Category Archives: Canada
B.C. warned of 'significant wildfire event' in coming days, as lightning raises risks
VANCOUVER - Wildfire officials and crews across British Columbia were preparing for a potentially significant uptick in fire activity in the coming days as dry conditions collide with expected lightni...
Jul 14, 2026
Hamilton is on the verge of a data centre moratorium vote. Others are taking notice.
Danielle Sheahan, a Hamilton psychotherapist, helps her clients find hope. She didn't expect to find her own during a meeting of a little-known city committee. Sheahan says she was "shocked" when Hami...
Jul 14, 2026
Carney replaces New York envoy Tom Clark with oil exec, appoints ex-MP to Los Angeles
OTTAWA - The Carney government is replacing former broadcast journalist Tom Clark as consul general to New York City with an oil executive, and naming a former cabinet minister as Canada's envoy in Lo...
Jul 14, 2026
Residents in parts of northern Ontario ordered out because of growing forest fires
Residents of a handful of communities in northwestern Ontario have been ordered to leave their homes due to nearby forest fires. Ontario Provincial Police said on social media that evacuation orders a...
Jul 14, 2026
In the news today: U.S.-Iran clash heats up, Canadian ships stuck, B.C. pilot dies
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East as both vie for control of strait The U.S. has l...
Jul 14, 2026
Heat wave gripping Central Canada sends thermostat soaring, residents seeking relief
TORONTO - Scorching heat and humidity sent many Toronto residents seeking relief at splash pads, parks and public fountains Tuesday as a dangerous heat wave enveloped several Ontario communities while...
Jul 14, 2026
Chiefs tell AFN meeting new federal clean water bill walks back hard-won rights
OTTAWA - First Nations leaders and two opposition MPs are denouncing the Carney government's new proposed clean water legislation, which drops wording in a previous version that would have explicitly ...
Jul 14, 2026
Turkish gun given to PM would have to undergo review before going in museum
OTTAWA - Canada's national war and history museums say they would have to conduct a review before they could display a personalized revolver and ammunition given to Prime Minister Mark Carney at this ...
Jul 14, 2026
B.C. helicopter pilot helping to fight Colorado wildfire killed in weekend crash
Police in southwestern Colorado say a man from British Columbia died after the helicopter he was piloting crashed Sunday while battling a wildfire. Adam Murdie with Colorado's Gunnison County Sheriff'...
Jul 13, 2026
B.C. Mountie loses court appeal after coercive sexual relationship with jail guard
A British Columbia RCMP officer ordered to resign or be fired from the force in 2018 has lost an court appeal of a misconduct finding over a coercive sexual relationship with a jail guard. Sgt. Willia...
Jul 13, 2026