Category Archives: Canada

Seven stories in the news for Wednesday, Aug. 30 --- FIRES FORCE EVACUATIONS IN MANITOBA AND SASKATCHEWAN The Red Cross is evacuating three northern Manitoba communities threatened by a forest fire. I...

Montreal’s world-famous brain research centre is in the middle of conducting an experiment on what could be its most ambitious subject: itself. Since 2016, McGill University’s Montreal Neu...

CALGARY - The mother of a Calgary gas-station worker who was killed trying to stop a man from stealing fuel says she feels sorry for him. Kobra Mohammadi and her son Mohammad Rashidi came to Calgary f...

PELICAN NARROWS, Sask. - About 450 people are leaving a northeastern Saskatchewan community because of smoke and road closures caused by wildfires. The Saskatchewan government says approximately 150 p...

WASAGAMACK, Man. - The Red Cross is working to carry out the evacuation of three northern Manitoba communities threatened by nearby forest fires. The fire is closest to the Wasagamack First Nation and...

WASHINGTON - Two Canadian men are among more than a dozen people indicted Tuesday by a grand jury in Washington, D.C., for attacking protesters in May 2017 during a U.S. visit by Turkish President Rec...

WINKLER, Man. - The man accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl inside a church in Winkler, Man., will receive a mental-health assessment to determine if he is fit to stand trial. Maksym Kravchenko, 39...

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia has unveiled its expanded terminal, which doubles the facility’s cargo capacity. Dubai-owned DP World’s two-year project...

WINDSOR, Ont. - Heavy rainfall in southwestern Ontario has left scores of flooded streets and basements as some areas were hit with more than 200 millimetres of rain in less than 24 hours. The city of...

ALERT BAY, B.C. - A group of First Nations and environmentalists are occupying a salmon farm near Alert Bay, B.C., and say they won’t leave until the provincial and federal governments revoke pe...