The Manitoba government has signed a $30-million contract with the Canadian Red Cross for evacuee support and other services related to this year’s wildfires. The recently disclosed contract is worth more than half the province’s total annual budget for emergency services and provides a first glimpse into the cost of the Manitoba’s worst wildfire season…
Police in Alberta say the public should mind strangers asking for hugs or sharing sob stories after three people were arrested in a string of “distraction” thefts across Canada. Edmonton police say officers have received at least 63 reports since May of people having belongings stolen while being distracted by thieves. Three women were charged…
Hurricane Erin chugged slowly toward the eastern U.S. Tuesday, stirring up treacherous waves that already have led to dozens of water rescues and shut down beaches along the coast in the midst of summer’s last hurrah. While forecasters remain confident the center of the monster storm will remain far offshore, the outer edges are likely…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The presidents of two major Quebec unions fear that workers in the province could soon face the same treatment as striking Air Canada flight attendants under a provincial law passed in May. The law gives Quebec’s labour minister the power to end a labour dispute by imposing arbitration when the…
Dalhousie University says they will lock out faculty on Wednesday morning if the two sides fail to reach an agreement. “Unfortunately, we have not been able to come to terms on a new collective agreement, and the DFA leadership have been delaying our efforts to resolve this matter before the fall term starts,” Dalhousie president…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba RCMP say speed and alcohol were likely factors in a serious crash in the RM of Springfield that sent a man to hospital in critical condition. Officers from the Oakbank detachment were called to the scene of a crash involving a sedan and a semi truck…
An Indiana woman was arrested in Washington, D.C., over the weekend and charged in connection with making a series of kidnapping and death threats against U.S. President Donald Trump on social media. Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Ind., used her Instagram account to call for Trump’s removal from office, labelled him a terrorist and…
By Corinne BeckingerWhen Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s South Pole in a commercial human landing system, they will encounter a landscape pockmarked with deep craters, sloped connecting ridges, and harsh lighting conditions. The Moon’s lack of contrast, combined with its rolling terrain, will also pose a challenge, making it difficult for astronauts to overcome…
As of Tuesday morning, there were 33 active wildfires in New Brunswick, including four listed as being “out of control.” Those four active fires are the Chief’s fire near Northesk, Beaver Lake Stream near Red Bank, Lovalls Lake near the Brunswick Mines and Rocky Brook near Balmoral Parish, which are all located in the northern…
Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September. Ahmed, a runner from St. Catharines, Ont., who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, signed a letter that frames the Sept. 12-13 Davis Cup tie against the backdrop of what it calls rising…
