Northern B.C. wildfire on the edge of Tumbler Ridge townsite has more than doubled in size
Fire is ‘not receptive to any sort of suppression activities’: official The West Kiskatinaw River wildfire burning in northern B.C. — now an estimated 230 square kilometres in size, up from 96 square kilometres on Thursday — is pushing closer to the evacuated town of Tumbler Ridge. Forrest Tower, an information officer with the B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS), said Friday morning the blaze is four to five kilometres away from Highway 52, which runs through Tumbler Ridge. Meanwhile, the District of Tumbler Ridge is reporting the fire as being “aboutRead more
The Calgary affordable housing idea that divides conservatives, federal and local
Pierre Poilievre’s MPs shout ‘NIMBY’ at the councillors they typically call allies Two things are traditionally true of many (if not most) Calgary city councillors. They want to address the lack of affordable housing. They also want to avoid giving discomfort to the many homeowners who love how far away they live from lower-cost duplexes, row houses or apartments, and how hard it is for anyone to build those types of homes near them. These two values clashed loudly this week, and the results at city hall were rather messy.Read more
Canada attends first-of-its-kind UFO briefing at the Pentagon
Amid extraordinary new claims, U.S. office delivers its first briefing to allied nations The Canadian government has confirmed its participation in a first-of-its kind international meeting on unidentified flying objects hosted at United States military headquarters. The gathering at the Pentagon late last month comes amid a burst of activity in Washington and eye-popping news reports related to so-called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). It featured a U.S.-led briefing to visitors from nations of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, which includes Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The Canadian DepartmentRead more
Quebec fire authorities say they’re unable to bring all fires under control
Val d’Or and Normétal latest municipalities evacuated, forest access banned Quebec’s fire authority says it’s unable to bring all 153 fires burning in the province under control. It says it can only attack between 20 to 30 fires at a time until reinforcement arrives. “We took charge of 35 fires today, compared to 21 yesterday. We chose specific fires to protect our critical infrastructures, but above all to protect our population,” said Public Security Minister François Bonnardel at a news conference Sunday. “All our resources are concentrated on these fires.” Armed forces and firefightersRead more
Quebec’s North Shore communities grieving after deaths of 4 children, 1 man during fishing trip
Group was fishing on St. Lawrence shoreline when tide swept away several people As Quebec provincial police investigate the deaths of four children and one man on a fishing trip on the St. Lawrence River shoreline in Portneuf-sur-Mer, Que., communities in Quebec’s North Shore region are expressing their shock and grief. According to a report by Radio-Canada, the children hailed from the village of Les Escoumins, Que., about 44 kilometres south of Portneuf-sur-Mer. Provincial police have said they will not release the identities of the children, but the one adult victim hasRead more
Federal government’s plans to implement N.S. mass shooting report still up in the air
Ottawa, N.S. set up watchdog to monitor progress on Mass Casualty Commission recommendations Two months after a commission investigating the worst mass shooting in Canadian history made sweeping calls to reform the RCMP and improve community safety, it’s still not clear how many of its recommendations the federal government will adopt. On March 30, the heads of the Mass Casualty Commission released a final report with 130 recommendations over more than 3,000 pages. The commission was struck to investigate the deaths of 22 people at the hands of a gunmanRead more
17 children, 1 adult injured after walkway collapses during school trip to Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg
‘It just started cracking,’ says St. John’s-Ravenscourt student who was on walkway Eighteen people, 17 of them children, were taken to hospital after many of them fell about five metres from an elevated walkway at Fort Gibraltar in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface area on Wednesday. Jason Shaw, a Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service assistant chief, said the accident happened shortly before 10 a.m. He said three of the children were taken to hospital in unstable condition, while the remaining patients were in stable condition. The children are 10- and 11-year-olds from St. John’s-Ravenscourt SchoolRead more
About 200 homes, structures ‘damaged’ as Halifax-area wildfire burns out of control, officials say
All burning in Nova Scotia — including campfires — banned until at least June 25 ‘or until conditions improve’ A wildfire that officials say has damaged hundreds of homes is still burning out of control northwest of Halifax on Monday, with thousands of residences under a mandatory evacuation order. On Monday night, the Halifax Regional Municipality estimated 200 homes or structures have been “damaged” so far, based on “initial visual inspections by first responders.” “A full assessment of the damage cannot yet be confirmed. The estimated numbers are based on initial visual inspections by first responders,”Read more
‘Incredible loss’: School board, mayor respond to killing of Hamilton couple by landlord
Carissa MacDonald, 27, and Aaron Stone, 28, died Saturday, CBC News has learned Community members, including a local school board and the mayor, are mourning the loss of a local couple, two days after police say their landlord shot and killed them outside their Stoney Creek home. Carissa MacDonald, 27, and Aaron Stone, 28, are the names of the couple who died, CBC News has learned. CBC News confirmed the identities of the victims through family members and employers who declined to comment on the record. The couple were engaged and lived at 322 Jones Rd., police said. The house sitsRead more
‘Here we are again’: Flood warning returns for Klondike River, evacuation underway
North Klondike Highway closed north of Stewart Crossing, Dempster Highway also closed A tactical evacuation is underway once again in the Rock Creek area near Dawson City, Yukon, as the Klondike River continues to run dangerously high. Officials have issued another flood warning for the area, a little more than a week after an earlier warning was downgraded to a flood watch. A tactical evacuation means that residents are advised to leave the area, but are not under an evacuation order. “Here we are again,” said Jake John Armstrong, who wasRead more