Due to poor marine weather conditions, DFO’s at-sea surveillance efforts to re-locate the three entangled North Atlantic right whales were not possible on Wednesday. But in a statement, Fisheries and Oceans Canada that they and their partners are committed to re-locate the whales and initiate disentanglement efforts when if it is safe to do so. […]
OTTAWA — Canadian wildlife enforcement officers have seized dozens of black-bear parts, diet pills made from endangered African plants and the bodies of two scaly anteaters as part of an international blitz targeting smugglers and poachers, Environment and Climate Change Canada says. The seizures took place in June when Canada, for the third time, took […]
It may not be the usual pitch for a GoFundMe page, but it’s for a good cause in northern Saskatchewan. Organizers are trying to raise enough money to buy a composting toilet for a popular camping spot along the Churchill River. Related No licence needed on Saskatchewan’s free fishing weekend in July New online system […]
LAS VEGAS – Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are officially members of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers completed their blockbuster trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, acquiring George for guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, forward Danilo Gallinari and five first-round draft picks. The Clippers surrendered their first-rounders in 2022, 2024 and 2026, plus sent […]
Historians have been searching far and wide for many years for key missing pieces of the early days of the Calgary Stampede. On Wednesday, a 1930 Calgary Stampede poster — believed to have never existed — was returned to where it all began more than 100 years ago. Related There are new ways to win […]
Acosta gives no indication he’d resign after calls by Democrats for him to step down over handling of 2008 plea deal. US Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta on Wednesday defended a non-prosecution agreement he approved more than 10 years ago with financier Jeffrey Epstein, who has now been charged with the sex trafficking of underage girls. […]
[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] President Trump and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are diametrical opposites in nearly every way, except perhaps for their shared home state of New York and their social media dominance. But now there may be another thing that binds the two: […]
US practising ‘economic terrorism’ while threatening allies as it pressures Tehran over nuclear programme, envoy says. Iran faces “economic terrorism” from the United States with its “sadistic” sanctions, a Tehran official said on Wednesday. Kazem Gharib Abadi, Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), made the comments in Vienna during an emergency meeting […]
Robert Foster, a Republican state representative in Mississippi who is running for governor, blocked a female reporter from shadowing him on a campaign trip “to avoid any situation that may evoke suspicion or compromise” his marriage. The reporter, Larrison Campbell of the news site Mississippi Today, wrote in an article published on Tuesday night that […]
A state of emergency has been declared in Attawapiskat, Ont., after tests of drinking water showed potentially dangerous levels of chemicals that develop during chlorination. The declaration was issued Sunday after recent tests of the water system by the First Nation and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) found rising levels of trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetic acids […]