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Island Health preaches water safety as heat picks up
NANAIMO - While the first heatwave of the spring isn't deemed a considerable health threat, the same can't be said for those looking to cool off in rivers and lakes.Dr. Shannon Waters, a medical healt...
May 13, 2023
Slain OPP officer's funeral set for Thursday at Ottawa hockey arena
The funeral for an officer shot and killed in eastern Ontario is set for next week. Ontario Provincial Police say Sgt. Eric Mueller will have a police funeral at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa on ...
May 13, 2023
Indian cops hunt suspects in illegal crossing deaths of family to U.S. from Akwesasne
Police in India say they are looking for three men in connection with the deaths of a family from Gujarat trying to cross into the United States by boat through Akwesasne, Que., in March. Indian polic...
May 13, 2023
Funerals to be held for Quebec firefighters killed during floods in Charlevoix region
SAINT-URBAIN, Que. - Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs. The municipality of St-Urbain, nor...
May 13, 2023
Windsor mayor calls out Ottawa after Stellantis accuses feds of failing on plant deal
The mayor of a southwestern Ontario city says he expects the federal government to live up to a deal that would se one of the world's biggest automakers build an electric vehicle battery plant in the ...
May 13, 2023
North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday during a public rally. ...
May 13, 2023
'Human compassion': Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire evacuees
Woodland Cree Elder Leonard Cardinal, his wife and their son prepared more than 100 bagged lunches earlier this week and delivered them to evacuees from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, a northwestern Alber...
May 13, 2023
Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers
EDMONTON - Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta's United Conservatives in their four-year tenure. They tried delisting parks and opening the Rocky Mountains to coal mini...
May 13, 2023
Big bug benefits: Alberta scientist releases guide identifying cow dung insects
Alberta entomologist Kevin Floate is ready to start spreading the news that he has compiled a comprehensive guide into insects that live in cow dung in Canada. Floate - a scientist with Agriculture an...
May 13, 2023
Nanaimo RCMP showcasing detachment during public open house
NANAIMO - If you ever wanted to know what it's like to be a member of the RCMP, now is your chance.The Nanaimo RCMP will be hosting an open house on Saturday, May 13, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at thei...
May 13, 2023