Category Archives: Canada
Twenty six properties on evacuation order in B.C. wildfire zones dropped to alert
VICTORIA - Evacuation orders for 26 properties in British Columbia's Kamloops and Shuswap Lake areas affected by two separate wildfires have been lifted and downgraded to alert status. The Thompson-Ni...
Sep 02, 2023
Maine resident captures nature in action in N.B. as shark snacks on whale carcass
Paul Keller was sitting on the back porch of his rented cottage by the Bay of Fundy, sipping his morning coffee, when he spotted some commotion in the water. Perhaps the splash of a flipper, he figure...
Sep 02, 2023
Canada's envoy to Ukraine says Canadian support will outlast Russian invasion
OTTAWA - Canada's new ambassador to Ukraine had an eerie sense of dj vu when she reached Kyiv last month. Natalka Cmok saw so many locals with missing limbs that it reminded her of working in Ukraine ...
Sep 02, 2023
CSIS disinformation campaign leans on Soviet imagery, as Ottawa tracks 'grey media'
OTTAWA - Canada's spy agency is leaning on Soviet imagery to help prime the public against disinformation but experts say Moscow is more likely to use images that make readers think the messaging is c...
Sep 02, 2023
School boards grappling with AI use in classroom, but formal policies still elusive
Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology...
Sep 02, 2023
Ecologists say life will return to B.C. wildfire zone, but trees may never grow back
The charred hills surrounding Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior will likely look very different in a year's time and beyond as life returns to the wildfire-ravaged landscape, ecologists predict. An e...
Sep 02, 2023
N.W.T. officials set to share details about lifting of Yellowknife evacuation order
YELLOWKNIFE - Residents of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation have been told they'll be allowed home as early as Sept. 6, barring any increase in wildfire risk. The city and the Yellowknives Dene F...
Sep 02, 2023
Another Canadian who served in Afghanistan files discrimination lawsuit against feds
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to combine two separate lawsuits after another Canadian-Afghan has alleged Canada discriminated against Afghan refugees by treating them differently t...
Sep 01, 2023
A look at British Columbia's 12 wildfires of note
Twelve of the 400 or so blazes burning in British Columbia are described by the province's wildfire service as "wildfires of note," meaning they are highly visible or pose a threat to public safety. H...
Sep 01, 2023
New fences, gate controls among international border upgrades since 'Freedom Convoy'
OTTAWA - The Canadian Border Services Agency is improving the perimeter fences, gate controls and road infrastructure at 11 border crossings between the United States and Canada following the "Freedom...
Sep 01, 2023
