Canada

A look at fires, evacuations in N.W.T. and B.C.

Thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes as wildfires approach in the Northwest Territories, including some 20,000 people in the territorial capital of Yellowknife. Meanwhile, flames...

Aug 19, 2023

Partial evacuation order due to forest fires lifted in Quebec Cree community

MONTREAL - The Cree Nation of Wemindji in northwestern Quebec has lifted an evacuation order for medically vulnerable people after nearby forest fires led the community to declare a state of emergency...

Aug 19, 2023

Former Quebec NDP MP Roméo Saganash charged with sexual assault in Winnipeg

OTTAWA - Winnipeg police say former New Democrat MP Romo Saganash has been charged with sexual assault. Police say they arrested Saganash on June 27 in relation to an allegation from May 1 in Winnipeg...

Aug 19, 2023

B.C. state of emergency helps rapid response to raging wildfires: Eby

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government's decision to declare a provincial state of emergency allows authorities to rapidly access tools and implement measures to deal with the evolving...

Josh Hall Aug 19, 2023

The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia

A state of emergency remains in place today across British Columbia as threatening wildfires force thousands of residents to evacuate from homes in the Okanagan in the southern Interior and elsewhere ...

Aug 19, 2023

Yellowknife veterinarian helps pets flee fires, supports animals left behind

Yellowknife veterinarian Michelle Tuma was having a hectic month even before an encroaching wildfire forced the mass evacuation of her home community. Nothing prepared her for the chaos of getting tho...

Aug 19, 2023

Veterans, advocates want to see changes at Veterans Affairs under new minister

OTTAWA - It's been just over three years since Veterans Affairs Canada released a strategy to tackle its 23,000 backlogged benefits applications, and that file has landed on the desk of a new minister...

Aug 19, 2023

'Nation-building moment': Yukon eyes connection to B.C. electricity grid

Yukon's energy minister says Canada's push for more green energy and a net-zero electricity grid should spark renewed interest in connecting the territory's power to British Columbia. Minister of Ener...

Aug 19, 2023

'Most of the people are now gone': Yellowknife nearly emptied as fire fight continues

YELLOWKNIFE - Nearly all residents have left the capital of the Northwest Territories, where officials say the weather has helped slow the threat of an encroaching wildfire. An evacuation order issued...

Aug 19, 2023

B.C. in state of emergency amid desperate fight to save West Kelowna from wildfires

WEST KELOWNA - The wildfire battle in British Columbia continues today, focusing on the central Okanagan, where flames tore through West Kelowna suburbs and forced the evacuation of neighbouring Kelow...

Aug 19, 2023