NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 08-2023

A nighttime fire ripped through a rundown five-storey building in Johannesburg that was occupied by homeless people and squatters early Thursday, killing at least 73 people, said emergency services in South Africa's biggest city.

Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark broke the Member’s Integrity Act when carving up the Greenbelt for development, a new report by the province’s integrity commissioner finds.

Drop in first half of year driven by fall in demand and some growth in clean power, study says

GENEVA (29 August 2023) – Hundreds of thousands of people are being forcibly engaged by organised criminal gangs into online criminality in Southeast Asia - from romance-investment scams and crypto fraud to illegal gambling - a report issued today by th

The Canadian military plans to scrap a controversial policy that required its members to report all incidents of sexual misconduct or racism — regardless of whether they were directly affected by them — the Department of National Defenc

A tribal ranger's conduct is under review after he pointed a weapon Sunday at environmental activists and plowed his patrol vehicle through their blockade on the road leading to the annual Burning Man counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert.

Univision journalists on assignment in West Town robbed at 5am by three masked men, who took TV camera and personal items

Wildfires are exacerbating a huge threat to human health.

A wildfire still raging in northeastern Greece after 11 days is the biggest the European Union has ever recorded and has so far claimed 20 lives with no sign of the blaze abating

The Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) says Hurricane Franklin is expected to pass “well southeast” of Newfoundland by late Friday, though it could still fuel significant rain and ocean swells as it nears.

Study counters public perception that cash would just be spent on drugs and booze, researcher says

The Ontario government is "exploring" reinstating environmental protections on two properties in Ajax, Ont., that were removed from the Greenbelt last year and slated for development, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday.

A group of senior Gabonese military officers appeared on national television in the early hours of Wednesday and said they had taken power, minutes after the state election body announced President Ali Bongo had won a third term.

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida's west coast on Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm. The hurricane could unleash life-threatening storm surges, high winds and rainfall.

The federal government is looking at dropping the dilapidated home at 24 Sussex in Ottawa as the prime minister's official residence and is considering several other sites in the city for a replacement, sources say.

Many big Canadian companies have already been hit by ransomware and other malware this year, but these attacks are expected to become more common

A viral Tiktok trend that began in 2021 demonstrated how the companies failed to install a basic anti-theft technology that made them trivially easy to steal.

An Idaho diesel tuner was recently fined $1 million for selling emission defeat devices, which bypass critical federal regulations on how the powertrains perform.

Chair of parliamentary reparations group hits out at law preventing return of Parthenon marbles and Benin bronzes

Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said.

Since most provinces don’t list the creeping bellflower as an officially regulated invasive species, many gardeners take a more grassroots approach to eradication

Police say the man took his own life after killing the two children, which authorities confirmed were his.

Woman complained of forgetfulness and depression before doctors pulled out an 8cm roundworm normally found in pythons

The would-be purchaser was ordered to pay compensation of 12 months' rent even though they weren’t able to complete the subject-free sale because their financing didn’t come through. They also lost a $30,000 deposit.

Andy Barber was a signalman on HMCS Haida during the the Korean War. On the ship’s 80th anniversary, the 90-year-old tells stories of his days on the destroyer, with an energy similar to the 21-year-old version of himself that climbed aboard in 1954.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has put an emphasis on advancing reconciliation, including the settling of specific claims

The psychological harm suffered by a Quebec elementary teacher after a student brought knives to school and told classmates he planned to kill her was a workplace injury, the province's labour tribunal has ruled.

Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Argentina and the United Arab Emirates become the bloc’s first new members since 2010

Brook RCMP are investigating an overnight shooting at a bar in Brooks, AB .. that sent one man to the hospital.

Tropical Storm Franklin unleashed heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after making landfall in the country's southern region, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing.

Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarizing move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all seafood imports from Japan.

The teacher shortage in Quebec appears to be worse than previously thought. With the start of the school year just days away, the province revealed there are now 8,558 teaching positions that have to be filled.

The Tłı̨chǫ government is working to track down citizens who were sent all over western Canada when Yellowknife was evacuated due to a wildfire last week.

The Canadian Press has learned that 14 whales and one dolphin have died at Marineland over the past four years.

Saskatchewan’s move to require parental consent for a student to change names or pronouns is part of a larger movement, professor says

NHTSA reverses course, says automakers now have to comply with Massachusetts's Right to Repair law, despite hacking concerns.

Two Philippine boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in a dangerous confrontation in the disputed South China Sea

Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, putting into motion a plan that has drawn strong criticism from China.

The RCMP said Wednesday it is assessing whether to investigate the Ford government's controversial Greenbelt land swap after a referral from provincial police in Ontario.

West Edmonton Mall was put under lockdown Monday night after police say a shooting left three people with serious injuries.

Expected rainfall from Tropical Storm Hilary's remnants could help mitigate the wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia.

Advocates for those who come to Canada to study say more needs to be done at all levels of government to not only build more student housing, but to examine the incentives post-secondary institutions have to bring students to Canada in the first place.

Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes.

A decade after a sarin gas attack killed hundreds and left thousands hurt in a Syrian suburb near the capital of Damascus, survivors say there has been no accountability for that attack or for other atrocities committed during the country's brutal confron

A former neonatal nurse who killed seven babies in her care and tried to kill six others at a hospital in northern England was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of release by a judge who highlighted 'the cruelty and calculation' of her act

Two years after Valérie Plante's administration said a new housing bylaw would lead to the construction of 600 new social housing units per year, the city hasn't seen a single one. Meanwhile, the housing affordability crisis continues to grow.

Tropical Storm Hilary drenched Southern California from the coast to inland mountains and deserts Sunday evening, prompting rescues from swollen rivers and forcing some of the nation's largest school districts to cancel Monday classes.

Guidelines on Diet Coke ingredient from consultants tied to alleged industry front group an ‘obvious conflict of interest’, report says

Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as a wildfire in the north remained out of control, though the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas.

Hurricane Hilary roared toward Mexico's Baja California peninsula late Saturday as a Category 2 hurricane that's likely to bring "catastrophic" flooding and cross into the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm. One person drowned in a Mexican town when their

Critics say a report from Ontario’s auditor general shows the extent to which private interests, especially housing developers, have been able to not only influence Ford government policy but outright dictate it.

More than 60 migrants are feared dead after a Spanish fishing vessel rescued a boat off the Atlantic archipelago of Cape Verde that originally had more than 100 people aboard, authorities and migrant advocates said Thursday.

National Swiss rail operator SBB said a derailed freight train caused severe damage to tracks.

A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of killing seven babies and trying to kill six others.

A self-described 'activist' from Quebec who pleaded guilty to sending Donald Trump a poison-laced letter at the height of the former president's ill-fated 2020 re-election effort has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison.

From a record number of wildfires to record high temperatures, British Columbia has had quite the eventful and record-breaking summer so far. Unfortunately, these records may only keep breaking. While residents will be able to get some reprieve from th

The City of West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation in B.C.'s Okanagan Valley have declared a local state of emergency due to a looming wildfire.

The rents for newly renovated studio units at the Lotus Hotel had been publicly listed for $1,995 a month for some time, but it took a viral TikTok video to spark a larger conversation about the property — and the state of renting in Vancouver's Downtow

Environmental scientists say climate change means Calgary's water-use restrictions could become common practice here.

RCMP team responsible for policing Wet'suwet'an and Fairy Creek protests should be disbanded, say chiefs

Ottawa's corporate ethics watchdog has announced an investigation into fashion company Ralph Lauren over the alleged use of forced labour in its supply chains.

The federal government has earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars to improve customer service at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) — but people who regularly deal with the country's tax collector say it hasn't had much of an effect, with telephone wait

Child and youth advocate Kelly Lamrock says changes to a gender-identity policy for the New Brunswick school system violate the provincial Human Rights Act, the Education Act and children's charter rights.

Officials in the community work to get word out as about 500 people in the town have yet to evacuate with fires burning 15 km from the town

Mounties are back enforcing an injunction against anti-logging protesters on Vancouver Island less than a week after the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed the acquittal of a protester at the same site because police failed to fully read out a court order.

Runoff from a massive industrial fire in Etobicoke on Friday is affecting two creeks in Toronto and has left dead fish and ducks in its wake, the Ontario environment ministry said on Monday.

Two live tarantulas have been rehomed at the Royal Alberta Museum after being discovered hidden in packages at the Edmonton International Airport.

An Edmonton-based donair and poutine chain is the new owner of a donair costume, winning an auction by an Alberta government surplus site.

Authorities announced their theory after visiting the isolated Indigenous community where the attacks took place.

By the time police laid criminal charges against Calgary contractor Alan Hrehirchuk, former employees and clients say he was taking weeks-long vacations, locking the doors to his office showroom to avoid angry tradespeople demanding payment, all while con

One of the most stunning revelations contained in Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk’s explosive report into Ontario’s controversial Greenbelt land swap was how a small number of real estate developers were able to use their access to a high-level governmen

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the World Economic Forum is attempting to impose its agenda on sovereign governments.

The Venezuelan girl collapsed on bus Republican governor uses to send migrants to Democrat states

The United Nations said on Friday it had completed the removal of more than 1 million barrels of oil from a decaying supertanker off Yemen's Red Sea coast, averting a potential environmental disaster.

Metro Media, which publishes nearly 20 local newspapers in the Montreal and Quebec City regions, is ceasing operations.

The number of people who died by suicide in the U.S. hit an estimated record 49,000 in 2022, a 2.6% increase over the prior year, government data showed on Thursday.

Canada's highest court will not hear an appeal that challenged limits on religious gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, marking a significant endorsement for British Columbia's provincial health officer and the end of the legal road for the faith lead

Issues discovered at the Canadian Museum of History include problems verifying inventory, improper storage and items of ‘historical significance’ missing, according to audit

The Talbot Creek wildfire is cause for concern for Hecla Mine, which is under evacuation alert, and Banyan Gold, where drilling has stopped and staffing has been reduced on-site.

English River First Nation has released its initial findings from a ground-penetrating radar search of the area in and around a former residential school cemetery, which found 83 potential gravesites, some of which were unmarked.

After a hot dry stretch this summer, southern Alberta farmers are now reaping the results earlier than ever before and it could affect your grocery bill.

Toronto firefighters have made "good progress" toward extinguishing a blaze that tore through an industrial building in north Etobicoke Friday, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air and forcing nearby businesses to be evacuated.

Potential court challenges to the Doug Ford government's Greenbelt policies are up in the air until either the government or developers move to start construction. That's why advocates say it's up to residents and other levels of government to get involve

Storm Hans battered Norway with heavy rains Tuesday and Wednesday. Flooding of the Braskereidfoss power dam control room prevented the hatches from opening, causing a partial collapse and flooding downriver. The heavy rains provoked mudslides and swollen

Poland has expressed concerns about the border area since hundreds of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries arrived in Belarus.

The Quebec Superior Court has ruled that it can hear a challenge to the appointment of Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, who isn't fluent in French.

Press secretary for Innovation Minister did not say whether Canada would consider similar measures against Chinese advancement in some technology sectors

With a steady lead in the polls and a healthy war chest of political donations, the Conservative Party is rolling out a trio of new advertisements that are being viewed as aiming to redefine and soften Pierre Poilievre's image and messaging.

Hundreds of tourists camped inside Banff Gondola after lightning stripped its cable cars of power Monday evening.

It's the worst natural disaster in Hawaii’s history since Hurricane Iniki.

Treasure hunters are aiming to prove there were tons of loot in the ground in Pennsylvania—and that the government took it

An EPA document shows that a new Chevron fuel ingredient has a lifetime cancer risk more than 1 million times higher than what the agency usually finds acceptable — even greater than another Chevron fuel’s sky-high risk disclosed earlier this year.

For the second time this year, Wells Fargo acknowledged that deposits were not showing up in customers' accounts. In an emailed statement Friday morning, a Wells Fargo representative said the issue was affecting a "limited number of customers," and that "

"If you're seeing it in large abundance, that is the first sign of ecosystem recovery following a disturbance like a fire," said professor of forest ecology Lori Daniels.

One week into August, no one wants to break any more records, but the long-range forecast has a lot of grey in it.

Tens of thousands of scouts, including hundreds of Canadians, will begin evacuating Tuesday from an international scouting jamboree along the country's western coast before the expected arrival of a typhoon.

Fire officials expect the wildfire burning toward Yellowknife to grow between five and 10 kilometres to the east and south on Saturday, and is “highly likely” to reach Highway 3 in the afternoon or early evening.

Marion Howell, 62, has a pacemaker, so her doctor advised her to avoid security scanners. But when she arrived at Bathurst Airport in northern New Brunswick, no woman was available to conduct a physical search before Howell could get through security.

Leaders of the military junta are facing a Sunday deadline from the Economic Community of West African States to reinstate the democratically elected president

The City of Toronto has revoked the park permit for a weekend Eritrean festival after a protest turned violent, leaving nine people with physical injuries.

Business groups continued to call on the federal government to take action in the wake of the recently resolved British Columbia port workers dispute on Saturday, arguing Ottawa must ensure such a disruption never happens again.

Hundreds of attendees, including nine Canadians, at the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea have fallen ill as the country experiences an extended heat wave.

A promise of free PlayStations appears to have led to a chaotic scene of unrest in New York City's Union Square, police sources said.

Two U.S. Navy sailors were charged Thursday with providing sensitive military information to China — including details on wartime exercises, naval operations and critical technical material.

A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is already serving a nine-year sentence, of extremism charges on Friday and sentenced him to another 19 years in prison.

Their doctors say they no longer have time to fill out the pages of paperwork necessary for them to receive disability benefits. But without a doctor's visit, they can't get the help they so desperately need.

Singh says the NDP is pushing to have the probe look into meddling attempts by additional countries such as Russia, India and Iran

Telecommunications giant Telus says it plans to trim 6,000 jobs, citing its need to free up cash flow and remain competitive.

At least 13 people have been injured after a man drove a car onto a sidewalk and stabbed several in a town close to the South Korean capital. Police said they were questioning a suspect.

Foreign nationals lined up outside an airport in Niger's capital on Wednesday morning to wait for a French military evacuation flight, while a regional bloc continued talks about its response to the military coup that took place last week.

The Burbank Police Department in California recently responded to a call to find the unexpected sight of a black bear lounging in a hot tub. Eventually, the animal moved to perch atop a tree on the same property. Officers worked alongside the California D

The rating agency said it had noted a "steady deterioration" in governance over the last 20 years.

Statement comes after photos of the animals standing like humans circulated online

Video obtained by Reuters captured the moment a road in the Fangshan District of Beijing, China, began to erode and collapse due to record rainfall, leading to heavy flooding.

A second-degree murder charge levied against a Milton, Ont., man who was accused of killing another man believed to be an intruder in his home earlier this year has been dropped.

Surrey Royal Canadian Mounted Police said two children subjected to an Amber Alert on July 19 have been located and charges have been laid.

Nearly 200 years after the British abolished slavery in 1834, a local organization specializing in education and celebrating Black history is hosting Cambridge's first-ever Emancipation Day celebrations Tuesday.