Sidhartha Banerjee

6 days ago | castanet.net | Chuck Chiang |Catherine Morrison |Jack Farrell |Sidhartha Banerjee

Firefighters in Yukon say the wildfire that has put about 100 homes on evacuation alert near Dawson has grown rapidly due to recent weather conditions and is now measured at 15 square kilometres in size. An update posted to Yukon Protective Services' Facebook page says the Quebec Creek fire is now 10 kilometres away from Upper West Dawson, and direct action on the blaze is "difficult" due to the fire's intensity.

6 days ago | castanet.net | Catherine Morrison |Jack Farrell |Sidhartha Banerjee |Alessia Passafiume

Prime Minister Mark Carney will depart for Europe on Sunday for back-to-back summits where he is expected to make major commitments for Canada on security and defence. Carney will be joined by Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister David McGuinty and secretary of state for defence procurement Stephen Fuhr at the EU and NATO summits, where military procurement and diversifying supply chains will top the agendas. Fuhr is the MP for the Kelowna-Lake Country riding.

6 days ago | thespec.com | Sidhartha Banerjee

RIMOUSKI - A Quebec man who drove into pedestrians with his pickup truck in a rural town, killing three people and injuring nine others, was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury Saturday. Steeve Gagnon, 40, was immediately sentenced to life in prison minutes after learning his fate as the jury returned following two days of deliberations with unanimous verdicts.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Sidhartha Banerjee |Alessia Passafiume |Sarah Ritchie |Catherine Morrison

A murder charge has been laid in the disappearance of an Alberta woman who was last seen close to six years ago. RCMP say Twyla Evans, who was 39 when she was last seen alive in Wetaskiwin, south of Edmonton, was reported missing in September of 2019. Police say her body has not been recovered despite search efforts they describe as exhaustive.

1 week ago | timescolonist.com | Sidhartha Banerjee

MONTREAL — Montreal has cancelled its once-annual Canada Day parade for the second time in as many years, event organizers announced this week. Chief organizer Nicolas Cowen announced the decision in a news release, citing a number of reasons for the cancellation including potential municipal worker job action, difficult relations with city departments and planning problems. It's the second consecutive year in which Montreal won't have a parade — an event that began in 1977.