‘It’s breaking us,’ says Terrace, B.C., dad as family short 2 passports after 5-month wait Canadians are getting creative trying to cut the long waits for passports that have been dragging on for close to five months after a surge in post-pandemic travel demand overwhelmed the system. By Aug. 11, a total of 1,092,560 passport applications had been filed this year – with more than 550,000 of those applications flooding in since April. Service Canada said it’s prioritizing the applications of people traveling imminently, increasing staff and processing sites. Despite allRead more

Fishing boat had nearly 9,840 litres of oil and diesel on board when it went down in Salish Sea Crews are assessing the waters off San Juan Island in the Salish Sea near Vancouver Island after a fishing boat sank and leaked fuel on Saturday. The Aleutian Isle had nearly 9,840 litres of oil and diesel on board when it went down off the west coast of San Juan Island in Washington state. Gerald Graham, a Victoria-based consultant who specializes in marine oil spill response and prevention, said the diesel fuelRead more

‘He should be proud and the whole community is proud,’ says Jim MacEachern The Cambridge Bay airport erupted in cheers, and tears, Monday as Eekeeluak Avalak entered, bearing the territory’s first ever medal — Gold — from the Canada Summer Games. “Happy to be home,” Avalak told CBC News shortly after his plane landed in the western Nunavut community. The 18-year-old wrestler, known affectionately as Eekee in the community of about 2,000, defeated Alberta’s Fred Calingay on Thursday. Avalak became only the second athlete from Nunavut to win a medal at the CanadaRead more

Police were responding to a call involving a person with a weapon A man shot by a police officer in downtown Windsor on Monday afternoon has died, police say. Windsor Police said Monday night that a 70-year-old man died in hospital after an officer shot the man they described as a suspect in the area of Wyandotte Street and Ouellette Avenue. Police said on Twitter just before 3 p.m. that they responded to a call involving a weapon. The provincial Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has taken over the investigation, as per provincial legislation.Read more

In Twitter video, LaFlamme says she is ‘shocked and saddened’ by the move Veteran news anchor Lisa LaFlamme says she was “blindsided” as Bell Media ended her contract at CTV National News after more than 30 years, a “business decision” it says will move the chief news anchor role in “a different direction.” In a subsequent news release, CTV said the decision to end LaFlamme’s contract was due to “changing viewer habits” and that national affairs correspondent Omar Sachedina, who joined the network in 2009, will take LaFlamme’s place as chief anchor. “I am honouredRead more