Category Archives: Canada

B.C. makes flood plans for possible 'worst case' if landslide bursts from river
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the best-case scenario for a landslide blocking the Chilcotin River is a gentle clearing that doesn't take debris down the riv...
Aug 03, 2024

Forbidden fruit: Don't eat the food growing in downtown Ottawa planters, says NCC
OTTAWA - On the western side of Major's Hill Park, tall stalks of corn wave in the breeze from planters overlooking the place where the Rideau Canal empties into the Ottawa River. Scarlet beans have w...
Aug 03, 2024

Mother blasts MPs on House committee for 'disgusting' treatment of her daughter
OTTAWA - The mother of a witness who stormed out of a House of Commons committee in tears berated Liberal, NDP and Conservative members for a "disgusting" partisan display in a letter Friday that she ...
Aug 02, 2024

N.S. Black community prays for wounded, including 17-year-old girl, shot at reunion
HALIFAX - A week after shots were fired during a reunion of former residents of a historic Black community in Halifax, a teenager remains in hospital with a bullet in her body, and a local church has ...
Aug 02, 2024

Hot weather for B.C. long weekend expected to dry out forest fuels
The BC Wildfire Service says it now considers eight of the more than 300 fires burning across the province as "wildfires of note," as crews prepare for hot and dry conditions in the south of the provi...
Aug 02, 2024

Ottawa says Meta may still see Online News Act regulation — but CRTC wants more proof
OTTAWA - The Liberal government continues to insist that Meta may still be regulated under its Online News Act, as Facebook and Instagram users find loopholes to share articles despite its news ban. B...
Aug 02, 2024

Four-year-old boy drowns in residential pool southwest of Montreal
BEAUHARNOIS, Que. - A four-year-old boy drowned Thursday night in a residential pool southwest of Montreal. Emergency services were alerted at around 8:30 p.m. about a child in cardiac arrest who had ...
Aug 02, 2024

'Ontario's moment:' Minister says Canada building blueprint for nuclear energy future
WASHINGTON - Ontario is selling itself as the nuclear North Star to guide the direction of American power as the United States looks to de-carbonize amid ever-increasing demand for energy. "It really ...
Aug 02, 2024

Canada finishes space launch negotiations with the United States
OTTAWA - Canada is a step closer to the final frontier after completing negotiations with the United States on an agreement with major implications for domestic space launches. The agreement, which is...
Aug 02, 2024

In the news today: Backcountry campers not deterred by Jasper fire
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Backcountry campers not deterred by Jasper fire Some backcountry campers rescued from the wildfire in Jasper N...
Aug 02, 2024