Around Canada

Tunnel and bridge linking Windsor and Detroit are adding more staff because of the eclipse. The Blue Water Bridge says it’s ‘strictly prohibited’ to slow or stop your vehicle and try to snap a pic of the eclipse while approaching or on the crossing. Officials say it’s ‘strictly prohibited’ to …

A mixed-race couple in an affluent midtown Toronto neighbourhood is asking the city to remove the heritage designation from their century home for an unusual reason: The original owner was, they claim, racist. Original owner Stapleton Pitt Caldecott was opposed to immigration, historian says/ A couple in an affluent midtown …

Deaf professors and researchers working in STEM want more opportunities for ASL interpreters to develop their language skills in specialized fields, allowing for better collaboration between colleagues. Association representing interpreters in Canada says the profession is facing an overall shortage. Read audio transcript Without the right interpreter, following along in …

The families of some of the workers killed in Ottawa’s deadliest workplace incident in decades say the penalty meted out on Friday should include jail time. Families want jail time as part of penalty for deadly 2022 workplace blast. Phil Bertrand was working nearby on Merivale Road on the day …

Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole believes foreign interference may have led to his removal as party leader, according to documents tabled before the foreign interference inquiry.  The party member behind 2021 petition for a leadership review, Bert Chen, vehemently denies allegations. Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole believes foreign interference may …

Click here to view the video The much-anticipated solar eclipse is just around the corner, so what is the forecast telling us now about what to expect on Monday, April 8? Well, plenty of new details have emerged since we last took a peek at the forecast on Monday, April …

One of the seven aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza was 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger, a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who grew up in Quebec’s Beauce region and was the father of an 18-month-old boy.  Quebecer Jacob Flickinger among 7 aid workers killed by Israeli …

Two Calgary men have been charged with murdering a woman who was “targeted because of her history as a sex worker,” police say. Investigators believe Chelsea Davidenas, 29, was killed hours after she was last seen on Feb. 17. Steven Aaron Zwick, 26, and Paul Joseph Rushton, 52, each face …

The family of the four people who died in a murder-suicide incident on March 23 on a farm near Neudorf, Sask., has announced a private funeral to take place on Friday. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gary Clifford Bender born December 9, 1957, his …

Charles-Frédérick Ouellet’s photo of a Quebec forest firefighter standing on top of a rock amid burnt trees has won the North and Central American Single Photograph at the 2023 World Press Photo contest.  Charles-Frédérick Ouellet’s photo of firefighter embodies ‘grief and gravity’: jury. Standing on top of a massive boulder, …