To give Canadians a break on their summer road trips, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to suspend all gas and diesel taxes from Victoria Day to Labour Day. “It will reduce gas prices by 35 cents a litre, allowing families to get on the road and go … Read more
(The Hill) — The North Carolina state Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to ban anyone from wearing masks in public, even for health reasons. Republican supporters of the ban said it would help law enforcement crack down on protesters who wear masks. They say demonstrators are abusing COVID-19 pandemic-era practices to hide their identities … Read more
Veteran TSN broadcaster Darren ‘Dutchy’ Dutchyshen, one of Canada’s best-known sports journalists, has died. He was 57. The Regina-born broadcaster was a mainstay of Canadian sports media. Dutchyshen began his TSN career in 1995 hosting weekend editions of SportsDesk. Over the following three decades, he was best known for hosting late-night editions of SportsCentre, the … Read more
Travelling with a pet is already a challenge, but soon it could be even harder for dog owners heading down to the U.S. The U.S. Center for Disease Control is bringing in new rules starting Aug. 1, which it says are intended to make sure dogs coming into the country are healthy and … Read more
Air quality warnings were renewed Thursday for some areas of Western Canada as wildfires creep closer to neighbourhoods, according to the latest forecasts. Fires burning near communities like Fort McMurray are driving air quality scores lower in northern Alberta, with flames forcing the evacuation of four neighbourhoods. According to CTV Your … Read more
Ventura, Calif. – A judge decided Wednesday that a Southern California college professor will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish counter-protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war last year. Superior Court Judge Ryan Wright judge declared after a two-day preliminary hearing that there’s enough evidence to … Read more
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the highways near Fort McMurray, studded with cannons that can blast enough water into fire-threatened ditches to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 90 minutes. The soakers help protect buildings, homes and vital routes into and out of the Alberta city against … Read more
Peter Dominey still cannot fully comprehend the magnitude of the damage to his own property and his neighbourhood during the wildfires of May and June in 2023. In the Tantallon area in suburban Halifax, 16,000 evacuated their community, while fire destroyed 200 buildings and 151 homes. “I lost some buildings, some sheds … Read more
Evacuees staying in Fort St. John have expressed concern about how little they are hearing about what is happening in their now deserted city. A few dozen residents defied the evacuation order issued Friday, and have been documenting the damage outside of town on social media, leading to conflicting accounts of the situation inside … Read more
The fourth suspect in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 22-year old Amandeep Singh, appeared via telephone due to technical difficulties for his first court appearance at Surrey Provincial Court Tuesday. Singh has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder, as announced by the Lower Mainland’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team … Read more
