Around Canada

As Canada sweltered under a persistent bout of intense heat, weather warnings were issued Thursday from coast to coast to coast.  June was world’s hottest month on record, European Union scientists say. As Canada sweltered under a persistent bout of intense heat, weather warnings were issued Thursday from coast to …

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning people to watch out for scammers pretending to offer them the new grocery rebate.  Scams ‘could result in identity and financial theft,’ the agency says. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is warning people to watch out for scammers pretending to offer them the …

A new initiative could help to bring in thousands of workers to fill labour shortages in Canada and spur innovation. But experts say the federal government risks perpetuating an inequitable immigration system that gives more mobility and freedom to some workers over others.  Critics say move risks perpetuating a ‘2-tier’ …

The parent of a young girl who died of an overdose in Regina is calling for change after she spent six gruelling months looking for answers about what happened to her daughter.  Presley Wilchuck, 13, died of fentanyl overdose in January. Presley Wilchuck loved going to the beach and playing …

Families who say they lost thousands of dollars for prepaid funerals are frustrated the case against former funeral director Lowell Oakes, has been adjourned. Oakes, who ran the now-closed Dawson Funeral Home in Crapaud, P.E.I., was charged with 66 counts of fraud last July. That includes 36 counts of fraud …

Police officers in Grand Forks, B.C., say they arrested a man for canoeing while intoxicated. The incident happened in the early afternoon of June 29 on Christina Lake in B.C.’s southeastern Interior. Under B.C. law, the same impairment rules that apply to driving also apply to boating. According to the …

Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike in British Columbia have resumed, ending a days-long stretch away from the negotiating table. Meeting took place a day before the union is expected to hold a rally in Vancouver Talks between the two sides in an ongoing port strike …

MV Confederation won’t be be back in business taking vehicles and people between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia until at least July 9, Northumberland Ferries now says.  No vehicle-passenger ferry on Nova Scotia-P.E.I. route for most of last 3 weeks. The only ferry able and available to take vehicles and people …

Jewell Parchman Langford’s parents and siblings died without ever finding out what had happened to her, but the Tennessee woman’s surviving relatives provided the key clue that helped identify her remains — and a suspect in her killing — nearly five decades later. Jewell Parchman Langford left her home in …

An Edmonton man pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting and injuring a black bear in Jasper National Park last summer. Serge Painchaud, 42, was fined $7,500 for violating a hunting restriction under the Canada National Parks Act. According to an agreed statement of facts read into the Court of Justice in …