U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that will raise his tariffs on Canada to 35 per cent starting midnight Friday, a deadline he set for a new trade deal that has failed to materialize. Trump also signed an executive order that will have new tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading…
A small aircraft with three people aboard crashed down in Ottawa just west of the city’s airport on Thursday evening. It happened shortly before 6 p.m. in the area of Riverside Drive and Hunt Club Road. A photo shared by one resident showed a plane wedged in the trees. Emergency services responded at 5:55 p.m., according to…
Ten years ago, a speeding BMW driven by an intoxicated man lost control and crashed in front of an apartment building on Whyte Avenue in south Edmonton, killing the young woman inside it and claiming the 30-year-old driver’s life a month later. The story made headlines because of the terrible collision, but what wasn’t known…
A man who admitted to accidentally shooting and killing his stepson during a family barbecue in a small southeastern Manitoba community almost two years ago has been sentenced to six years in prison. Cory Davis sat quietly in the prisoner’s box Wednesday, looking down as members of Dylan Jones’s family got up to describe how…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A tsunami watch for much of the British Columbia coast has been upgraded to an advisory following a powerful earthquake off the coast of eastern Russia. “A tsunami advisory is issued when a tsunami with the potential to generate strong currents or waves dangerous to those in…
A tsunami advisory has been issued for multiple parts of the B.C. coast after a large earthquake in the Pacific basin near Kamchatka, Russia, on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency Info B.C. says there was a magnitude 8.7 earthquake around 135 kilometres southeast of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk around 4:25 p.m. PT on Tuesday. A tsunami advisory, upgraded from…
By Payton Zillich Global News Posted July 28, 2025 9:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are studying bats to find a cure for future pandemics. Dr. Arinjay Banerjee says that bats do not get sick, but…
A man banished from his First Nation community until 2029 is now challenging the decision to cast him out in federal court. Terry Francois, 53, pleaded guilty to two counts of resisting a peace officer in May. He was charged after driving away from a checkstop by his home community of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN)…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 27, 2025 5:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack by punching the animal in the face in the province’s northern Interior. The province’s Conservation Officer Service says in a…
One-hundred seventy-five passengers on a Via Rail train travelling from Halifax to Montreal were forced to disembark in a central Nova Scotia community on Sunday after The Ocean experienced mechanical issues. The train departed Halifax late this morning, but had a mechanical issue outside of Truro, N.S., early this afternoon. Truro is roughly 100 kilometres north of…
