Category Archives: Canada
Environmental group buys Fraser River island near Chilliwack, B.C., to protect salmon
VANCOUVER - An important salmon habitat will be protected after the multimillion-dollar purchase of an island in British Columbia's lower Fraser River by an environmental organization, with the help o...
Jul 08, 2024
Environment Canada to provide update on heat wave as temperatures in B.C. remain high
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a heat wave brought in by a "ridge of high pressure" is expected to persist over dozens of regions in B.C. until about mid-week. The weather office issued more than...
Jul 08, 2024
After highway death of a beloved bear in B.C., experts look for lessons
FIELD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - In the spring of 2023, a Parks Canada team strung electric fence along a section of the Trans Canada Highway from Lake Louise to the B.C.-Alberta boundary. It was par...
Jul 07, 2024
Montreal failed to address school flushing sewage into river for years
MONTREAL - A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fi...
Jul 07, 2024
Heat warnings expand in B.C. as heat expected to intensify
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a heat wave covering more than three dozen regions in British Columbia is expected to intensify today. It says elevated temperatures pose a risk to public health, s...
Jul 07, 2024
Trudeau to tell allies to stay resolute as Ukraine to at centre of NATO summit
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Canada will be reassuring allies of its commitment to the western alliance as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to Washington, D.C., this week to take part in the NATO leaders'...
Jul 07, 2024
B.C. woman faces terrorism charges for travelling to Syria to join ISIS in 2015
VANCOUVER - Mounties in British Columbia say they have charged a 51-year-old woman with two terrorism-related offences after she reportedly travelled to Syria in 2015 to join ISIS. They say Kimberly P...
Jul 06, 2024
‘close associate’ of Quebec gang leader arrested by B.C. RCMP
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec City say a man suspected of having close ties to the leader of Quebec street gang Blood Family Mafia has been arrested. City police spokesperson Pierre-Olivier Lvesque says...
Jul 06, 2024
Whale researcher says orphan orca 'likely' seen off Vancouver Island at Friendly Cove
VICTORIA - A whale researcher says a lone young killer whale spotted surfacing Friday at Friendly Cove off the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is likely the orphan orca calf that was trapped in ...
Jul 06, 2024
Man in 60s dies after highway car crash in Centre-du-Québec
MONTREAL - A man in his sixties has died after a car crash on Friday afternoon in the Centre-du-Qubec region of the province. Provincial police say two drivers collided on Highway 55 in Sainte-Eulalie...
Jul 06, 2024