As Canadians continue to enjoy the last bit of summer’s sun-soaked days, doctors say they are bracing for a potential “tripledemic” of influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19, signalling the imminent arrival of respiratory flu season. Last flu season — which typically runs from November to March in Canada — saw a surge of
News stories of badly behaved tourists in Yellowstone National Park have been going viral all summer, and they only keep coming. In the latest instance, a group of visitors were captured on video as they ran toward a mother black bear and her cubs in the Wyoming park.South Carolina resident William Brice Spencer filmed the
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet went into a huddle at this year’s cabinet retreat in Charlottetown, it was clear that housing was top of mind. When Trudeau emerged from the retreat last week, he told reporters some of the measures Canada most needs. Among those was the need for densification, a growing
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul has died, according to Skate Canada. She was 31. Paul, who competed for Canada in the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, died on Tuesday in a seven-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township, a rural community in Dufferin County, Ontario.According to police, a transport
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at prayer vigils and in church, in frustration and exhaustion, to mourn yet another racist attack in America: this one the killing of three Black people in Florida at the hands of a white, 21-year-old man who authorities say left behind white supremacist ramblings that read like “the diary of
Canadians are increasingly targets of ransomware attacks, with organized cybercrime activity posing a threat to national security, economy and critical infrastructure, officials are warning. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security released a report Monday, saying that over the next two years, “financially-motivated cybercriminals will almost certainly continue to target high-value organizations in critical infrastructure sectors
Hurricane Franklin is forecast to become the Atlantic’s first major hurricane of the season on Monday and is on track to pass close to Bermuda on Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday. At around 11 p.m. Eastern time (0300 GMT), Franklin was about 530 miles (855 km) southwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds nearing 105 mph (165 kph)
Warning: This story deals with sensitive subject matter. Provincial police in Quebec say two young children are dead after their father took their life and then his own on Saturday.Sûreté du Québec (SQ) spokesperson Sgt. Catherine Bernard says the incident happened at around 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon in the small community of Notre-Dame-des-Prairies near Joliette
Descrease article font size Increase article font size BC Wildfire Service crews are hard at work on its fire guards for the McDougall Creek wildfire, burning adjacent to West Kelowna. Along the west flank, the planned burn, a combination of air and hand ignitions, has been postponed due to site conditions.It is unclear when the
Asked about reports his government is considering a cap on international student visas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians must be “very careful” not to blame any individual group, like international students, for the housing crisis. Trudeau said his government would work together with other levels of government and private industry to get more housing