Category Archives: Canada
5 things to know about the Canadian astronaut joining NASA's Crew 13
A few months after Artemis II's lunar flyby, another Canadian astronaut is preparing for a mission in space. The Canadian Space Agency's Joshua Kutryk is one of four members assigned to NASA's SpaceX ...
Aug 03, 2026
Canadian astronaut prepares for NASA mission to International Space Station
Growing up on a cattle farm in eastern Alberta, Joshua Kutryk says he dreamt of going to space though he never thought it would happen. But a few months after Artemis II's lunar flyby, the 44-year-old...
Aug 03, 2026
'The fire was just raging' evacuee describes fleeing Okanagan wildfires
VERNON - Atlyn Becker remembers the hills glowing orange around her on Saturday as her truck edged north to safety from fires burning around British Columbia's Okanagan Lake. She and her family were a...
Aug 03, 2026
Duelling symbols: Alberta and Canada flags creating division ahead of referendum
EDMONTON - Sarah Batchelor says it started a few weeks ago when a large blue flag bearing Alberta's shield of arms appeared on her neighbour's window in Airdrie, a city north of Calgary. The 49-year-o...
Aug 03, 2026
WestJet, CUPE reach tentative deal as passengers scramble amid flight disruptions
CALGARY - WestJet and the union representing some 4,400 flight attendants reached a tentative deal Monday to resume work after a brief work stoppage, but neither side is sharing specifics yet. The air...
Aug 03, 2026
Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean British
OTTAWA - It seems some Canadians feel quite at home with the federal government's preference for British spelling. Messages to Prime Minister Mark Carney on the matter indicate several correspondents ...
Aug 03, 2026
Hundreds protest Meta's plan for massive data centre in northern Alberta county
MORINVILLE - Hundreds of protesters chanted "Down, down with corporations" outside a northern Alberta county office on Sunday to voice their opposition to tech giant Meta's plan to build a data centre...
Aug 02, 2026
Montreal's Jewish community on edge after blaze guts kosher restaurant
MONTREAL - Montreal police are investigating after a fire heavily damaged a kosher restaurant overnight Saturday in the city's Cte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grce borough. Police said the case is being ...
Aug 02, 2026
Passengers looking for options as flights grounded in WestJet strike
OTTAWA - Hundreds of travellers are left looking for alternative options as 4,400 WestJet flight attendants went on strike this morning. WestJet and their roughly 4,400 flight attendants are at logger...
Aug 02, 2026
What travellers should know about navigating WestJet strike disruptions
HALIFAX - Thousands of passengers are trying to navigate the cancellation process as WestJet halts hundreds of flights due to a strike by its 4,400 flight attendants. The airline operates more than 60...
Aug 02, 2026