The Quebec government has made changes to its new flood zone maps after rising floodwaters struck several parts of the province this spring. After a series of consultations with municipalities and residents, the province announced on Monday it is taking 30 municipalities off its flood maps. The new map for special intervention zones (ZIS), which […]
A powerful windstorm has torn apart structures and left people without electricity in the west-central Saskatchewan town of Eston. The destructive storm struck around 7:45 p.m. CT on Sunday, forcing the town to set up an emergency operations centre at a local church for a “small number” of evacuees. Related Country Thunder day four brought […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – A US judge said he will probably decide on Thursday (July 18) whether Jeffrey Epstein, the American financier charged with sex trafficking underage girls, should be freed from jail and allowed to await trial under house arrest at his Manhattan mansion. At a hearing on Monday, US District Judge Richard Berman […]
It was the annual Saskatoon Canoe Club Marathon on Sunday morning, featuring over a dozen canoers from across Western Canada. For participants Edith MacHattie of Saskatoon and Rebecca Davis of Michigan, it was much more than a fun day in the sun. The two share a common passion, canoe racing, and decided to team up […]
A Tinder user was stunned when her date flew into an anti-Semitic rage over the cost of their night out – so she got revenge by sending him a bill for petrol and "wasting" her time. Erica Siepker, 29, had been chatting to the man, named Phillip, for a few weeks after matching with him […]
THE Department of Foreign Affairs has been asked to clarify the delay in confirming the outcome of a US appeal by Tom and Molly Martens against their conviction for the brutal murder of an Irish father of two. Irish diplomats have been asked to raise the seven-month delay in delivering a ruling on the North […]
The 2020 presidential election is poised to have the highest turnout in a century, with the potential to reshape the composition of the electorate in a decisive way. But perhaps surprisingly, it is not obvious which party would benefit. There are opportunities and risks for both parties, based on an Upshot analysis of voter registration […]
A rare variety of ant known for enslaving another species has made its Atlantic Canada debut after researchers spotted it in a New Brunswick conservation area. Aaron Fairweather, a doctoral candidate at the University of Guelph who studies ants, said he and a colleague discovered the so-called “slave-making” species Harpagoxenus canadensis on a birch branch […]
NEW ORLEANS (REUTERS) – Storm Barry trudged through north-western Louisiana on Sunday (July 14), weakening to a tropical depression, but dropping up to 38cm of rain in some places to create life-threatening flood conditions along the Mississippi River. Barry, which made landfall on Saturday as a Category 1 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale of […]
A British newspaper published more leaked memos from the UK’s ambassador in Washington yesterday, despite a police warning that doing so might be a crime. In one 2018 cable published by the ‘Mail on Sunday’, British ambassador Kim Darroch says US President Donald Trump pulled out of an international nuclear deal with Iran as an […]