A 1/10 model of a next-generation combat jet is on display at a booth for the Global Combat Air Program at the Japan International Aerospace Exhibition in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Canada to join multinational fighter program in observer role: reports

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Canada to join multinational fighter program in observer role: reports

Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press 2 minute read 1:43 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Canada is widely expected to enter into a multinational next-generation fighter jet program this week, though not as a full member.

International news media have reported for months that Ottawa is poised to sign onto a program to make a sixth-generation fighter with the U.K., Japan and Italy.

Canada is eyeing observer status, which means getting access to inside information on the Global Combat Air Program before Ottawa decides on anything.

Several Canadian cabinet ministers are attending the biennial Farnborough Air Show in the U.K. this week, and an announcement could happen on Tuesday.

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Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ storms the box office with a $264.1 million global debut

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Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ storms the box office with a $264.1 million global debut

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press 6 minute read Updated: 12:39 PM CDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, notching an even better debut than “Oppenheimer” and marking the filmmaker’s best opening since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Nolan flexed his singular box-office might with a global debut unlike any other. Few filmmakers alive could pull off a starry, big-budget adaptation of Homer’s epic poem. But in a Hollywood where intellectual property rights rule most hits, Nolan turned one of the world’s oldest works of literature into an unlikely summer blockbuster.

The Universal production was no small gamble on Nolan, coming off the 2023 best picture-winning “Oppenheimer.” With a production budget of $250 million, it’s among the most expensive R-rated movies ever made. Universal is spending some $125 million to market it.

But no behind-the-camera name turns out audiences more than Nolan's. So great was the hype on “The Odyssey” that IMAX put tickets on sale for some 70 mm showtimes a full year in advance. To satisfy the extraordinary demand for Nolan's preferred format, IMAX 70 mm, some theaters added midnight and 3 a.m. screenings — and sold them out.

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Soccer

Argentina fans gather for a rally on the eve of the World Cup final soccer match in New York's Times Square, Saturday, July 18, 2026 (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

The World Cup winner will earn $51 million under expanded purse

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The World Cup winner will earn $51 million under expanded purse

Luis Andres Henao And Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press 5 minute read Updated: 10:19 AM CDT

The winner of the World Cup will hoist a trophy, receive championship rings for the first time and gain a lifetime of glory in what will be a defining moment in the country's sports history. It'll also lead to a significant payday.

The World Cup winner earns $51 million. The second prize is $34 million.

FIFA expanded the payout for the 2026 World Cup, setting a record with a combined $871 million paid to the 48 participating teams. That tally includes more than $100 million that was added in April after some federations in Europe lobbied for help to cover costs at a tournament across three countries that has required extensive travel and lodging costs.

The $51 million for either Argentina or Spain is a large sum, but it also pales in comparison to the fortunes that are spent on global soccer. It's also smaller than what last year's Club World Cup winner earned in a tournament also played in the U.S.

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The tail of a humpback whale comes out in the morning fog, on the St. Lawrence River in Tadoussac, Que., Aug. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Marine monitoring network in Quebec could help improve environmental regulations

Jean-Benoit Legault, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Preview

Marine monitoring network in Quebec could help improve environmental regulations

Jean-Benoit Legault, The Canadian Press 6 minute read 9:28 AM CDT

MONTREAL - A new marine monitoring system that can detect undersea earthquakes, whale songs, ship noise and tidal activity could help improve environmental regulations, according to a recently-published study.

The monitoring network, developed by scientists from McGill University, Natural Resources Canada, the Université du Québec à Montréal and Dalhousie University, has been deployed in Quebec's Bas-Saint-Laurent region along the south shore of the lower St. Lawrence River.

It combines underwater instruments with monitoring stations on the coast and land and allows for the simultaneous monitoring of earthquakes, water behaviour, human activity, and whales. This system provides “a comprehensive picture of what’s happening in, under, and at far distances from the water” — all with a single device.

“I think this is a truly interesting, innovative, and original aspect of this project: for the first time, we were able to install this equipment on the riverbed and leave it in place for an extended period to record all these signals,” said the study’s lead author, Yajing Liu of McGill’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.

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A man prepares to pump gas in Toronto, on April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

The Canadian Press 2 minute read 9:00 AM CDT

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:

Inflation

Statistics Canada will release its latest inflation figures on Monday when it publishes the consumer price index for June. The annual inflation rate rose to 3.2 per cent in May, pushed higher by gasoline prices. Excluding gasoline, the consumer price index in May was still up at 2.2 per cent compared with a year ago.

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Ella Arney and Basil Arney sit in their hotel room in Thunder Bay, Ont., Friday, July 17, 2026, after being evacuated from their home in McKenzie Lake due to the threat of wildfires. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario wildfire evacuees recall ashes ‘landing from the sky’ in harrowing escape

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Ontario wildfire evacuees recall ashes ‘landing from the sky’ in harrowing escape

Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press 7 minute read 5:00 AM CDT

THUNDER BAY - The smoke that blanketed Whitesand First Nation became thicker, darker and more acrid within hours.

By Monday afternoon, debris started falling down from the pine trees. Panic began to grow in the remote Ontario community more than 250 kilometres north of Thunder Bay. 

That's when Daniel Nodin realized it was time for everyone to pack up and flee for their lives. 

Although the blaze was still invisible, the retired firefighter knew this: Wildfires cannot kill from far away, but the smoke can.

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Argentina's Lionel Messi works out during a training session on the eve of the World Cup final soccer match in Morristown, N.J., Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final a very high-priced ticket to watch Messi and Yamal

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Spain vs. Argentina World Cup final a very high-priced ticket to watch Messi and Yamal

The Associated Press 2 minute read Yesterday at 12:54 PM CDT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Anyone looking for a last-minute ticket to see Lionel Messi and Argentina face off against Lamine Yamal and Spain in the World Cup final should be ready to dig deep into the wallet for the credit card with the biggest balance possible.

A key to a bank vault would work if there is one laying around.

Sunday's final in East Rutherford, New Jersey is one expensive ticket.

FIFA's official ticket resale site listed its cheapest tickets Saturday morning at $6,411.25 for a mid-level view behind the goal. Those disappeared by lunchtime.

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The company logo is shown on the tailgate of an unsold 2026 F150 pickup truck sitting for sale outside a Ford agency Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Centennial, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Unifor releases details on tentative agreement with Ford

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Unifor releases details on tentative agreement with Ford

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:21 PM CDT

Thousands of Canadian auto workers could secure three per cent wage increases every year for the next three if they agree to a new labour contract.

Unifor released details of a proposed collective agreement between its bargaining leads and Ford Motor Company on Saturday.

The union says the deal includes a renewed commitment by Ford to keep its facilities open where Unifor employees work.

The bargaining team says Ford has also committed to investing more than $1 million into its plants in Windsor and Oakville, Ont.

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Updated: Yesterday at 3:21 PM CDT

Environment

People participate in a march in Vancouver to protest the opening of AI data centres on Saturday, June 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Fears are widespread about data centre impacts on Canada’s water, environment: poll

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Preview

Fears are widespread about data centre impacts on Canada’s water, environment: poll

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Yesterday at 5:00 AM CDT

OTTAWA - A large majority of Canadians in a recent poll said they worry that artificial intelligence data centres will hike their power bills and harm the environment.

In the Leger poll, 81 per cent of respondents said they are concerned about the prospect of data centres leading to spikes in their household electricity bills.

A similar share, 79 per cent, said they worry about the environmental impacts, such as the large amounts of electricity and water data centres consume, as well as their greenhouse gas emissions.

When the survey touched on the issue of data sovereignty and asked respondents whether they support building data centres to back Canadian-based AI services, more were in favour than were opposed.

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