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Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the Ottawa area Friday evening and then lifted it roughly 20 minutes later. Environment Canada issued the warning at 7 p.m. Environment Canada has lifted a tornado warning that was briefly issued for Ottawa Friday evening. The warning was issued around 7 p.m. …

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow apologized to hundreds of asylum seekers who spent weeks living on the street in the city’s downtown core after being denied access to the city's shelter system. Olivia Chow reiterates calls for federal funding; churches warn their interventions a 'Band-Aid' solution Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow apologized …

Prioritize power restoration and ensure rice supply for families affected by Typhoon “Egay,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered officials on Saturday as he visited Northern Luzon, where at least four provinces and five areas declared states of calamity. “Again, rice, for me, is the most important,” the President said during …

What do I feel like? Am I standing barefoot facing a bed of smoldering coal? What would it feel like to walk across? Looking at the long thorns sticking out of the ground where I was expected to walk — once again on my bare feet — I wonder how …

At least eight more tropical cyclones are likely to hit the country this year, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said on Saturday. “We expect about eight to 11 more typhoons to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this year,” PAGASA deputy administrator for Administration and Engineering …

A University of Calgary professor says a situation at the Marda Loop Medical Clinic in Calgary is a "canary in the coal mine" as Health Canada says it is aware of a second arrangement that could run afoul of the Canada Health Act. U of C health professor likens situation …

Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns that the political crisis could hinder the nation's fight against jihadists and boost Russia's influence in West Africa. Crisis …

The remains of a German mountain climber who disappeared while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland's iconic Matterhorn mountain in 1986 have been recovered, as melting glaciers have led to the reemergence of bodies and objects thought to be long-lost. Glacier melt due to climate change has enabled the discovery …

An Indian national from Brampton, Ont., pleaded guilty in Albany, NY, federal court Friday to human smuggling as part of a network that potentially moved hundreds of people from India across the Canada-U.S. border. An Indian national who lived in Brampton, Ont., pleaded guilty to 9 counts of alien smuggling …

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed an executive order (EO) lowering the real property taxes (RPTs), interests, and penalties on the property, machinery, and equipment of Independent Power Producers (IPPs) operating under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) agreement. EO 36, inked by Marcos on July 25 and made public on Friday, reduces …