Canada could be on track for a “record” level of land burned due to an “unprecedented” wildfire season this year, government officials warn. As of Wednesday, 414 wildfires were burning in Canada with 239 out of control, keeping 20,183 Canadians out of their homes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said. So far this year, 2,293
Canada has one of the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world, and that number is likely to dramatically increase in the next decade, especially among children, according to a recent report. The 2023 report, released June 1 by Crohn’s and Colitis Canada, found a surge of new cases of IBD among children
The Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) will review the transfer of killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says. Bernardo‘s move to a facility in Quebec made headlines last week after the correctional service notified the lawyer representing the families of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, the teenagers who Bernardo kidnapped, tortured and
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Connor Bedard made Canadian Hockey League history on Saturday. The presumed No. 1 pick of this year’s NHL draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer and David Branch Player of the Year awards.It’s the first time since the Top Scorer award was introduced in 1994 that
Hundreds of people have contacted the Ontario Lottery Gaming Corporation (OLG) to claim they might be the owner of a $70-million Lotto Max prize set to expire later this month. The OLG has encouraged people to check their tickets for the June 28, 2022 draw, noting the ticket that won the jackpot was sold in
Convicted teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo was quietly moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec on Monday, the lawyer for his victims’ families says. Bernardo has been serving a life sentence for kidnapping, torturing and killing Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14, in the early 1990s near St. Catharines, Ont.“He’s been transferred
Air Canada says some flights have been cancelled and many more delayed across its network on Thursday, with disruptions expected to last through the day. The airline said in a statement Thursday morning to Motorcycle accident toronto today that a “temporary technical issue” with the system used to communicate with and monitor aircraft was causing delays.Shortly after
Seventeen children and one adult from St. John’s-Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg are recovering after an elevated platform collapsed during a school field trip at Fort Gibraltar in St. Boniface. Three children of the 18 people hospitalized were in unstable condition when they were taken to hospital Wednesday morning after the accident, according to Jay Shaw
As Carla White looks out the window of her yellow-and-pink, plant-filled apartment in the heart of downtown Montreal, she wonders where she’s going to live next. “I look out there and say, where am I going now?” she says, gesturing at the highrises that tower above the building where she lives.The apartment is small and
The national economy continued to grow overall in the first quarter of 2023 as consumers spent more in the face of recession fears, according to Statistics Canada. Most economists were surprised by the latest show of the economy’s persistent strength, which some say raises the odds the Bank of Canada will have to increase its