Visible bullet holes and flashing police lights remain on Robson Street Saturday evening after officials shut down an entire block for several hours following what’s believed to be a targeted shooting in downtown Vancouver. Bullet holes could be seen on a black SUV sitting at the centre of the police …
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New Brunswick moves to pay farmers who set aside land for conservation
The program will also reward farmers who protect ponds, wetlands, and pollinator habitats. Farms urged to put aside land for pollinators and buffer zones along rivers. Farmers in New Brunswick will be urged to leave parts of their land untilled under a new provincial program to motivate conservation. Known as …
Read More »Canada’s solar eclipse forecast may hinge on cold air in Asia
We’re now less than 10 days out from the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. Millions of folks across Canada and the U.S. plan to travel into the path of totality, which cuts across portions of Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces. The big day is close enough that …
Read More »Alberta faces record warmth as heat soars to start April
Click here to view the video Extreme weather is a way of life on the Prairies. This week will prove no exception as a double-digit temperature swing sends readings toward record territory to start April. Just as fast as temperatures rise, though, a cold front will completely erase the warmth …
Read More »Double dose of wintry systems to start April in Ontario, Quebec
Click here to view the video This week’s forecast across Ontario and Quebec is a rude reminder that winter is still in charge across Canada even as we creep deeper into spring. Anyone who took their winter tires off already may have tempted fate as we face periods of rain …
Read More »‘Perfect unison’ of oikomi pipes not enough to coax baby orca over sandbar that fatally beached mother
About 10 boats herded the young whale towards the exit of the B.C. lagoon at high tide, but the two-year-old whale refused to swim over the sandbar where its mother died last weekend to the open ocean. Crews and whale to rest a few days before resuming efforts to get …
Read More »CRA pausing new ‘bare trust’ reporting requirement just days before filing deadline
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is hitting pause on a new “bare trust” reporting requirement with just a few days remaining before the deadline. Agency says the new reporting requirements would have ‘an unintended impact on Canadians.’ The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is hitting pause on a new “bare trust” …
Read More »Heavy rains result in major washouts on Newfoundland’s west coast
Half of Cape St. George is now cut off, and other roads are impassible following a series of washouts. Significant rainfall on the west coast has resulted in flooding and road washouts. Rouzes Brook in Cape St. George has overflowed its banks and done serious damage, closing parts of Route …
Read More »Do you cross-country ski? Thank this Norwegian who lived to 111
Herman ‘Jackrabbit’ Smith-Johannsen popularized cross-country skiing in Canada, and was a colourful character well into old age. For CBC Creator Network, John Batt spends some time in Quebec’s Laurentians region to find out who this man was. Herman ‘Jackrabbit’ Smith-Johannsen popularized cross-country skiing in Canada. You don’t know Jack | …
Read More »Halifax neighbourhood where 2023 wildfire began likely won’t get new emergency exit this year
An Upper Tantallon resident who lives near the spot where last year’s wildfire began says it’s “absolutely shameful” his community will likely go through another fire season without a new emergency exit. Halifax councillor says municipality can’t build another road on its own by the summer/ An Upper Tantallon resident …
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