Around Canada

Cold-weather lovers across parts of Alberta can break out the party hats and the brushes over the next couple of days as the season’s inaugural snowfall looms for portions of the foothills. A slug of chilly air sweeping over the province will send freezing levels falling, allowing rain to change …

A high-ranking Toronto police officer has pleaded guilty to seven police act charges after interfering with the force’s internal promotions process by providing confidential information to multiple officers ahead of their interviews. During a hearing on Thursday, Supt. Stacy Clarke, who has been with Toronto police since 1998, pleaded guilty …

A social media post showing rooms with multiple mattresses on the floor has sparked conversations about affordable housing and student living conditions in Windsor. Students say it doesn’t come as a surprise. Ward 2 Coun. Fabio Costante shared screen shots of the now-deleted rental listing on social media. In those …

The owner of the N.W.T.’s Yellow Dog Lodge almost lost his business to wildfire this summer. But he say firefighting efforts helped minimize the damage. Rocky summer has left scarred landscape and many questions for Gord Gin. Gord Gin has been at his lodge on the shores of Duncan Lake …

The B.C. Wildfire Service says almost 25,000 square kilometres of trees, bush and grassland have burned this year, almost double 2018’s previous record, while the cost of fighting fires is now at approximately $770 million.  No new fires in past 24 hours as cool weather reduces risk: B.C. Wildfire Service. …

Some people are having a hard time finding rapid tests in rural and urban communities across Canada. Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases this fall, doctors say accessible availability of tests and better communication from public health officials is key to keeping virus spread low. Changing policies and lack of …

Alexis Zhou hasn’t seen her family in China for years. But when she showed up to speak out against the “1 million March 4 children” protest in Montreal, it felt like she was shouting at her own parents on the other side of the police line. It hurt to see …

A judge will sentence a former youth-care worker next year for repeatedly having sex with a teen in her care, who she harboured in her apartment while he was on the run from her workplace, almost five years ago. Bianca Chouinard, 26, pleaded guilty last October to sexual exploitation by …

Calgary police have two people in custody after a shooting that occurred outside the Calgary International Airport that police believe was a result of road rage. At approximately 12:10 p.m. on Wednesday, police were called after reports of shots fired along Airport Road N.E., close to the airport’s cellphone parking …

Col. Leif Dahl was arrested following an Aug. 25 incident on the Murray Canal in Quinte West where provincial police said they received a report about someone shooting at “protected wildlife” from aboard a boat. . Col. Leif Dahl was removed from command of CFB Trenton after he was charged …