Canada

Winnipeg trial to hear from former partner of admitted serial killer

WINNIPEG - The ex-wife of an admitted serial killer is expected to testify today in a Winnipeg courtroom. The woman obtained a protection order against Jeremy Skibicki in 2019, after he allegedly stal...

May 16, 2024

Fire officials learn from past in responding to this year's Fort McMurray wildfire

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the highways near Fort McMurray, studded with cannons that can blast enough water into fire-threatened ditches to fill an Olymp...

May 16, 2024

Fourth accused in Nijjar murder appears in B.C. court

SURREY, B.C. - A fourth man accused in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar will next appear at provincial court on May 21, the same day the other three accused are schedu...

May 15, 2024

Ground versus crown fire: How the new Fort McMurray blaze differs from The Beast

A fierce wildfire burning outside Fort McMurray, Alta., has brought back memories of a vicious blaze, nicknamed The Beast, that tore through the oilsands hub in 2016. Here's a look at the differences ...

May 15, 2024

Chief says grave search at B.C. residential school brings things 'full circle'

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Chief Robert Michell says relief isn't the right word to describe his reaction as the search begins for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school he attended in ...

May 15, 2024

B.C. First Nation to reactivate judicial review of DFO's salmon farm virus policy

VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation says it is reluctantly preparing to take legal action to challenge Fisheries Department salmon farm policy as it loses faith in federal plans to remove the o...

May 15, 2024

B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online. A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representat...

May 15, 2024

Montreal's international airport takes rival to court over name change

MONTREAL - The authority that runs Montreal's international airport is suing an up-and-coming airport on the city's South Shore, saying a recent branding effort will confuse travellers. Aroports de Mo...

May 15, 2024

Wildfire service warns winds may fan 'aggressive' blazes in B.C.'s north

FORT NELSON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says gusty winds could fan "aggressive fire behaviour" in the north, where out-of-control blazes have forced several thousand people to flee the...

May 15, 2024

'The whole country is not on fire': Canadian tourism industry struggles as fires rage

OTTAWA - Climate change and its deluges of severe weather and wildfires have left many Canadian tourism companies struggling to get insurance and convince visitors that Canada is still open for busine...

May 15, 2024