MONTREAL — Thick, smoky air blanketed many parts of Quebec on Sunday as more than 110 wildfires raging in the northern parts of the province set more communities on high alert for new evacuation orders. Environment Canada issued smog warnings for wide swaths of the north, south and west of the province, including Montreal, Quebec
Canadian running back Dahrran Diedrick, who led Nebraska to an NCAA championship berth and later won three Grey Cup titles over a 10-year CFL career, died early Saturday morning after a battle with cancer. He was 44. The Montreal Alouettes, the team Diedrick won two of his Grey Cups with, confirmed his passing. Hall of Fame quarterback
Quinn Legg grew up watching, and working alongside, his dad as he fixed cars and tinkered with renovation projects. The 18-year-old’s early introduction to repair work led to his love for mechanics and he’s now graduated from the Nova Scotia Community College automotive and repair program as valedictorian — with a speech to remember.“From a
The weather phenomenon El Nino may have an effect on Canada’s weather beginning this summer and lasting all the way through the winter. Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada, Armel Castellan, said in a media conference Tuesday that “fairly robust modelling” indicates El Nino will make an impact this year.“We’ve shifted completely at the equatorial
The search for two missing crewmembers of a Royal Canadian Air Force helicopter has ended and the two members are confirmed by the military to have died in a crash early Tuesday near Ottawa. The Department of National Defence confirmed the deaths in a statement Wednesday.“The two missing air crew members from the Royal Canadian Air
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says members of the Royal Canadian Air Force were killed in a Chinook helicopter crash early Tuesday morning near Ottawa. The four-member crew was on a training mission and the military said earlier in the day while two had been injured, the search was continuing for two others who were missing.Trudeau
The family of a missing Barrie woman is pleading for help after the 26-year-old has not been since for more than 10 days. Autumn Shaganash, 26, was last seen the night of Friday, June 9, 2023, in Barrie, Ont., leaving her family’s home. She was last heard from the following day.The family is urging anyone
Results began rolling in Monday night for four federal byelections that will determine the makeup of the House of Commons, and early tallies as of 11 p.m. Eastern appear to suggest the Liberals and Conservatives could each hold onto the two seats they already have. As pollsters predicted, some of the races appeared tighter than
Four new MPs are set to be elected to the House of Commons Monday in a handful of byelections that political watchers say could expose rifts within the Conservative party and bring a new Liberal cabinet hopeful into the fold. The Liberals are expected to hold onto seats in Winnipeg and Montreal, said Philippe J.
The community of Carberry, Man. has been rocked after 15 people were killed and 10 hospitalized when a semi-truck and a passenger bus collided on Thursday. It happened at the highway’s intersection with Highway 5 near the town of Carberry, and residents are saying the road conditions there are unacceptable. This is not the first