Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Environment Canada introduces new colour-coded weather alerts
Weather alerts from Environment Canada are now colour-coded, with each colour indicating the level of risk the weather poses. According to Environment Canada, "each type of weather alert - Warnings, A...
Nov 27, 2025 When choosing the colour to issue along with the weather alert, Environment Canada said two types of information are considered: confidence that the weather will happen and its potential impact. (Justin Eberle/Submitted)
Afghan national charged in Guard ambush shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Afghan national who worked with the CIA in his native country and immigrated to the U.S. in 2021 drove from Washington state to shoot two West Virginia National Guard members depl...
Nov 27, 2025 Streets are blocked after reports that two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Anthony Peltier)
Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast - and opens the d...
Nov 27, 2025
At least 75 dead as Hong Kong firefighters battle burning towers for a second day
HONG KONG (AP) - Firefighters battled a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong for the second day on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 75 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city's mo...
Nov 27, 2025 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire which broke out Wednesday at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Carney expected to unveil agreement with Alberta on new pipeline today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to unveil an agreement with Alberta Thursday which could clear the way for a new oil pipeline in exchange for stronger environmental regulations, while ...
Nov 27, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, greets Alberta Premier Danielle Smith during the 2025 summer meetings of Canada's premiers at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Carney announces new support for sectors hammered by U.S. tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has a new suite of supports to build up the domestic steel and lumber industries hit hard by U.S. tariffs. The new plan tightens the quota on ste...
Nov 26, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney greets employees after touring the Gorman Brothers Lumber sawmill in West Kelowna, B.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
France's top court upholds Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing in 2012
PARIS (AP) - France's top court on Wednesday upheld Nicolas Sarkozy's conviction for illegal campaign financing of his reelection bid in 2012 in another blow to France's former president's legacy and ...
Nov 26, 2025 Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves his home Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 in Paris as he heads to prison to serve time for a criminal conspiracy to finance his 2007 election campaign with funds from Libya. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Concerns raised about AI-powered toys and creativity, development as holiday shopping peaks
TORONTO - As parents hunt for gifts that will wow their kids this holiday season, Canadian child development and psychology experts say they should be wary of AI-powered toys because of possible harms...
Nov 26, 2025 An AI-powered toy called Gabbo is pictured in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Fairplay, Rachel Franz (Mandatory Credit)
'December to remember': Winter will get off to an abrupt start, Weather Network says
Blasts of frigid Arctic air could send temperatures tumbling in December and herald the arrival of a more "traditional Canadian winter," a meteorologist for the Weather Network predicts as it releases...
Nov 26, 2025
Carney to announce new supports today for steel industry hammered by U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce new measures today to help Canada's steel sector, a government official told The Canadian Press. Ottawa plans to limit foreign steel imports and ...
Nov 26, 2025
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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