Canada

Nova Scotia First Nation to launch self-regulated 'treaty' fishery in St. Marys Bay

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - Nova Scotia's Sipekne'katik First Nation says it is expanding its self-regulated lobster fishery in St. Marys Bay, despite concerns from the federal government. The band is to ma...

Aug 16, 2021

Two N.W.T. communities under containment order after new COVID-19 cases

YELLOWKNIFE - Two communities in the Northwest Territories are under a containment order after cases of COVID-19 were identified over the weekend. There is one confirmed case and five probable cases i...

Aug 16, 2021

Leap in B.C. wildfire activity prompts many more evacuation orders, alerts

A wildfire sparked Sunday near West Kelowna, B.C., now covers at least two square kilometres and has forced evacuations in a large neighbourhood within the City of West Kelowna. The out-of-control wil...

Aug 16, 2021

'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton

EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...

Aug 16, 2021

Meng Wanzhou's legal team resumes extradition defence in B.C. court

VANCOUVER - Meng Wanzhou's legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court ...

Aug 16, 2021

Nova Scotians to vote Tuesday in provincial election believed tighter than expected

HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's month-long election campaign draws to a close, it appears Tuesday's vote could be a lot tighter than initially expected. The incumbent Liberals, who are seeking a rare third...

Aug 15, 2021

High winds pose challenge for firefighters battling blazes: BC Wildfire Service

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says it is watching wind conditions in several parts of the province which fuelled some of the larger blazes overnight. Fire information officer Erika Berg called t...

Aug 15, 2021

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

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