Around Canada

While folks back east deal with powerful winds and potentially historic rains, a major storm scooting up the East Coast will briefly shove a bout of cooler and more seasonable air into southern Ontario to begin the week. This could bring the coldest day of the month for many spots, …

One man has died after a car entered Lake Simcoe on Friday night, according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Provincial police, along with several local emergency services, responded to the single-vehicle collision around 11:45 p.m. at Lake Simcoe and Line 7 S north of Toronto in Oro-Medonte, Ont., according …

Residents in many areas of B.C. reported feeling the effects of a minor earthquake that struck in B.C.’s Coast Mountains, about 220 kilometres north of Vancouver on Sunday afternoon.  Earthquake felt more than 350 kilometres away from epicentre: Earthquakes Canada. Residents in many areas of B.C. reported feeling the effects …

On Nov. 1, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced a widespread salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated cantaloupes. On Friday, the agency confirmed a sixth death tied to the outbreak. Salmonella outbreaks are difficult to track and the fruit has a long shelf life. The Public Health Agency of Canada …

The tent encampment underway at Bannerman near downtown St. John’s is not the first time temporary shelter has been erected there. As Ainsley Hawthorn writes, many people lived in the park in the wake of the Great Fire of 1892 — and out of that came construction incentives and tenant …

Facing a crisis of leadership, a handful of congregants in Freshwater, N.L., became leaders themselves. In doing so, they say, they’ve found a model for the many other churches in the province in the same boat.  New Atlantic Voice documentary probes a new model for masses, when ministers are hard …

The RCMP say they have arrested one person and charged them with offences related to alleged terrorist activity against the Jewish community.  RCMP say age of individual prevents release of more information. A youth in Ottawa has been charged with terrorist-related offences that allegedly targeted Jewish people, the RCMP said …

In war-torn Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vladimir Batinić saw weapons used all around him. Now living in Canada, he has mixed feelings about hunting and using firearms.  I want to be a supportive parent but my son’s passions are no longer mine. This First Person column is the experience of Vladimir …

In December 1735, a ship with decks covered in blood sailed into Chebogue, in present-day Yarmouth County, N.S., and dropped anchor. It was the brigantine Baltimore and the story of what happened on board remains shrouded in mystery to this day. The Acadians who lived in the area of southwestern …

CBC News has learned that automakers are expected to get a jolt Tuesday when the federal government unveils its promised electric vehicle (EV) regulations.  Sales targets meant to ensure automakers ramp up EV production to keep up with demand, says source. Automakers are set to get a jolt Tuesday when …