Will be sent to northern Quebec to fight fires Some 150 firefighters from South Korea arrived in Ottawa on Sunday afternoon on their way to northern Quebec to fight dozens of wildfires that are still burning there. After a 13-hour flight, they were met at the Ottawa International Airport by important people like the president…
As of noon on Sunday, about 8,000 SaskPower customers were without power Parts of Saskatchewan had bad weather on Canada Day because of a storm. Dan Fulton, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, says the weather was caused by a low pressure system that began in Alberta. Saturday afternoon in Western Central Saskatchewan, there was a…
Northumberland Ferries says the ferry won’t run for the rest of Sunday The ferry service between Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) and Nova Scotia has been canceled for the rest of Sunday. This comes just one day after it started running again after being shut down for two weeks because of a mechanical problem. Around 2…
After a shorter transition period, during which she will take office on July 12, Chow says she will take “action. Olivia Chow is putting together her team and making plans at city hall. She just won an election. The new mayor-elect of Toronto told reporters on Thursday that she has hired a chief-of-staff, has been…
During the pandemic, there were more close calls with power lines in B.C. and Ontario Electrical safety advocates want people to be careful this summer when they are having fun or working on their homes. In Ontario, the number of people who have come into contact with power lines has gone up sharply in recent…
The B.C. Wildfire Service helps firefighters in Kelowna fight highly visible fires. Canada Day blaz On Canada Day, people who live near a wildfire that is out of control and can be seen from downtown Kelowna, B.C., were told to leave their homes. The wildfire on Knox Mountain that was burning in the city of…
A researcher says that the problem is caused by language, culture, and a program that is meant to divide Sidique Ali-Hosein says that during the nine years he worked as a migrant farm worker in Ontario, he saw a divide between workers from different cultures. He said that Caribbean and Mexican workers often didn’t talk…
Saskatchewan twins are competing on the North American rodeo circuit while they try to get jobs in health care The CBC Creator Network in SaskatchewanIs a place where young digital storytellers from all kinds of different backgrounds can make their own videos to air on CBC and tell their own stories. Contact us or send…
A yearly event remembers the soldiers who died in World War I On Saturday morning, lots of people lined the streets in downtown St. John’s to remember the soldiers from the province who died in the First World War. While the rest of the country celebrates July 1 as Canada Day, Newfoundland and Labrador also…
Since June 17, the MV Confederation had been out of service The ferry between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia has started running weeks before it was supposed to. Saturday at 7 a.m., the first boat left from Wood Islands, P.E.I. On June 17, the service stopped because the MV Confederation had a mechanical problem…