Canada

Wildfire evacuation order over for hamlet of Evansburg in west-central Alberta

Officials have lifted an evacuation order for the hamlet of Evansburg, Alta., about 120 kilometres west of Edmonton. Residents were told to leave on May 1 as dry and windy conditions fuelled wildfires...

May 10, 2023

On heels of damning sex abuse verdict, Trump to face voters on live CNN town hall

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is about to make more must-see TV - this time on the heels of a damning verdict in a New York courtroom. The former U.S. president was found liable for sexual abuse and defam...

May 10, 2023

Federally regulated workplaces will soon provide menstrual products for free

OTTAWA - Federally regulated workplaces are expected to begin offering free menstrual products to workers starting in mid-December. Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan has announced changes to the Canada L...

May 10, 2023

Flooding of Bonaparte River means more evacuation orders for Cache Creek, B.C.

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The risk of flooding has prompted more evacuation orders for residents in the Village of Cache Creek, B.C., as higher temperatures quickly melt of mountain snowpacks. In his latest...

May 10, 2023

Canada will help train Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia as war drags on

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand announced today that Canadian military members and their Latvian counterparts will begin training Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia this month. That means Canada is ad...

May 10, 2023

Trudeau to visit South Korea, attend G7 leaders' summit in Japan next week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to travel to Asia next week for an official visit to South Korea and the G7 leaders' summit in Japan. A news release today says Trudeau will visit Se...

May 10, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Canada will allow online passport renewal services this fall

OTTAWA - Canadians will be able to apply to renew their passports online beginning this fall, says Immigration Minister Sean Fraser. More coming. The Canadian Press

May 10, 2023

Municipalities asked Alberta's United Conservatives to keep aerial wildfire fighters

EDMONTON - Alberta's 2019 decision to cancel funding for an elite wildfire-fighting crew in 2019 came despite pleas to keep the Rapattack program from at least three municipalities, including one that...

May 10, 2023

N.S. approves wind farm, but federal officials worry project would kill at-risk birds

HALIFAX - A 13-turbine wind farm recently approved by the Nova Scotia government is worrying federal officials, who say there isn't enough information about what impact the project will have on the en...

May 10, 2023

CBC resumes activity on some of its Twitter accounts after hitting pause over labels

The CBC and Radio-Canada are returning to Twitter after pausing activity last month over their designation as "government-funded media" by the social media platform. CBC News editor-in-chief Brodie Fe...

May 09, 2023