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CP NewsAlert: Wildfire forces more than 1,000 residents out in Creighton, Sask.
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
CREIGHTON, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA — The mayor of Creighton, Sask., says all town residents have been ordered to flee ahead of a wildfire. Bruce Fidler says about 1,200 to 1,500 people are affected. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All 5,000 residents of Flin Flon, Man., ordered out due to approaching wildfire
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The city of Flin Flon, Man., has ordered all 5,000 of its residents to leave due to an approaching wildfire. Residents were told on social media they should flee south with their essentials and were urged to be out by midnight. The city had already been sending high-needs hospital patients out of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: All 5,000 residents of Flin Flon, Man., ordered out due to wildfire
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The city of Flin Flon, Man., has ordered all 5,000 residents to leave due to an approaching wildfire. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post puts forward ‘final offers’ to union, posts $1.3B loss for 2024
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — Canada Post said it notched nearly $1.3 billion in operating losses last year as the beleaguered institution laid out its “final offers” to the union representing 55,000 workers after negotiations resumed on Wednesday. The Crown corporation has now posted seven consecutive annual losses, amounting to $3.8 billion before tax since 2018, it said. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID vaccine ‘strongly recommended’ during pregnancy, Canadian doctors say
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada’s gynecologists say COVID-19 vaccination is “strongly recommended” during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada issued the statement Wednesday, a day after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared the shot no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women south of the border. The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney grilled on U.S. tariffs in his first question period in House of Commons
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney fielded questions about the trade war with the United States and his decision to delay the federal budget to the fall as he faced his first ever grilling in question period in the House of Commons Wednesday. Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer welcomed Carney to the House before launching ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBSA says 67 per cent of drugs seized in month-long operation were coming into Canada
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency says more than 67 per cent of the drugs seized during a month-long cross-country operation were coming into Canada from the United States. Operation Blizzard took place between February and March and targeted illegal drugs and precursor chemicals transported by mail, air cargo or marine container. In a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Men get prison for human smuggling after frozen deaths of migrant family at border
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
FERGUS FALLS — A judge in Minnesota sentenced two men to prison Wednesday for their roles in a human smuggling operation that saw a family freeze to death in southern Manitoba near the Canada-U.S. border. Harshkumar Patel, who was convicted of organizing the logistics of smuggling trips from Canada into the United states, was given ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa police arrest 13 anti-war protesters demonstrating against arms show
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa Police say officers arrested 13 protesters on charges of mischief and assaulting police after they held demonstrations against an arms expo in the capital. Police also say a man attending the CANSEC trade show sustained minor injuries after being assaulted near the conference venue out by the city’s airport. Officers arrested 12 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Human smuggler sentenced to 6 1/2 years in case of frozen family
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
FERGUS FALLS — A judge in Minnesota has sentenced Steve Shand to 6 1/2 years for his role in a human smuggling operation that saw a family freeze to death in southern Manitoba near the Canada-U.S. border. A co-accused in the case, Harshkumar Patel, was sentenced earlier today to 10 years. A jury convicted the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mexican president invited but undecided on attending G7 summit in Alberta
By Canadian Press on May 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday Canada has invited her to attend the G7 leaders’ summit next month in Alberta but she hasn’t decided yet if she’ll attend. At her morning press briefing, Sheinbaum said Prime Minister Mark Carney extended the invitation to the upcoming summit in Kananaskis, Alta. in their first call, ... Read More »
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