Category Archives: Canada
'Very different Christmas' for those affected by B.C. wildfires this season
British Columbia's 2023 wildfires were a life-changing disaster for many, and their impact has echoed into the holiday season. The fire season was already breaking records by mid-August when forecaste...
Dec 21, 2023
Canada faces green Christmas as El Nino follows warm summer, head climatologist says
Canada's chief climatologist says if you don't already have it, the song is only white Christmas you're likely to get. David Phillips of Environment Canada says most of the country has been unusually ...
Dec 21, 2023
A 'watershed year' for Canada-U.S. relations, but guess who's lurking in the wings?
WASHINGTON - Two years ago, the new United States ambassador to Canada arrived in snowbound Ottawa for the first time, thinking he knew all about America's rock-ribbed relationship with its trusted no...
Dec 21, 2023
Outgoing Norad commander says Canada, U.S. too slow to adapt to threats
OTTAWA - In a world of uncertainty, there is one critical mission the North American Aerospace Defence Command can count on every year: tracking Santa Claus. On Sunday, millions of people will log ont...
Dec 21, 2023
Quebec, Inuit to reopen self-government negotiations in new year
MONTREAL - The Quebec government and the organization that officially represents Inuit in the province are reopening negotiations around self-government for the province's Far North. Pita Aatami, pres...
Dec 20, 2023
Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
Qapik Attagutsiak, last survivor of Inuit war effort and beloved elder, dies at 103
Qapik Attagutsiak was already a young woman in 1940, a mother at ease on the land and a skilled midwife, when she heard about a conflict occurring among many people in faraway lands. Qapik, who prefer...
Dec 20, 2023
Intelligence watchdog's delayed report says Global Affairs program risks blowback
OTTAWA - Canada's intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states. The National Security and Intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2023
Olympian, philanthropist, head of Canadian Women's Foundation appointed to Senate
OTTAWA - A former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women's Foundation have all been newly appointed to the Senate. The appointees include Marnie McBean, who was an Olympic medal...
Dec 20, 2023
No charges in B.C. 2022 Christmas Eve bus crash that left 4 dead
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says there will be no charges stemming from a bus crash on an icy highway in the province's Interior last Christmas Eve that killed four people. Ser...
Dec 20, 2023
