The wildfire situation that forced the evacuation of hundreds of Pikangikum First Nation residents is improving, according to Saskatchewan’s fire commissioner. A handful of evacuees being housed in Regina are expected to return home over the next few days. Fire commissioner Duane McKay said a plane with around 35 evacuees has left Regina for northern […]
A popular lookout spot in Edmonton that offers views of the North Saskatchewan River valley has had some work done and officially opened to the public on Wednesday. Work began on Keillor Point — which is also known as “End of the World” — in mid-October. Related Edmonton’s End of the World lookout open to […]
A prisoner from Texas who gouged out his eyes with a plastic spoon is suing the jail – claiming the psychiatric ward he was in was “deliberately understaffed”. Miguel Carrera, 20, pulled out his eye while in an east Texas psychiatric prison. He had allegedly been left unsupervised in the prison, despite staff knowing about […]
Canada’s price picture softened to two per cent last month following a sharp drop in gasoline prices compared to a year ago. Statistics Canada’s annual inflation rate for June came down from 2.4 per cent in May. The result matched the expectations of economists, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon. Consumers paid more last month compared […]
Health Canada has issued a recall on Joe Fresh brand baby sun hats because of a potential choking hazard. The government agency says the loop fastener on the hats, which come in a variety of colours and patterns, may detach and pose a choking hazard. The recall affects roughly 64,100 hats that were sold across […]
A walkout is underway at some of Quebec’s provincial parks on Wednesday morning as a labour dispute heats up. About 300 employees are holding protests outside several parks, including the Montmorency Falls Park and management headquarters for the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SÉPAQ). The workers’ union, the Syndicat de la fonction […]
Good morning. (Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) Seventy-five years ago today, at a naval munitions base northeast of San Francisco called Port Chicago, 320 men were killed in a massive explosion that “filled the sky with flame,” destroyed two ships and shattered windows miles away. It also tipped […]
An infill home being built in Edmonton’s University of Alberta area caught fire late Tuesday night, causing damage to the structure and the neighbouring skinny home. The two houses were being built on 75 Avenue near 112 Street in the McKernan neighbourhood, where firefighters were called to a blaze just after 10:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived […]
Ontario Provincial Police say six people — including three young children — are in hospital following a serious crash in Norfolk County. Norfolk County OPP, along with paramedics and the local fire department, responded to a two-vehicle crash at Brantford and Burford-Delhi Townline roads around 9 p.m. on Tuesday. When they arrived, officers said they […]
A couple who were married for 71 years have died within 12 hours of each other on the same day. Herbert and Marilyn Frances DeLaigle were wed in the 1940s and had six children and lived in Georgia, United States. According to a post on the DeLoach-McKerley-Prescott Funeral Home's website: "Mrs DeLaigle was married to […]