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Heat advisories for Alberta and B.C., temperatures set to soar 15 degrees over normal
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has blanketed all of Alberta and most of British Columbia in special heat advisories as daytime temperatures are expected to soar up to 15 degrees above normal over the ...
May 11, 2023
Disaster risk profile warns Canada ill-prepared for a major earthquake
OTTAWA - The first draft of a new national disaster risk assessment report warns that a major earthquake in British Columbia or parts of Ontario and Quebec could swiftly become the most costly natural...
May 11, 2023
Former intelligence officer calls on Canada to expel more Chinese diplomats
OTTAWA - A former intelligence officer with Canada's spy agency is calling on the federal government to kick out more Chinese diplomats, saying they have too big a presence in the country. Michel June...
May 11, 2023
'Chaotic' down south, concern up north as U.S. ends COVID border, immigration rules
WASHINGTON - It's a tale of two borders today as the U.S. braces for the end of its COVID-19 restrictions: chaos in the Rio Grande Valley and concern along the 49th parallel. President Joe Biden says ...
May 11, 2023
US ambassador accuses South Africa of providing arms to Russia; president cites investigation
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The U. S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons to Russia via a cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of C...
May 11, 2023
Lantzville's Salgado through to Canada's Got Talent final
NANAIMO - He came, he sang and he is conquering.Raymond Salgado, a singer from Lantzville, will move onto the Canada's Got Talent final after audience votes pushed him through from a well-received sem...
May 11, 2023
Canada women look to end HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series season on high note in France
A season of change wraps up this weekend in Toulouse, France, for the Canadian women's rugby sevens side. While the eighth-ranked Canadians have not made the podium as they have in the past, coach Jac...
May 11, 2023
Pakistan's Supreme Court orders release of former PM Imran Khan, after his arrest sparks violence
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, whose arrest earlier this week sparked a wave of violence across the country by his suppo...
May 11, 2023
Slain officer identified, two others in hospital after shooting east of Ottawa: OPP
BOURGET, Ont. - One officer is dead and two others were injured early Thursday morning after they were shot in a village east of Ottawa, Ontario Provincial Police said. The OPP commissioner said he an...
May 11, 2023
In The News for May 11 : RCMP to start field-testing body-worn cameras
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
May 11, 2023