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Tornado touches down on Montreal's South Shore, uproots trees, overturns semi-trailer
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says a tornado touched down on Montreal's South Shore on Wednesday night. The weather agency says the tornado hit Brossard, Que., just before 8:15 p.m. and uprooted trees...
Jul 25, 2024

Uvalde school police officer pleads not guilty to charges stemming from actions during 2022 shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - A former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer who was part of the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School pleaded not guilty during a cou...
Jul 25, 2024

Local organizers holding peaceful protest of Israel-Hamas war with documentary screening
A local group will be screening a documentary at Safety City as part of a peace demonstration against the war in Gaza.Attendees will be able to view the documentary Irealism as well as a recorded 30-m...
Jul 25, 2024

Canadian swimmers poised for multi-podium performances in Paris
John Atkinson compares Canada's Olympic swim team in Paris to a complex jigsaw puzzle requiring a deft hand to complete. Swimming Canada's high-performance director of a dozen years is managing his de...
Jul 25, 2024

Province studying possible expansion at Grande Prairie courthouse
The provincial government has started looking at expansion at the Grande Prairie courthouse.A brief statement Alberta Infrastructure press secretary Benji Smith emailed to EverythingGP says the minist...
Jul 25, 2024

NORAD says it tracked Chinese and Russian long-range bombers off Alaska
BEIJING (AP) - Two Chinese and two Russian long-range bombers were tracked flying over international waters near Alaska and U.S. and Canadian fighter jets were sent up in response, their joint aerospa...
Jul 25, 2024

In the news today: Wildfire flames hit Jasper, cooler weather to help B.C. fire crews
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Jasper wildfires burn buildings, chase out crews A fast-moving wildfire has hit Jasper, Alberta, destroying bu...
Jul 25, 2024

Can B.C.'s southern resident orcas be taken off the path to extinction?
The southern resident killer whale known as Tahlequah captured global sympathy in 2018 when she pushed the body of her dead calf for more than two weeks in waters off British Columbia's south coast. S...
Jul 25, 2024

Canada's premiers forced to confront escalating climate change-related disasters
HALIFAX - As Canada's premiers reckoned with housing, health care and their contentious relationship with Ottawa during meetings last week in Halifax, many of them remained consumed by climate change-...
Jul 25, 2024

Coolest temperatures in a month expected to bring respite in B.C. wildfire fight
Firefighters in British Columbia are expecting the warmer-than-usual weather to ease off today, fueling hope for more respite in their battle against more than 400 blazes. The BC Wildfire Service says...
Jul 25, 2024