Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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Montreal public health says one heat-related death reported since Sunday
MONTREAL - One heat-related death has been reported to Montreal's public health department since a period of extreme heat hit the city on Sunday. Department spokesperson Tudor Matei says the city's he...
Aug 12, 2025
Ontario youth climate case to be put to the test again in December
TORONTO - Ontario's climate plan is set to be put to the constitutional test again in December. A lawyer for a group of young climate activists says their historic constitutional challenge is set to b...
Aug 12, 2025
Evacuations ordered as wildfire roars near Newfoundland's largest city
ST. JOHN'S - Residents near Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city were ordered to flee a wildfire Tuesday, as thousands of other people across the province faced the prospect of leaving or losing t...
Aug 12, 2025
Montreal public health asking ER doctors to report all heat-related deaths
MONTREAL - Montreal's public health department is asking emergency room doctors to report all deaths suspected of being related to the ongoing heat wave. Officials issued a notice on Sunday for the ci...
Aug 11, 2025
Largest wildfire continues to gain ground in eastern Newfoundland
SMALL POINT-ADAM'S COVE-BLACKHEAD-BROAD COVE - He has no official confirmation, but Luo Xu is certain his family's evacuated home in eastern Newfoundland has been destroyed by wildfire. On Saturday ni...
Aug 11, 2025
WATCH: Giant Pacific octopus shoots video of itself after claiming camera from B.C. divers
by Nono Shen When it comes to cinematography, a giant Pacific octopus that borrowed a camera from two divers earns a solid "10 out of 10." Underwater videographer John Roney said he and his longtime d...
Aug 09, 2025 Diver Chris Mullen is seen in this still image from video being embraced by a giant Pacific octopus after it seized the camera from his diving partner, underwater videographer John Roney, off Vancouver Island on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - John Roney)
Canada's 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
TORONTO - Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest the fires have torn through 72,000 square ki...
Aug 08, 2025
Wildfires: Penalties for violating fire bans soar up to $150,000 in Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S - As some of eastern Newfoundland's tinder-dry forests continued to burn out of control on Friday, the provincial government exponentially increased its fines for those caught lighting ille...
Aug 08, 2025
Titan disaster: federal Fisheries Department was part of previous OceanGate mission
HALIFAX - The federal Fisheries Department is shedding new light on its relationship with OceanGate, the American company behind the deepsea Titan submersible that imploded south of Newfoundland in 20...
Aug 08, 2025 Debris from the Titan submersible, recovered from the ocean floor near the wreck of the Titanic, is unloaded from the ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, N.L., on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Time to move forward on national agency to fight forest fires, chiefs say
OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs says it's time for Ottawa to stop studying the idea of a national forest fire co-ordination agency and take action. The organization's president wants ...
Aug 07, 2025
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