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LifestyleThe Weather NetworkDon’t let rainy, dreary days get you down; try this instead
Trick you brain into feeling happy on this gloomy day – it’s as easy as ABC
NewsThe Weather NetworkSpring flooding in New Brunswick: Don't let your guard down
New Brunswick snowpack means a chance of significant flooding this spring
NewsThe Canadian PressTransportation Safety Board report on sinking says fishing boat needed stability test
HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says in a report released today that a scallop dragger that sank off Nova Scotia should have been tested for stability, given major changes made to the boat. The 2020 sinking of the Chief William Saulis, which resulted in six deaths, prompted an investigation that found a stability assessment would have likely given the crew knowledge of the risks they faced. The report says Yarmouth Sea Products Ltd. had added a heavy A-frame to the top of the
EntertainmentYahoo News Canada'Succession' Season 4: Goodbye to favourite TV family in shocking, superior final season
Season 4 of the HBO hit Succession, the finale season for the series, is dark comedy at its finest.
NewsThe Weather NetworkFull spring treatment in Ontario, Quebec with rain, snow and ice threat combined
From double-digit temperatures to rain and even snow -- this week will show spring's true colours across much of Ontario and Quebec
NewsThe Weather NetworkWas one of the deadliest mudslides in U.S. history completely foreseeable?
On this day in weather history, a mudslide in Washington state killed 43 people.
NewsThe Canadian PressIn The News for March 22 : A spring renewal for Canada's housing market
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 March 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ... Realtors are expecting Canadians to move off the housing market's sidelines this spring. They expect potential buyers to start hunting for a home because the Bank of Canada has eased up on interest rate hikes. The quick succession of increases eroded buying power as borrowing costs rose and sent p
PoliticsThe Canadian PressDon't assume U.S. minds are made up about Safe Third Country treaty: Canada's envoy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's administration is not dismissing out of hand the idea of renegotiating the bilateral 2004 treaty that governs the flow of asylum seekers across its northern border, says Canada's ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman, in Ottawa to prepare for Biden's impending arrival on Thursday, said the administration understands how the Safe Third Country Agreement impacts the flow of migrants across the Canada-U.S. border. Since those migrants are travelling in both direc
PoliticsThe Canadian PressTake hard line on Canada's digital tax, online laws, tech associations urge Biden
WASHINGTON — A high-tech industry coalition in the United States is urging President Joe Biden to take a hard line against Canada's approach to digital services. The group says the proposed digital services tax unfairly targets U.S. companies and is offside with international efforts to establish a global standard. In a letter to Biden, they also complain about two controversial federal bills: the Online Streaming Act, known as Bill C-11, and the Online News Act, or Bill C-18. They warn C-11, wh
BusinessThe Canadian PressTransportation Safety Board to report on 2020 scallop vessel sinking off Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is to release a report today on its investigation into the sinking of a scallop dragger off Nova Scotia more than two years ago. The Chief William Saulis capsized off Delaps Cove, about 50 kilometres north of Digby, N.S., on Dec. 15, 2020, with the loss of its six-man crew. The bodies of Eugene (Geno) Michael Francis, Aaron Cogswell, Leonard Gabriel, Dan Forbes and captain Charles Roberts were never recovered. The body of crew member Michael Dr
NewsThe Canadian PressTrudeau chief of staff Katie Telford to testify on foreign interference at committee
OTTAWA — The Liberals have agreed to allow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff to appear at a House of Commons committee next month to answer questions about foreign interference in Canadian elections, ending a two-week standoff by Liberal MPs. Katie Telford will testify for two hours during the second week of April at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee, where Liberals were engaged in a lengthy filibuster. A motion to call her finally passed on Tuesday morning. But Trudeau stil
NewsThe Canadian PressEdmonton zoo says Lucy the elephant too sick to be moved to sanctuary
EDMONTON — For the beloved and well-known elephant named Lucy, the Edmonton Valley Zoo says it will continue to be her home for the rest of her life based on medical assessments. The medical information released by the zoo on Tuesday showed the 47-year-old Asian elephant should not be moved, despite demands from animal rights groups over the past several years that she be transferred to a sanctuary in a warmer climate. The zoo has been working closely with the animal advocacy group Free the Wild
SportsThe Weather NetworkParts of B.C. in for rude spring awakening with temperature drop, snow
After a sneak preview of mid-May weather on the weekend and through Wednesday, temperatures in B.C. are set to fall back to Earth, giving residents a false start to the season.
NewsThe Weather NetworkFirst in a parade of storms set to spring into Ontario and Quebec
A trifecta of systems impacting Ontario and Quebec over the next week will kick off Wednesday, bringing a mix of spring and wintry conditions
NewsThe Weather NetworkA trio of storms will showcase what a Canadian spring is all about
Spring is getting off to a fast start in parts of Canada, with multiple systems pushing through in the coming days that will demonstrate why we are in a transitional season
NewsThe Canadian PressFederal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island. Documents filed in Federal Court in Vancouver by Mowi Canada West apply for a judicial review of the decision last month by Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to shut down 15 salmon farms. Mowi's application seeks an order quashing or setting aside Murray's decision to shut down the company's 11 open-net salmon
NewsThe Canadian PressSaskatchewan First Nation comes to B.C. to talk about taking over child welfare
VANCOUVER — Solomon Reece spent a decade in Vancouver before being elected as a councillor to the Key First Nation in Saskatchewan last year. While he remained connected to his First Nation, Reece was raised on a Gulf Island off the West Coast and said going from B.C. to his new position took some adjustment. "I really acknowledge my privilege in terms of growing up in an urban centre and having access to good quality health care, access to clean water, the quality of the education," Reece said.
NewsThe Canadian PressFamilies of Montreal fire victims facing agonizing wait for answers
MONTREAL — Family and friends of the presumed victims of a deadly fire in Old Montreal were facing an agonizing wait for answers on Tuesday, as a recovery team worked to enter the charred shell of the building where two bodies have been found and five people remain missing. Yukun Zeng said the wait to hear about what happened to his friend An Wu was "so heartbreaking." "I also talked with An's other friends and other relatives, we still cannot totally understand why it takes so long," he told re
NewsThe Canadian PressCanadian MPs of all stripes condemn Punjab crackdown as some receive online threats
OTTAWA — A cross-section of Canadian MPs are calling out an Indian government crackdown in the state of Punjab, and those criticizing internet restrictions are receiving threatening responses online. For at least three days, authorities in Punjab have restricted communications and the size of gatherings as authorities search for Sikh separatist leader Amritpal Singh. The manhunt comes a month after he led a violent storming of a police station, according to international media reports. "As Canad
NewsThe Canadian PressMoscow summons Canada envoy over Joly 'regime change' comment
OTTAWA — Russia has summoned Canada's top envoy to Moscow over Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly's musings about "regime change." Moscow says it summoned Canadian chargé d’affaires Brian Ebel on Monday to tell him that Joly's comments were unacceptable. Russia's foreign ministry warned in a Tuesday statement in English that her comments "will have the most serious consequences for bilateral relations." Joly said earlier this month that western sanctions in response to Russia's invasion of Uk
NewsThe Canadian PressAlberta premier says changes coming to ensure prompt reporting of oilsands spills
EDMONTON — Premier Danielle Smith says laggardly public notification of Imperial Oil oilsands wastewater spills has illuminated the need for Alberta to ensure future alarms are sounded quicker. Smith says her government is working with the province's oilsands regulator to develop better policies to give affected groups timely notification. “Good practice and being a good neighbour (means) more communication is better,” Smith said Tuesday at an unrelated news conference in Mundare, Alta. “That’s
NewsThe Canadian PressManitoba agrees to pay $17 million and apologize to settle disabled abuse lawsuit
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has agreed to pay $17 million and apologize in the legislature to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of former residents who say they were abused at a centre for people with intellectual disabilities. The class-action settlement agreement, which still requires court approval, would also see a monument built at the Manitoba Developmental Centre's cemetery and funding flow to projects that help people with disabilities live in the community. "There's a legacy that'
NewsThe Canadian PressProcession for Edmonton police officers shot and killed responding to call
EDMONTON — Dozens of police cruisers and emergency vehicles lined streets in Edmonton as hearses took the bodies of two slain city officers from a medical examiner's office to a funeral home. Two helicopters circled the sky and officers and civilians, some wearing blue ribbons and scarves, stood along the five-kilometre procession route. Family members and colleagues of the fallen officers embraced and wiped away tears. The bodies of constables Brett Ryan and Travis Jordan are to be kept at the
BusinessThe Canadian PressHighlights of Quebec 2023-24 budget
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard presented his fifth budget on Tuesday, for the province's 2023-24 fiscal year. Here are some highlights: — Income tax cuts of one percentage point on the first two income tax brackets, starting in 2023, which will save a single earner up to $814 per year. — GDP growth is projected to fall to 0.6 per cent in 2023 from 2.8 per cent in 2022, before rising to 1.4 per cent in 2024. — Government spending will be about $148 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal year, with a
NewsThe Canadian PressQuebec budget: Income tax cuts and big drop in economic growth
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday kept his party’s election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023. The minister’s budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year cuts taxes by one percentage point on the first two income tax brackets, saving an individual earner up to $814 a year. Quebec workers should start benefiting from the new rates in early July, when Girard said he expects the economy to be at its weakest point of the fiscal year. Girard
