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Extreme cold leads to flight cancellations in BC, Alberta : In The News for Dec. 21
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 Dec.21 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 21, 2022
Extreme cold in southern B.C. after heavy snow creates travel chaos
VANCOUVER - An extreme cold is settling over parts of British Columbia's Lower Mainland on the heels of heavy snow that grounded flights, jammed roads and delayed ferries. Environment Canada warns tha...
Dec 21, 2022
Canada moves to mandate electric vehicle sales starting in 2025
OTTAWA - One-fifth of all passenger cars, SUVs and trucks sold in Canada in 2026 will need to run on electricity under new regulations Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is proposing Wednesday. By...
Dec 21, 2022
Expert details condo conflict resolution process after deadly Vaughan, Ont. shooting
TORONTO - An industry expert says it would have been rare for a court to force the sale of a condo owned by a man who went on to kill five people at his Vaughan, Ont. building Sunday night. York Regio...
Dec 21, 2022
Extreme cold in southern B.C. after heavy snow creates travel chaos
VANCOUVER - An extreme cold is settling over parts of British Columbia's Lower Mainland on the heels of heavy snow that grounded flights, jammed roads and delayed ferries. Environment Canada warns tha...
Dec 21, 2022
Funeral for Ukrainian girl killed in hit and run will be held today in Montreal
MONTREAL - The funeral service for seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee Mariia Legenkovska will be held today in Montreal. Legenkovska, whose family moved to Montreal this year to flee the Russian invasio...
Dec 21, 2022
B.C. timber industry in throes of change, as premier warns of 'exhausted forests'
British Columbia's forest sector has "never been under greater stress," Premier David Eby says. There is an "inescapable recognition ... that change is needed to ensure our forest industry is sustaina...
Dec 21, 2022
Should Canada should produce more medicine amid ongoing shortages? Trudeau isn't sure
OTTAWA - As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children's medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to...
Dec 21, 2022
Toffoli and Kadri both score twice, Flames beat Sharks 7-3
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Tyler Toffoli and Dillon Dube both scored in the first 30 seconds, Nazem Kadri got the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sh...
Dec 20, 2022
B.C. snow, cold Alberta temperatures cause significant flight cancellations: WestJet
CALGARY - WestJet says snow in British Columbia and extreme cold in Alberta have caused hundreds of flight cancellations over the past three days. The airline says in a release that there were 210 can...
Dec 20, 2022