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Research survey finds Canadian lakes in increasingly hot water over climate change.

Canadian lakes are in hot water over climate change, a new research survey has concluded.

Jul 19, 2022 2:21 PM Read more >

N.W.T. health-care providers learning to use rapid syphilis tests to combat outbreak

YELLOWKNIFE — Health-care providers in the Northwest Territories are learning how to use rapid tests for syphilis in response to an outbreak of the sexually transmitted disease across the territory. The N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, Dr.

Jul 19, 2022 1:53 PM Read more >

Canada's turbine decision could weaken united sanctions front against Russia: Hillier

WASHINGTON — Canada's decision to allow newly repaired turbines vital to a key natural gas pipeline in Europe to be sent back to Germany risks undermining a united global effort to punish Russia for its war in Ukraine, retired general Rick Hillier sa

Jul 19, 2022 1:42 PM Read more >

Nova Scotia mass killer accumulated cash through 'illegitimate or suspicious' means

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia mass killer used “illegitimate or suspicious means" to amass cash and enjoy a lifestyle well beyond his reported $40,000 annual income, the inquiry into his 2020 murders has found.

Jul 19, 2022 6:39 AM Read more >

Trudeau tour begins and wildfires continue to burn: In The News for July 19, 2022

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, July 19, 2022 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Jul 19, 2022 2:15 AM Read more >

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

KELOWNA, B.C. — The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers with a lighter than normal crop.

Jul 19, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Fisheries report brings hope to Indigenous communities, sparks anger in industry

OTTAWA — A Mi'kmaw lawyer from the community at the centre of a violent backlash over its self-governed lobster fishery says she's "very hopeful" about a new Senate report that calls for the full implementation of Indigenous fishing rights.

Jul 19, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Wildfire threats grow in western provinces, as warmer and drier weather forecast

Canada's western provinces are dealing with a number of wildfires caused by warmer and drier weather. The B.C.

Jul 19, 2022 2:00 AM Read more >

Trudeau tours B.C. cherry farm, where weather events have affected crop

The prime minister got a first-hand look at how heat and wildfires in British Columbia last year combined with mild temperatures in the earlier months of 2022 have left fruit growers with a lighter than normal crop

Jul 18, 2022 10:00 PM Read more >

Catholic dioceses failed in past to raise money promised to survivors. Will they now?

When 48 Catholic church entities signed on to fundraise $25 million for survivors under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, it was spelled out they would do so through their 'best efforts.' Did they?

Jul 18, 2022 5:43 PM Read more >