It’s been two weeks since out-of-control wildfires began forcing evacuation orders in parts of Alberta and the situation remains critical. “The wildfire situation is extremely volatile,” said Colin Blair with the Alberta Emergency Management Agency on Sunday afternoon.“Our crews have had the opportunity to build fire guards and… for the vast majority, those are holding,”
Wildfires raging across Alberta have upended this month’s election campaign, but political watchers are split on whether it has made an impact on the razor-thin race. United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith has had to juggle campaigning with leading the province’s response to the crisis as premier. Her opponent, NDP Leader Rachel Notley, has also suspended
The $14-billion deal that will see Volkswagen, the world’s largest automaker, set up a manufacturing presence in Canada for the first time in history, took a year of negotiations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. But the talks that led Volkswagen to choose southwestern Ontario for the location of its first battery plant outside
A 55-year-old man has died following a collision in North York Saturday night. The incident happened at the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Champagne Drive just after 9 p.m., according to a release issued Sunday by Toronto police. The man was operating a motorcycle eastbound on Finch Avenue West at the time of the
Danielle Smith The Alberta election campaign has hit the midway point with dozens of wildfires still raging in the province. The unexpected provincial state of emergency has led to changes on the campaign trail for NDP Leader Rachel Notley and UCP Leader Danielle Smith. Ahead of the leaders’ debate, ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson
A collision between a motorcycle and another vehicle in North York has left one person critically injured, Toronto police say. It happened at the intersection of Finch Avenue West and Dufferin Street just after 9 p.m. The motorcycle rider has been transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Police say the driver of the other
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Consumer A WestJet pilot strike is looming ahead of the May long weekend, as a strike of Swoop and WestJet pilots could happen as early as Tuesday. The union representing more than 1,000 WestJet pilots says the staff are underpaid and overworked, while the airline owned by private equity firm Onex claims the pilots are
