Canada
Ontario’s wildland firefighters are facing “extremely challenging” conditions on the ground in northwestern Ontario, their union said.More than 150 crews were deployed to northwestern Ontario as of Friday morning, including some from Alberta and the Yukon.As of Thursday evening, there were 129 active fires burning in northwestern Ontario, the provincial…
The wildfire season in B.C. has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100.On Wednesday morning the province’s firefighters faced only about 20 blazes in what had been a relatively quiet season, but as of Saturday morning there were about 115…
Nova ScotiaA wildfire on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is now listed as being held, but ground crews will continue the containment efforts throughout the day. Residents evacuated on Thursday are now allowed to return to their homes.Evacuation centres at Musquodoboit Rural High School and Marine Drive Academy have closedCBC News ·…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. WARNING: This story contains details and images that could be disturbing Chase Sinclair says he doesn’t expect to…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that any money made from tolls on the Gordie Howe International Bridge won’t…
While working as a landscaper, Kayla Climenhaga often watched electricians at job sites, offering a glimpse of what she hoped would be a better future — and a bigger paycheque — for her down the road.”Watching from the side, that obviously looked very appealing,” said Climenhaga. “And it got me…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Frank Stronach has been granted a mistrial on his sexual assault conviction, a rare post-verdict ruling that leaves the…
Federal authorities are looking into whether Canadian National Railway Co. broke the law after a crew had to be evacuated from a train engulfed in flames in northwestern Ontario.The government is “conducting followup oversight” to determine if CN failed to comply with rules under the Railway Safety Act, said Transport…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Canada’s justice minister has ordered a new trial for a Quebec man convicted of four murders, who was released…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Frank Stronach has been granted a mistrial on his sexual assault conviction, a rare post-verdict ruling that leaves the…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.More than 30 years after his walk-off home run to win the World Series, Joe Carter still doesn’t want…
Nigerian sprinter Gloria Obajimi had just purchased a new camera at the Olympic Village when she learned she had an hour to pack up and leave the site of what was supposed to be her first Olympics: the 1976 Montreal Games.Barely 20 years old, Obajimi had spent two weeks prior…
Listen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.First Nations leaders in Alberta are turning to a campaign that saw record on-reserve voter turnout in an effort…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Frank Stronach has been granted a mistrial on his sexual assault conviction, a rare post-verdict ruling that leaves the…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.The remains of two girls who died at residential school in Fort Resolution, N.W.T., in the 40s have been…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Pat King, a key figure in the 2022 convoy protests, will be re-sentenced after the Ontario Court of Appeal…
The scale of the John Horgan Dam, the most costly engineering project in British Columbia history, is hard to fathom until up close.The crest of the dam is more than one kilometre long. The six enormous pipes that channel water from the dam reservoir to power-generating turbines are each 11…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Frank Stronach has been granted a mistrial on his sexual assault conviction, a rare post-verdict ruling that leaves the…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A provincial legislator is urging the Ontario government to “closely examine” a new concrete operation in Canada backed by…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A downtown Regina mosque says it has received threats after beginning a weekly amplified Muslim call to prayer from…
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A Hamilton teen who pulled a man from a tent engulfed in flames has been awarded the Carnegie Medal,…
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