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Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose home is a few kilometres from the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, says she is waiting a bit longer to bring back half of her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada’s 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick. That surpasses the next-worst season in 1989 and is about half the area burned during the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM Carney says Israel taking over Gaza City will hurt both Palestinians and hostages
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Israel’s announced plan to take over part of the Gaza Strip will further a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and hostages. Israel’s cabinet has approved a plan today to take control of Gaza City, with the country’s foreign ministry saying it does not want to take over the Palestinian ... Read More »
1 responseWildfires: Penalties for violating fire bans soar up to $150,000 in Newfoundland
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — As some of Newfoundland’s tinder-dry forests continued to burn out of control on Friday, the provincial government exponentially increased its fines for those caught lighting illegal fires. A visibly angry Premier John Hogan said the fine for a first offence would rise from $75 to $50,000, with potential imprisonment of up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TRENTON, ONT. — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will boost entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. Other military members will also receive pay raises, with smaller increases for higher ranks — part of a plan to boost recruitment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TRENTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will boost the entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. Other military members will also receive pay raises, with smaller increases for higher ranks, as part of a plan to boost recruitment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran International network says two journalists working in Canada targeted by regime
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Two journalists working for Iran International in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks, the network says. Iran International is a prominent online broadcaster that covers news in Iran and its diaspora, including anti-government protests that advocates say are censored within Iran. Network spokesman Adam Baillie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American company Lyten interested in purchasing Northvolt battery plant in Quebec
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
MONTREAL — Lyten, an American company, has announced it hopes to purchase the Northvolt battery plant in Quebec. This comes after the company shared Thursday it entered into a deal buy Northvolt’s assets in Sweden and Germany. The acquisition includes the Northvolt Ett, Ett Expansion, and Northvolt Labs facilities in Sweden, as well as Northvolt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RFK Jr.’s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada’s access to development: experts
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world. University of Saskatchewan virologist Angela Rasmussen says unlike other vaccines, mRNA vaccines can be made very quickly and easily modified to fight new viruses and adapt to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative campaign manager Jenni Byrne says she won’t run the next campaign
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Conservative party will have a new campaign manager in the next federal election, now that Jenni Byrne says she’s stepping back from the role she held this spring. Byrne, who remains a key adviser to party leader Pierre Poilievre, also ran campaigns for former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2011 and 2015. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mother charged in abandonment case to continue psychiatric evaluation
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment. A Quebec court judge ordered the evaluation to continue at a Montreal psychiatric hospital during a brief court hearing today west of Montreal. Judge Mylène Grégoire says the ... Read More »
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