Hurricane Dorian slammed into the Bahamas Sunday, the strongest on record to hit the northwestern part of the archipelago, leaving residents seeking shelter as they faced rising waters, torrential rains and wind gusts up to 220 miles per hour. The storm strengthened to a Category 5 on Sunday before it made landfall. Forecasters at the […]
TITUSVILLE, Florida (REUTERS) – Hurricane Dorian crashed into the Bahamas on Sunday (Sept 1) as the second-strongest Atlantic storm on record and inched closer to the United States, with parts of Florida evacuating and Georgia and the Carolinas bracing for wind and flooding. The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said Dorian made landfall on Elbow […]
An 18-year-old Kelowna man has died in a popular cliff jumping area at the southeast end of Skaha Lake near Penticton, B.C. over the weekend. At about 4 p.m. Friday, the man leaped from a point 110 feet above the lake surface. He did not resurface. Officers from Penticton RCMP, with support from Penticton and […]
Fire officials are investigating a blaze in the city’s north end. Crews were called to a vacant two-story house in the 700 block of Selkirk Avenue, just before 6 p.m. last night. Heavy smoke and flames were seen coming from the structure, forcing crews to fight over an hour to bring the blaze under control. […]
There’s one word Paralympian Lonnie Bissonnette doesn’t want to hear. It will literally make him push back as hard as he can to prove someone wrong. That word is “no.” “I had broken my neck, my back, shattered my femur, my ribs and I said to (the doctor), ‘How long do you think it will […]
LOS ANGELES (DPA) – A woman died in Death Valley National Park this week as temperatures soared to nearly 48.9 deg C. The extreme heat is expected to continue through this weekend, with highs forecast at 50 deg C for Sunday (Sept 1). Around 6pm last Tuesday, emergency responders received calls about a non-responsive visitor […]
Community groups met in downtown Montreal on Saturday to raise awareness of the risks of drug use as part of International Overdose Awareness Day. Over a thousand people in Quebec wind up in the emergency room for drug intoxication every month. Many never get the chance to be treated. The National Public Health Institute of […]
A motorcyclist has died after a collision with an agricultural vehicle near Drummondville on Friday night. The accident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Route 122 in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, a small municipality about an hour east of Montreal. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police say carelessness by the 58-year-old motorcyclist may have caused the collision. The […]
As the first day of school nears, law enforcement agencies throughout the province are reminding motorists to slow down in school zones. “Drivers, please be extra vigilant at this time of year as children make their way to school on side roads, as well as in the school zones,” said Staff Sgt. Scott West of […]
In the fight against period poverty, the Thames Valley District School Board is expanding its pilot program to all schools within the board. The student-led initiative is aimed at making sure all girls have access to free pads and tampons. Thames Valley Student trustee Sarah Chun led the initiative. She said girls can face many […]