Новости за 18.08.2023

A council direction last month included engaging with the public to hear opinions and answer questions residents may have about how a plan for service hubs will operate.

Nova Scotia's Department of Public Works announced on Friday that crews have opened a temporary bridge to allow drivers to reach Peggy's Cove through Route 333 in Blind Bay.

Workers4Wishes has granted 17-year-old Braxton Harrington several wishes after he had undergone a surgery to remove a cancerous tumour back in 2019.

“Significant structures” have already been lost in West Kelowna due to the McDougall Creek wildfire, officials confirmed Friday morning.

The section of Queen street between Montreal and Sydenham will remain closed a little longer than planned due to ongoing construction.

As the opposition calls for more transparency, Global News can reveal three months during the pandemic when Doug Ford failed to make a single call on his government-issued device.

Two men were arrested and a search of the passenger and vehicle resulted in police finding drugs, a knife, ammunition and a shotgun.

The Saskatoon Police Service were called to the 300 block of Shillington Crescent around 5:30 a.m. Thursday and found a suspect carrying a backpack and a machete.

York Regional Police said on Thursday at 10:30 p.m., officers received a 9-1-1 call from a woman who said she was being harassed by a man with a knife.

Nova Scotia health officials say they have been unable to determine the source of bacteria that caused a recent outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the New Glasgow, N.S., area.

Former Rogers CEO Joe Natale is suing the company for wrongful dismissal and breach of contract, alleging Rogers' chairman carried out ``malicious ... and oppressive conduct.''

“Residents on evacuation order should leave their properties immediately,” said Emergency Operations.

Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine said a new variant of COVID-19 has reached the prairies, but added that we are not in a crisis like we were three years ago.

The Calgary Police Service issued a warning Friday morning ahead of the release of a high-risk offender who has completed his most recent sentence.

RCMP are searching for information or video following an alleged shooting in Cochrane, Alta., on Thursday night. No one was injured in the incident.

Community lab services will be going back to Alberta’s provincial labs, less than a year after private operator Dynalife expanded community lab services beyond Edmonton.

The charitable wildlife rescue says thousands of fish, a beaver, 10 ducks and a mink have died following a six-alarm fire at Brenntag Canada, a chemical distribution facility.

Winnipeg fire crews remained on the scene of a fire in a high-rise building on Stradbrook Avenue until early Friday morning. The building sustained significant damage in the blaze.

As wildfires grip western and northern regions of Canada, the smoke is projected to spread across the Prairie provinces into the weekend, and potentially further east.

By producing and releasing his own video and "disco funk" version of the Meghan Trainor tune, he hopes it will help unite folks of all genders.

Calgary police are turning to the public in hopes of locating and reconnecting stolen television, movie and sports memorabilia with the rightful owners.

The airspace surrounding Kelowna International Airport has been closed to allow aerial firefighting activity for the wildfires in the Kelowna area.

Hydro-Québec says the public utility evacuated about 100 workers from the La Grande-3 dam in the James Bay region over concerns that roads or airports could get cut off.

DriveBC says Highway 97 is also closed for about 14 kilometres between Kelowna and West Kelowna because of wildfires. Westside Road is closed in both directions

NDP Leader Wab Kinew says if his party wins the election set for Oct. 3, it would offer a $4,000 rebate for new electric vehicles and a $2,500 rebate for used ones.