Category Archives: Canada
What is dry lightning and why is it worrying firefighters in British Columbia?
The BC Wildfire Service has warned that this week could be a crucial period for firefighters in the province as conditions converge to create what director of wildfire operations Cliff Chapman calls a...
Jul 15, 2026
Canada pauses applications for parent, grandparent immigration sponsorship program
OTTAWA - The federal government will not accept any new applications this year from people who want to sponsor their parents and grandparents to come to Canada as permanent residents under a program m...
Jul 15, 2026
Wildfires tick up as lightning flickers across southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The number of wildfires was ticking up as lightning strikes flickered across British Columbia's southern Interior on Wednesday, as a weather system that wildfire officials feared would tri...
Jul 15, 2026
Quebec and Alberta plan to work together to integrate AI in government
MONTREAL - The Quebec and Alberta governments plan to work together to implement artificial intelligence in public administration, which Quebec's cybersecurity minister says will help both provinces b...
Jul 15, 2026
Chiefs call on feds to criminalize residential school denialism as hate speech
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs say the federal government is enabling residential school denialism by failing to make it a crime. The chiefs passed an emergency resolution at the Assembly of First Nati...
Jul 15, 2026
Montreal hospital livestreams surgeries for educational purposes
MONTRAL - A Montreal hospital is livestreaming complex eye surgeries to give medical trainees a real-time window into the operating room. The Angus Centre for outpatient ophthalmic surgery at the Mais...
Jul 15, 2026
Canada is not banning produce imports amid U.S. cyclosporiasis outbreak, CFIA says
TORONTO - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it is not considering restrictions on fresh produce imports from the United States, where thousands have been infected with a diarrhea-causing parasi...
Jul 15, 2026
Feds announce new members of Senate appointments advisory board
OTTAWA - A week after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his first picks for the Red Chamber, the federal government named almost a dozen people to its Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointm...
Jul 15, 2026
Do masks help? What about air conditioning? What to know about wildfire smoke protection
TORONTO - Many parts of Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area, are under an Environment Canada air quality warning as smoke from wildfires in northwestern Ontario drift south. "Smoke from wildfi...
Jul 15, 2026
'Apocalypse now?' Wildfire smoke turns Toronto sky orange, prompts air quality alerts
Smoke from northern Ontario wildfires turned Toronto's skyline an eerie shade of orange Wednesday as air quality warnings across southern parts of the province raised health concerns and prompted outd...
Jul 15, 2026