Ahmad Mukhtar

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Ahmad Mukhtar

Toronto — At least 33,400 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in three Canadian provinces due to active wildfires that are sending smoke drifting across the border into northern U.S. states and all the way across the Atlantic to Europe. As of Wednesday two deaths were blamed on the blazes. Officials have declared a state of emergency in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where crews and military forces were battling this week to try to contain dozens of out-of-control fires.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ahmad Mukhtar

Toronto — At least 33,400 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in three Canadian provinces due to active wildfires that are sending smoke drifting across the border into northern U.S. states and all the way across the Atlantic to Europe. As of Wednesday two deaths were blamed on the blazes. Officials have declared a state of emergency in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where crews and military forces were battling this week to try to contain dozens of out-of-control fires.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Ahmad Mukhtar

An American man who had been on the run for over two decades was arrested in Toronto earlier this year, police said. Patrick Lutts Jr., facing manslaughter charges in Orlando, Florida, in connection to a fatal crash, lived openly in Toronto for 21 years without legal status, according to court documents cited by CBS News partner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC News). Toronto police told CBS News that Lutts was arrested in February under the Canadian Extradition Act.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Ahmad Mukhtar

An American man who had been on the run for over two decades was arrested in Toronto earlier this year, police said. Patrick Lutts Jr., facing manslaughter charges in Orlando, Florida, in connection to a fatal crash, lived openly in Toronto for 21 years without legal status, according to court documents cited by CBS News partner Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC News). Toronto police told CBS News that Lutts was arrested in February under the Canadian Extradition Act.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Ahmad Mukhtar

Canadians headed to the polls on Monday for an election widely considered the most significant in a generation, as voters will determine who is best suited to manage the economy -- and U.S. President Trump. Canadians are deciding whether to continue the Liberal Party's hold on power by picking new Prime Minister Mark Carney or transfer control to the Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre Poilievre.