Around Canada

After transporting his new hovercraft from B.C. to northern New Brunswick, Gino LeBlanc is hoping the craft will be useful in his community. Former search and rescue vessel brought from Vancouver to Caraquet. The Canadian Coast Guard is calling and they want you to buy a hovercraft. Not a familiar …

Canada’s gross domestic product was unchanged in April, the second monthly reading in a row of sluggish growth, but early data for May suggests things have started to pick up.  Based on latest economic data, traders say there’s a 50/50 chance of another rate hike in July. Canada’s gross domestic …

Sue Johanson, the beloved Canadian broadcaster who in her golden years enraptured a generation with straightforward sex advice, has died at 93, a representative confirmed on Thursday.  Broadcaster was known for Sunday Night Sex Show and Talk Sex With Sue Johanson. Remembering Sue Johanson, Canada’s no-nonsense sex-ed pioneer Renowned Canadian …

A helicopter, a drone and teams of rescuers from across the Lower Mainland helped locate a missing teen who was separated from her group while hiking in a Metro Vancouver provincial park.  Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue confirmed teen was found late Thursday. A teen girl who was missing for …

This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by Chris Mei from The Weather Network, featuring stories about people, communities and events and how weather impacted them. On Thursday, June 29, 1826, Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) recorded his last entry in his weather observation …

A 24-year-old former international student has been charged in the stabbings Wednesday in a University of Waterloo, Ont., classroom in what is believed to be a hate-motivated incident targeting a gender-studies class, regional police said Thursday.  Region’s police chief says ‘planned and targeted attack’ was in Ontario school’s gender-studies class. …

First Nations leaders say now is the time to repair the fractures in the Assembly of First Nations after RoseAnne Archibald was ousted as national chief.  Some First Nations leaders say removing national chief was tough, but necessary. Cheryl Casimir said her heart was heavy when she logged in to …

As the calendar flips to July, a long-awaited federal policy will kick in aimed at cutting the amount of pollution from cars and trucks, while trying to keep pump prices affordable. Policy won't have 'any real bite' until around 2025, when pump prices set to ramp up As the calendar …

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will make breathing outdoors difficult today for millions of people across the six largest provinces and into the United States. Huge swath of bad air reaches from northern Quebec to Kentucky in the U.S. Wildfire smoke impacts millions of Canadians across the country Smokey, hazy skies …

Even with UCP re-elected, close result marks the end of decades of conservative dominance. Competitive politics is likely here to stay. UCP won, but close result spells end to decades of conservative dominance. This opinion piece is by Doreen Barrie, a political scientist at the University of Calgary. For more …