2023 wildfire emissions were quadruple Canada's annual fossil fuel emissions: study
A new study says planet-warming emissions from Canada's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season were quadruple the country's fossil emissions for all of the previous year and on par with some of the most high-emitting countries.
The study penned by researchers at NASA, and published in the journal Nature, says only China, India and the United States release more carbon per year than Canada's 2023 wildfires from May to September.
Star hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and brother killed in cycling collision
Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew have been killed in a cycling collision according to the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets.
According to reports, the collision happened around 8:30 p.m. EDT on Pennsville Auburn Road near Stumpy Lane in Oldmans Township, New Jersey.
Poilievre urges Singh to end NDP deal with Liberals, force fall election
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the leader of the New Democrats, urging him to force an election this fall.
Poilievre's letter to Jagmeet Singh says the NDP does not have a mandate from voters to keep Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power for another year.
He's urging Singh to vote non-confidence in the government when the House of Commons resumes in September.
The NDP entered a supply and confidence deal with the Liberals in 2022, agreeing to keep the minority government in power until 2025 in exchange for movement on key priorities.
Saskatchewan schools making sure pronoun law followed as kids head back to class
Saskatchewan's two largest school divisions say they’ve addressed concerns from teachers and are enforcing the province’s pronoun law as children head back to classrooms next week.
Jason Coleman, superintendent of student achievement at Regina Public Schools, says students under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns in school are required to have parental consent. Those older can do so without.
Some parents have said no, said Coleman. When that happens, the division works with students on getting them to a place where they can communicate with their families.
Study finds no evidence Tories were behind bot campaign that posted about Poilievre
There is no evidence that indicates the federal Conservatives were behind a bot network on social media that praised a Pierre Poilievre rally, a new study has found.
The Canadian Digital Media Research Network launched an investigation after hundreds of X accounts posted about the Conservative leader's July rally in Kirkland Lake, Ont., all using the same language with phrases like "buzzing with energy" and "as a northern Ontarian."
Man sentenced to life for slayings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg
A serial killer has been formally sentenced to four concurrent life sentences with no chance of parole for 25 years in the slayings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.
Jeremy Skibicki showed no emotion as the sentence was handed down Wednesday.
When asked by Court of King's Bench Justice Glenn Joyal if he had anything to say, Skibicki replied, “No.”
The judge said he was bound by law to impose the automatic sentence after convicting Skibicki last month of four counts of first-degree murder.
Sharp rise in whooping cough cases reported in several provinces
Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Canada, with some provinces reporting sharp increases compared to pre-pandemic averages.
More than 11,670 cases have been reported in Quebec so far this year, a significant jump from the annual average of 562 cases between 2015 and 2019.
The majority of whooping cough patients are between the ages of 10 and 14, a spokesperson for Quebec's health ministry said in an email to The Canadian Press.
The last peak of whooping cough activity in the province was in 2019, when 1,269 cases were reported, the email said.
Vote on $47.8B First Nations child welfare deal delayed due to chiefs' concerns
The Assembly of First Nations has postponed a special assembly for chiefs to vote on a landmark child welfare reform deal with Canada due to concerns about the process and a late translation of the document to French.
The Assembly was scheduled to be held in September in Winnipeg, but it will not happen now until October or November, the AFN said Tuesday.
China accuses Canada of protectionism over 100% tariffs on electric vehicles
China on Tuesday accused Canada of protectionism after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government imposed a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching U.S. duties on Chinese-made EVs.
Trudeau insists he still has what Canadians want, despite polling numbers
Liberals are having some "robust" conversations about the state of their party and its slump in popularity with voters but those talks cannot happen in public, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Monday.
"The reality is we have to have these conversations behind closed doors," Miller said at the federal cabinet retreat in Halifax.