Structures have been lost in West Kelowna due to the McDougall Creek wildfire, officials confirmed early Friday morning. It is not known exactly how many buildings have burned due to the fire but the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre said a full assessment of the area will be undertaken Friday morning.At around 3 a.m. Friday
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada has been considering a “game plan” for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year’s presidential elections. “We are certainly working on scenarios,” Joly said in French during an interview with a Montreal radio station Wednesday.Joly added that Ottawa’s close
Sam Asghari, the husband of pop star Britney Spears, has filed for divorce after 14 months of marriage, according to numerous reports. Rumours of the couple’s allegedly tumultuous relationship have circulated online since they wed in June 2022. The Associated Press reported Asghari, 29, filed for divorce on Wednesday.In his filing, Asghari cited “irreconcilable differences”
Many Canadian homebuyers waiting patiently for construction to finish on their pre-sale unit are being met with cancellation notices from developers. The building environment is souring — leaving some unhappy customers scrounging to get their deposit, or more, in compensation. Real estate lawyers in some of Canada’s busiest housing markets who spoke to Motorcycle accident toronto today
Video of a Toronto motorcyclist who was rear-ended by a vehicle last month has garnered 28 million views and the rider said she’s lucky she was able to walk away from the crash mostly unscathed. “It could have been worse, I guess. I’m just thankful that like, I can walk,” the rider, who asked to
Secretly filming and sharing footage of consensual sex constitutes a sexual assault, according to an Ottawa judge’s recent ruling, sparking a debate over how courts view consent in cases involving technology. Views on the issue have been evolving in recent years, spurred by high-profile cases, particularly involving teenagers, of revenge porn and “sextortion,” which involves
Everyone in the city of Yellowknife was ordered to start evacuating on Wednesday due to nearby wildfires. Northwest Territories Environment and Climate Change Minister Shane Thompson urged residents to leave by noon Friday at a news conference on Wednesday evening. The evacuation will happen in phases, he said.Buses and planes will be available for residents
Caring for a sick spouse is never easy, and Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis isn’t going to glamourize it. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Heming, 45, opened up about her daily struggles as a spousal caretaker for Willis, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in February. FTD is a condition that
Would you pay $2,000 to live in a 200-square-foot unit in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside? That’s the offer that was briefly advertised in a slick TikTok video for a unit in the Lotus Hotel at Abbott and Pender streets, and swiftly drew online backlash.The video, first reported by CBC News, takes viewers on a tour through
Debilitating smoke has been hanging over the heads of many in Yellowknife for days and a wildfire on the outskirts of the northern city is growing steadily. “It’s a little unnerving,” said Wayne Langenhan, one of many residents scrambling to sort out an evacuation plan.There was some blue sky Wednesday but that isn’t diminishing the