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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
Federer out 'many months' with 3rd surgery on right knee
Roger Federer is going to miss the U.S. Open and be sidelined for what he said will be "many months" because he needs a third operation on his right knee. Federer announced the news Sunday via a video...
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
Heat records set in 25 Alberta communities Saturday, including Red Deer
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Saturday, August 14 was a scorcher in Alberta, and Sunday is set to be no different.Environment Canada says more than two dozen daily maximum temperature records were set in the provi...
Aug 15, 2021
Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...
Aug 15, 2021
Fred strengthens to tropical storm as it heads to US coast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The National Hurricane Center said Fred regained its tropical storm status in the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday as parts of the Caribbean were gearing up for impacts from Tr...
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
Trudeau expected to visit Governor General, trigger early, pandemic-era election
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to set the gears in motion today for a federal election. He's set to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon to ask her to dissolve Parliament and call a vote for...
Aug 15, 2021