Vancouver fire crews were called to False Creek on Tuesday evening to tackle a two-alarm fire in an apartment building. Firefighters were called to the building in the 1800 block of Spyglass Place shortly after 5:30 p.m. Crews said the flames were contained to the third floor but that the building had been evacuated. There […]
ST ADOLPHE, CANADA (AFP) – A-maze-ing: a snow labyrinth in the frigid, windswept prairies of Western Canada has broken the record for the world’s biggest. According to Guinness World Records, the whopping 2,789.11sq m of terrain dwarfs the previous Canadian record holder at the Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario. For years, farmers […]
By Alan Blinder and Patricia Mazzei Photographs by Audra Melton BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Becky Boyd’s phone alerted her on Sunday afternoon that a tornado was imminent, but she didn’t think much of it. Warnings had come before, and nothing had happened. Then her sister called: A tornado was one road over. Get somewhere safe. The […]
SHANGHAI • Chinese electronics giant Huawei is preparing to sue the United States government for barring federal agencies from using the company’s products, sources say. The lawsuit will be filed in the Eastern District of Texas, which is home to Huawei’s US headquarters, according to the sources, who requested anonymity. Huawei plans to announce the […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to change his tone on the SNC-Lavalin controversy after an afternoon huddled with his closest advisers, as the Liberal government struggles to confront the political crisis engulfing it just months ahead of the election and moves into damage-control mode. The prime minister cancelled a planned trip to Regina, instead […]
An Okanagan man and his brother spent the night lost in the backcountry after a snowmobiling day trip went awry. Sheldon Goodwin and his brother left his Fintry, B.C., home on the west side of Okanagan Lake on Monday morning, intending to explore the area on their sleds for a few hours. However, the pair […]
OTTAWA (AFP) – Canada’s foreign minister on Tuesday (March 5) decried China’s move to block a major Canadian canola exporter’s sales in China, the latest escalation in a burgeoning row between the two countries. Canada’s largest agricultural handler, Winnipeg-based Richardson International, had its license to ship canola to China revoked on March 1, which risks […]
Saskatoon Mayor Charlie Clark wants to see cities take full control over photo radar enforcement of speeding drivers, which would put the brakes on a current model overseen by Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI). Clark said the city is capable of operating photo radar the same way it does red light cameras – with all the […]
Christopher Fitzgerald, 28, of Hillard Street in Peterborough is facing drug charges after police allegedly located and seized purple heroin from his possession. At approximately 5 p.m. on March 3, officers in the area of George Street North allegedly detained the accused for an investigation. During the investigation, Peterborough police say the accused was found […]
TORONTO — They were college friends, canoeing pals and debating team buddies who were in one another’s wedding parties. Together, they fashioned a campaign that catapulted them into Canada’s top office — Justin Trudeau as the country’s optimistic prime minister and his best friend Gerald Butts as his adviser, strategist and political slugger. Now they […]