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The Week in Canadian Press Releases: 10 Stories You Need to See

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A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from Cision Distribution this week

TORONTO, July 31, 2026 /CNW/ — With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on Cision. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular releases, here’s a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn’t be missed.

The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.

Tim Hortons® invites guests to celebrate Back to Hogwarts with Harry Potter™ inspired menu items, merch, limited-edition packaging and more – launching August 12 
“Harry Potter has been a beloved part of so many of our guests’ lives for decades and we couldn’t be more excited for Canadians to discover the wizarding world at Tims restaurants,” said Hope Bagozzi, Chief Marketing Officer for Tim Hortons. “We’re exclusively bringing the magic of Harry Potter to QSR in Canada in true Tims fashion — from donuts inspired by each Hogwarts House, to a Golden Snitch Timbit® and Timbit holder, spellbinding Patronus and Forbidden Forest inspired drinks, and limited-edition merch that guests will want to collect and share.”AMAPÁ MINERALS ANNOUNCES PRICING OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING 
Amapá Minerals Holdings Inc. (“Amapá Minerals” or the “Company”) announced today the pricing of its initial public offering of 127,272,728 common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares”) at a price of $1.10 per Common Share, for gross proceeds of $140,000,000 (the “Offering”), following the filing of the Company’s final base PREP prospectus (the “FinalProspectus”) with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada in connection, the issuance of a receipt for the Final Prospectus and the entering into of an underwriting agreement in respect of the Offering.TELUS transforms legacy telecommunications site into 195 new homes for Nanaimo 
Located at 235 Wallace St, the multi-storey, mixed-use build features 195 purpose-built rental units, providing much-needed housing supply to downtown Nanaimo, while thoughtfully honouring the city’s unique coastal identity and heritage. The Nanaimo development is part of TELUS’ long-term strategy to repurpose legacy telecommunications infrastructure into purpose-built rental housing as the company modernizes its network and completes the transition from copper to PureFibre technology. The Nanaimo community joins TELUS Living’s growing portfolio of developments that are transforming underutilized TELUS properties into housing across Canada.GLOBAL X ANNOUNCES JULY 2026 MONTHLY & UPCOMING SEMI-MONTHLY DISTRIBUTIONS FOR ITS SUITE OF ETFs 
Global X Investments Canada Inc. (“Global X”) is pleased to announce the distribution amounts per security (the “Distributions”) for its exchange traded funds (the “ETFs”). The distributions for securities of each ETF will be paid on or about the Pay Date indicated in the tables below, either in cash or, if the securityholder has enrolled in the applicable ETF’s dividend reinvestment plan, through the reinvestment of such distributions in additional securities of the applicable ETF.Peakhill Capital Closes $350 Million Credit Facility to Accelerate Multifamily and CMHC-Insured Lending Across Canada 
“The strong support from this syndicate of leading Canadian and international banking institutions reflects the quality of our portfolio, the discipline of our underwriting, and the strength of our platform operations,” said Harley Gold, President & CEO of Peakhill Capital. “This facility gives the LP the scale and flexibility to expand our financing capabilities at a time when the need for housing capital across Canada has never been greater.” This milestone broadens the LP’s borrowing capacity, enabling Peakhill to diversify its lending relationships and continue scaling its origination activity while maintaining its focus on well-structured insured and conventional real estate credit opportunities.SOMA REPORTS PROGRESS ACROSS THREE MINING ASSETS 
Geoff Hampson, Soma’s CEO, states: “We are very pleased to receive the approved PTO for Aurora, which allows us to increase production in line with our 2026 plan. We are encouraged by the progress made at Escondida in rehabilitating the two portals and shafts, positioning the mine for further growth. We remain on track to increase production at Escondida to 20 TPD by the end of the third quarter, and to the permitted 40 TPD by year-end. The mill feed from Aurora, Escondida and el Limón will add approximately 100-120 TPD to the current production of 400-450 TPD from the Cordero Mine.”Heidi Peters selected chair and Christina Picton vice-chair of Canadian Paralympic Athletes’ Council 
Peters officially becomes chair after serving as vice-chair since March 2025 and acting chair since April 2026, when former lead Jeremy Hall stepped down from the council. The three-time Paralympian is currently captain of Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team, which recently finished fourth at the 2026 world championships. She was also part of the bronze-medal winning team at Paris 2024, the nation’s first Paralympic medal in the sport. Picton is a two-time Paralympian in Para nordic skiing, competing at Milano Cortina 2026 and Beijing 2022. She is also a longtime team member and current captain of Canada’s women’s Para ice hockey team, including winning a silver at the sport’s first-ever women’s world championships in 2025.TOURMALINE ANNOUNCES STRONG SECOND QUARTER RESULTS AND LIQUIDS MARKETING AGREEMENT 
Q2 2026 cash flow(1)(2) (“CF”) of $786.1 million ($2.02 per fully diluted share), generating $192.1 million of free cash flow(3) (“FCF”) in the quarter. The Company entered into a long-term agreement to increase propane and butane exports through the AltaGas REEF terminal, increasing Tourmaline’s exposure to premium LPG export markets by approximately 55% and resulting in higher realized margins for these products.  Volumes under this agreement will be delivered from Tourmaline’s planned new rail loading facility to be located adjacent to the Groundbirch-Monias deep cut plant under construction.WHITECAP REPORTS RECORD SECOND QUARTER 2026 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND INCREASED PRODUCTION GUIDANCE
Record Funds Flow: Generated record quarterly funds flow of $1.4 billion or $1.11 per share. Our operating netback of $43.84 per boe was driven by strong realized oil and condensate prices and continued reductions in operating costs. Significant Free Funds Flow: Strong production performance, combined with disciplined management of controllable operating and capital costs, resulted in free funds flow of $925 million, or $0.76 per share1, during the second quarter of which $221 million of dividends were paid to shareholders. Four Days. Six Free Beachfront Concerts. One Epic Summer Weekend: BeachLife Festival Is Here
The brand-new Wasaga BeachLife Festival and Midway is now underway, bringing four days of free beachfront concerts, midway rides, family fun and unforgettable summer experiences to Beach Areas 1 and 2 through Sunday. Whether you’re singing along to the timeless hits of The Guess Who, Foreigner, Stevie Nicks and Heart, sharing a cold beer with friends, enjoying midway rides after sunset, or simply taking in another spectacular Georgian Bay sunset, BeachLife Festival is designed to celebrate everything people love about summer in Wasaga Beach.

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Tripo AI Releases Latest Model Tripo P2.0, Advancing AI 3D Generation with Production-Ready Assets

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tripo AI unveiled Tripo P2.0, its latest 3D-native foundation model enabling high-fidelity 3D assets generation with quad topology, marking a major breakthrough in generative 3D.

As an upgrade from Tripo Smart Mesh P1.0, P2.0 brings native quad mesh generation, a first for the AI 3D industry, representing a major advance in AI-powered 3D content creation. The model allows 3D creators to move AI-generated 3D content seamlessly into production, addressing one of the longstanding challenges in AI 3D generation.

Following the release of P2.0 Preview in August, the official launch of P2.0 added two new features: multiple versions generation per prompt and Mesh Edit. The model makes it easier than ever for creators to edit, rig, animate and integrate AI generated characters and props into production pipelines.

“Topology has been the wall between AI-generated 3D and real production: game and film pipelines are built on quad meshes, and until now AI got there only through slow, unstable retopology. P2.0 can quickly generate quad-dominant meshes natively, with clean part separation and the edge flow an artist would lay out manually. Production-ready is today’s bar; the longer-term goal for Tripo is to build models that understand, generate and interact with 3D environments,” says Dr. Yanpei Cao, Chief Scientist of Tripo AI.

The model supports both triangle- and quad-based 3D assets generation, offering up to 50,000 faces for triangle topology and up to 25,000 faces for quad topology. With one single prompt, P2.0 allows generation of a maximum of four versions of the same asset with different face counts, giving creators greater flexibility to produce assets with varying levels of complexity and details.

The newly added Mesh Edit feature gives creators direct control over the result. They can select and regenerate any region of a mesh without altering the rest of the asset. Instead of regenerating the whole asset and hoping for a better outcome, creators can refine the asset more precisely, step by step.

The model offers front, back, left and right views of the generated assets, allowing them to closely match users’ intentions.

P2.0 also supports Smart UV which enables creators to unwrap 3D assets into a 2D layout with a single click, making it easier for texturing and further editing.

Designed for games and interactive experiences, Smart Mesh P2.0 helps 3D artists, technical artists and game developers create assets ready for production. It is particularly well suited to generating game characters, hard surface objects such as vehicles, props and buildings, as well as creating 3D assets at scale.

About Tripo AI

Tripo AI is a global leader in the development of 3D-native foundation models and world models. Founded in 2023 by leading scientists in AI and computer graphics, the company has developed a comprehensive end-to-end product ecosystem, built around its proprietary 3D-native foundation models and world models. With Tripo Studio and Tripo API, Tripo AI has transformed 3D generation. Powered by a world-class AI 3D research team, the company is advancing AI toward understanding, generating, and interacting with 3D environments.

Tripo AI’s models and products have been widely adopted by individual users and enterprises globally, serving industries including intelligent manufacturing, virtual reality, interactive entertainment, and embodied AI, empowering enterprises to unlock new productivity and scale applications of generative 3D.

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Xinhua Silk Road: Chinese solutions for meteorological early-warning help more countries tackle climate challenges

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BEIJING, Sept. 21, 2026 /CNW/ — For millennia, as her believers believe, the traditional Chinese sea goddess Mazu has been blessing safe voyages. Now, Chinese meteorological early-warning solutions named after her are helping more countries prevent meteorological disasters.

“MAZU”, released by the China Meteorological Administration at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), is a set of China’s homegrown AI-enabled meteorological solutions featuring universal multi-hazard early warning, alerting and zero-gap coverage.

Supporting cloud-based trials in more than 40 countries, “MAZU” has been applied in countries including Pakistan, Ethiopia, the Solomon Islands, Jordan, Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Djibouti, rapidly expanding its global presence.

As the first set of solutions under the UN Early Warnings for All initiative, “MAZU” integrates AI-based meteorological early-warning models, Fengyun meteorological satellite data, multi-source monitoring products and cloud computing power.

In May this year, “MAZU” was recommended by the World Meteorological Organization at the 11th Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals held at UN headquarters in New York.

Unsurprisingly, “MAZU” caters to the demand for both menu-style solution offerings and highly flexible customized solutions to help relevant countries prevent meteorological disasters caused by climate change.

In Pakistan, where monsoons and rainstorms usually cause torrential floods, an early-warning system co-developed by China and Pakistan was formally embedded in relevant platforms of Pakistan’s meteorological authority.

In Ethiopia, Chinese experts leveraged the integration of data from China’s Fengyun meteorological satellites and local meteorological stations to help local weather forecasters generate high-precision nowcasts via the Fenglei and Fengqing AI models.

In Sri Lanka, the meteorological bureau of southeast China’s Fujian Province is assisting the country in achieving high spatiotemporal resolution precipitation and temperature forecasting.

Apart from the application cases of “MAZU”, nearly 1,000 people from more than 100 developing countries and regions have come to China to receive technology training focused on early warning.

As China is a crucial partner of the Early Warnings for All initiative, its platforms, satellites and AI models have helped dozens of countries enhance their early-warning capacities, noted UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 2026 WAIC.

Such a mode of cooperation, involving technology transfer, joint R&D and local capacity building to help developing countries better protect their people, is exactly what the world needs now, added Guterres.

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Xinhua Silk Road: “My City, My Home” global visual submission campaign kicks off in Fuzhou for World Cities Day

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BEIJING, Sept. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A global call for “My City, My Home” visual submission campaign for the upcoming World Cities Day has officially kicked off in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, inviting people around the world to submit photos and short videos to share stories of urban development.

World Cities Day, celebrated annually on October 31 since 2014, is the first UN-designated international day dedicated to cities. Fuzhou will host the Global Observance of World Cities Day 2026.

As part of the Observance, the “My City, My Home” campaign aims to enhance the global influence of World Cities Day, encourage greater public participation, and promote the concept of sustainable urban development through a campaign open to everyone.

According to the announcement for the campaign, individuals, families, communities, schools, social organizations and other groups are all welcome to participate. The submissions should closely reflect the annual theme of this year’s World Cities Day — Regenerating the City: Adequate Housing for All.

Participants should form a square frame with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands to frame scenes that showcase the livability and renewal of their cities, and then take photos or short videos. This signature gesture symbolizes houses that shelter people, evokes the outline of early walled cities, and represents a perspective through which to capture the beauty of cities.

Participants are encouraged to start their videos with opening lines such as “This is my city”. They are also encouraged to include in their photos and videos an introduction to the city and the filming location, the reasons why the selected scene reflects urban regeneration or livability, and personal stories related to the city.

The submission period runs from the date of publication until 11:59 p.m. on October 14 (Beijing Time). Photos and videos may be submitted via Douyin or to the designated email address Mycitymyhome@outlook.com .

Photos and videos may be submitted in either 9:16 vertical or 16:9 horizontal format. Each video should be at least 5 seconds long.

Outstanding submissions will be selected for inclusion in the official campaign video, which will be presented at the opening ceremony of the Global Observance of World Cities Day 2026 in Fuzhou on October 31.

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