Canada

In the news today: Feds talk new Canadians and housing, First Nations policing delays

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals say newcomers can help solve housing crisis ... The alarm bells are be...

Aug 16, 2023

Firefighters hoping for rain for 'reprieve' in battling wildfires in Alberta-N.W.T.

FORT SMITH, NWT - Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to forc...

Aug 16, 2023

Montreal researchers join international study of rare disease Friedreich's ataxia

Montreal researchers are joining an international study to learn more about a little-understood genetic disease that is found in Canada, and especially in Quebec and in Acadian regions of the Maritime...

Aug 16, 2023

Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents

OTTAWA - Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly rele...

Aug 16, 2023

B.C. wildlife association reports uptick in heat-related calls, hospital admissions

BURNABY, B.C. - As high temperature records fall across southern British Columbia, a wildlife rescue group is warning of the heat risks for animals. Kimberly Stephens, the hospital manager for the Wil...

Aug 16, 2023

Ministers told to find $15 billion in government spending cuts by October deadline

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Anita Anand is tasking federal cabinet ministers with finding $15.4 billion in government spending cuts by a deadline of Oct. 2. A spokesperson for Anand says the gov...

Aug 15, 2023

Former Montreal schoolteacher sentenced to eight years for abusing young girls

MONTREAL - A former Montreal primary school teacher has been sentenced to eight years in prison for sexually abusing five young girls. Quebec court Judge Mlanie Hbert says Dominic Blanchette was in a ...

Aug 15, 2023

Alberta bid winner for donair costume says all about provincial pride — and lettuce

EDMONTON - The Edmonton business owner who forked out $16,000 in a government-sponsored bidding war for a life-size donair costume says it was all about keeping the meat suit from being desecrated by ...

Aug 15, 2023

Forecasted winds pose biggest wildfire threat amid heat wave: BC Wildfire Service

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - While scorching temperatures are expected to reach their climax Tuesday in a prolonged heat wave in southern British Columbia, the BC Wildfire Service says the greatest wildfire risk ...

Aug 15, 2023

A look at British Columbia's heat wave, by the numbers

A protracted heat wave has settled over the southern half of British Columbia, sending temperatures in some places into the 40s this week. Here's a look at data associated with the hot spell that bega...

Aug 15, 2023