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Communities spring into action to help N.W.T. wildfire evacuees
CALGARY - Communities receiving those fleeing the Northwest Territories wildfires are springing into action to help. Calgary pet charity Parachutes for Pets says it's gathering supplies for animals an...
Aug 17, 2023
Raft rescue at confluence of Nechako and Fraser rivers
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue rescued seven members of a float party at the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser rivers Wednesday afternoon.The City of Prince George says the Swiftwater re...
Aug 17, 2023
Montreal Chinatown residents urge city to act against crime, drug use
MONTREAL - Residents of Montreal's Chinatown are urging the city to act against what they describe as rising crime and drug use in their neighbourhood. A group of residents and merchants told a news c...
Aug 17, 2023
The victim of an illegal tackle, Canada's Ben LeSage part of raging rugby controversy
Canada's Ben LeSage has unwittingly found himself in the middle of a raging rugby controversy. The Canadian co-captain is a victim rather culprit in the story which involves two separate red cards in ...
Aug 17, 2023
NDP calls on feds to give study permits to institutions with 'credible' housing plan
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced a plan to address student housing shortages on Thursday. The party is calling on the federal government to allocate student permits to post-secondary instit...
Aug 17, 2023
Canada mulling 'game plan' if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's pres...
Aug 17, 2023
Access to electric vehicle charging getting better but not quickly enough
OTTAWA - If you live in Montreal or Vancouver and own an electric car, finding somewhere to charge it is likely as easy as a quick search of an app on your smartphone. If you live almost anywhere else...
Aug 17, 2023
Justice minister says Canada remains 'open' to criminalizing coercive control
OTTAWA - Canada's federal justice minister says gender-based violence is a "epidemic" and Ottawa remains open to criminalizing a pattern of behaviour known as coercive control. Arif Virani made the co...
Aug 17, 2023
Human activity and climate change cause cascading effects for Arctic ecosystem
It doesn't end up on dinner plates and it lacks the popular appeal of whales and dolphins, but scientists warn that a small fish that is critical to Arctic marine life could be in trouble from climate...
Aug 17, 2023
Saskatchewan vice-chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership
OTTAWA - David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Pratt currently serves as a vice-chief with the Federation of S...
Aug 17, 2023