Kitimat residents adjust to life alongside new LNG Canada plant

For the past few months, the buzz in the small coastal community of Kitimat, B.C., has been all about the flares.  LNG Canada, the newly completed gas liquefaction and export plant, began... Read more »

Woman arrested as Thailand rocked by Buddhist monk sex and blackmail scandal

Police in Thailand arrested a woman on Tuesday who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then pressured them into making large payments to cover up their intimacy.... Read more »

‘Worrisome’ conditions due to wildfire smoke and heat force camps, daycares to adjust

Summer camps and daycares are being forced to shift their plans amid stifling heat and poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke drifting across Central Canada, the Prairies and other parts of... Read more »

Feed Scarborough community farm damaged in fire, vehicles vandalized earlier

Staff and volunteers with Feed Scarborough, a non-profit focused on addressing food insecurity in the east end of Toronto, are looking to partially rebuild their community farm after it was damaged in... Read more »

Alia Hogben was a powerful advocate for Muslim women, in Canada and abroad

Open this photo in gallery: Alia Hogben, left, and David Johnston at an Order of Canada investiture ceremony in 2012.Sgt Ronald Duchesne Alia Hogben, a trailblazing Muslim social worker, championed the welfare... Read more »

Carney says a U.S. trade deal without some tariffs is unlikely

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump seems wedded to tariffs and any trade deal with the Americans may include accepting some levies on exports. Speaking to reporters ahead... Read more »

Unsanitary conditions, rooms without locks among ‘failures’ at shelter sites, says official

Unhygienic conditions, bedrooms without locks and assaults against residents were among the problems plaguing two supportive housing sites in Halifax before the province cut ties with the non-profit managing the locations, a government official alleged Monday.... Read more »

Poilievre slams Carney over investment disclosure, says PM needs to sell assets

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pointing to a list of assets that Prime Minister Mark Carney transferred to a blind trust as evidence that the Liberal leader wasn’t being honest with Canadians... Read more »

Alberta surpasses U.S. in confirmed measles cases with more than 1,300 since March

EDMONTON — Alberta has surpassed the United States in confirmed measles cases, after 30 new cases were diagnosed over the weekend. The province reported Monday that it has seen 1,314 cases since... Read more »

Wildfire along Grand Canyon’s North Rim destroys historic lodge and is spreading rapidly

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A wildfire raging along the Grand Canyon’s North Rim that leveled a historic lodge erupted over the weekend after burning for more than a week, raising scrutiny over... Read more »