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Canada suspends operations at embassy in Afghanistan, citing safety concerns
Canadians working to evacuate allies from Afghanistan described chaos, fear and disappointment on Sunday as Canada shut down its embassy in Kabul and suspended diplomatic relations amid a Taliban adva...
Aug 15, 2021

Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...
Aug 15, 2021

Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...
Aug 15, 2021

Cyclist rides 100 laps up their steep street for Nanaimo fundraiser
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo cyclist exceeded their fundraising goal by riding up and down their steep mid-Nanaimo street 100 times. Marc Gervais pedalled along Chestnut St. in mid-July to raise money for the ...
Aug 15, 2021

Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...
Aug 15, 2021

Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...
Aug 15, 2021

Nursing grads say pandemic experience pushing them out of Quebec hospitals
MONTREAL - Nursing students and recent graduates from nursing programs in Quebec say working conditions in the province's public health-care system are pushing them into the private sector, further ex...
Aug 15, 2021

Property insurers update risk modelling as Canada braces for climate impacts
VANCOUVER - The estimated $78 million in insured property damage from the wildfire that devastated the community of Lytton, B.C., in June is a fraction of the rising costs of disasters fuelled by clim...
Aug 15, 2021

Trudeau expected to visit Governor General, trigger early, pandemic-era election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to set the gears in motion today for a federal election. He's set to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to ask her to dissolve Parliament and call a vote for...
Aug 15, 2021

12 killed in overnight grenade attack in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from an overnight grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi rose to 12 on Sunday. Attackers targeted the truck on Saturday evening as it ...
Aug 15, 2021