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Flaring wildfire in southern B.C. traps backcountry campers as only road is cut
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
VANCOUVER – An airborne assessment was underway for a wildfire in southern British Columbia that has grown aggressively, trapping dozens of campers in a park southwest of Keremeos. Erick Thompson, an information officer with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, says about 80 people are trapped in Cathedral Provincial Park as the Crater Creek blaze is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfires continue to menace large areas of N.W.T., moving close to Yellowknife
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
Wildfires menacing the capital of the Northwest Territories crept closer Wednesday, moving within 16 kilometres of Yellowknife. The N.W.T government, in its latest fire update, stated the blaze had advanced four kilometres closer overnight to Yellowknife, which is home to 20,000 people. Residents in three western Yellowknife neighbourhoods were put on evacuation notice, meaning they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kids overdosing is a public health emergency, Canadian pediatricians say
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new survey says an alarming number of kids age 12 and older have been treated for drug overdoses in Canada. The Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program says stimulants are the most commonly reported cause of severe or life-threatening overdoses, followed by sedatives and opioids. The report says drug overdoses are a public health ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfires continue to menace large areas of N.W.T., move within 16 km of Yellowknife
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
Wildfires continue to menace the capital of the Northwest Territories, with the latest update putting the blaze 16 kilometres from the outskirts of Yellowknife. Residents in some parts of the capital have been put on evacuation notice, meaning they should have belongings packed and be ready to leave quickly should the flames spread. Yellowknife, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winds, heat and lightning trigger concern as two British Columbia wildfires surge
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Wildfire crews in British Columbia are bracing for an incoming weather system expected to bring strong winds and dry lightning by Thursday, but conditions are already flaring in at least two areas of the province. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has issued an evacuation order for the area southwest of Keremeos affected by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two people missing after float plane crashes in St. Lawrence River near Quebec City
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
QUEBEC – Two people are missing after a float plane crashed Tuesday in the St. Lawrence River southwest of Quebec City. Quebec provincial police spokesperson Sgt. Nancy Fournier says authorities received a call at around 8 p.m. about a crash in the water between Neuville, Que., and St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que. Police officers, firefighters and coast guard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Feds talk new Canadians and housing, First Nations policing delays
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Liberalssay newcomers can help solve housing crisis … The alarm bells are becoming bull horns: Canada’s housing supply isn’t keeping up with the rapid rate of population growth. Academics, commercial banks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal researchers join international study of rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
Montreal researchers are joining an international study to learn more about a little-understood genetic disease that is found in Canada, and especially in Quebec and in Acadian regions of the Maritimes. Dr. Massimo Pandolfo of the Montreal Neurological Institute is among the experts collecting research about Friedreich’s ataxia, a condition that causes progressive mobility limitations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters hoping for rain for ‘reprieve’ in battling wildfires in Alberta-N.W.T.
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
FORT SMITH, NWT – Firefighters will be watching the skies over the next couple of days hoping for help from Mother Nature as wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary continue to force evacuations. Thousands of N.W.T. residents have fled the 236 wildfires tearing through the northern boreal forest. More than 20,000 square kilometres have burned, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. wildlife association reports uptick in heat-related calls, hospital admissions
By The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – As high temperature records fall across southern British Columbia, a wildlife rescue group is warning of the heat risks for animals. Kimberly Stephens, the hospital manager for the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, says there has been an uptick in the number of calls and admissions of animals affected by extreme temperatures. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds blamed AFN for delays, slow progress on First Nations policing bill: documents
By Alessia Passafiume and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on August 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal officials worried long-promised legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service was being delayed by Assembly of First Nations hesitations about the bill, newly released internal documents show. Records obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act also appear to show that one of the sticking points for both ... Read More »
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