Northern Alberta residents on alert as multiple wildfires burn out of control
May 26, 2025
Residents of two areas in northern Alberta are on alert as out-of-control wildfires burn closer and closer to their homes.People living in Swan Hills, roughly 221 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, have been placed under a one-hour evacuation notice as a wildfire burned out of control north of town.
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BC Ferries is buying four massive ferries from a Chinese state-owned shipyard to run routes to and from Vancouver Island, saying that bidder was the clear choice despite China being locked in a trade war with Canada.The publicly owned ferry operator announced this week that China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards had won the right to build these vessels and that no Canadian companies stepped up, mostly because they are too busy fulfilling federal military contracts.
June 11, 2025 - 23:02 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
After receiving hundreds of tips, analyzing hours of video footage and seizing electronic devices, the Nova Scotia RCMP insist there’s still no evidence that two young children who disappeared from the rural hamlet of Lansdowne nearly six weeks ago were kidnapped. The Mounties in a statement Wednesday described their investigation into the mysterious case as tenacious and intensive. They said they were getting help from the RCMP-run National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains, as well as provincial and municipal police agencies from Nova Scotia and other parts of Canada...
June 11, 2025 - 22:12 | Lindsay Jones, Greg Mercer | The Globe and Mail
Pride Toronto says the festival faces a major financial shortfall after multiple corporate sponsors pulled their support, which the festival’s executive director links to American companies moving away from DEI efforts under the Trump administration.
June 11, 2025 - 22:00 | | CBC News - Canada
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