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A "high risk" of rotating power outages has eased in Alberta after an emergency alert was issued on Saturday night. Residents had been asked to immediately reduce electricity use to essentials for a couple hours. Emergency alert issued earlier on Saturday still active, but grid alert has now ended A …

Heavy snow hit Metro Vancouver on Thursday just before the afternoon commute, leading to delays, collisions, skidding and spin-outs on some major routes. About 30 vehicles have crashed across Vancouver, firefighters say Heavy snow hit Metro Vancouver on Thursday just before the afternoon commute, leading to delays, collisions, skidding and …

Half the country is under extreme weather warnings going into the weekend, after an unusually warm and dry start to the winter season for most of Canada. A polar vortex is sweeping in from the arctic through the West, while a storm from Texas is wreaking havoc in the East, …

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is dropping Ferdinand Eckhardt's name from its main entrance hall, website and all other gallery materials. 'Part of a continued journey towards equity, decolonization and reconciliation,' WAG says The Winnipeg Art Gallery is dropping Ferdinand Eckhardt's name from its main entrance hall, website and all other …

Amid incidents of AI-generated, deepfake nudes of teens found circulating among classmates, some experts are calling for updates and improvements to both school policies and curriculum to address technology-facilitated sexual violence. Fake nude images generated by AI are some of the distressing new challenges facing students and educators When called …

The former head of the B.C. Search and Rescue Association said decisions by the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness to deny SAR volunteers the use of new search technologies is hard to understand. Ex-head of B.C. Search and Rescue says relationship between province and 3,400 SAR volunteers is …

The daughter of one of the 17 seniors who died in a crash in southwestern Manitoba this past summer says she hopes proposed changes to the highway intersection where it happened will ensure such a tragedy never happens again. Province unveils range of options for improving safety at highway intersection …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is looking at ways to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Monday marks four years since IRGC shot down Flight PS752, killing 176 people, including Canadians Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is looking at ways to …

The darker the snow, the faster it melts — and new research sheds light on the threat snow algae poses to shrinking glaciers across northwestern North America. The colourful algae colonize thousands of North American snowfields each summer The Rocky Mountains conjure up images of grey rugged peaks capped with …

Residents of a downtown apartment building in Toronto’s Church-Wellesley neighborhood have been without heat and hot water since Dec. 19, when Enbridge shut off the gas due to serious safety concerns relating to the building’s steam boiler heating system. Property manager says issues with boiler, building pre-date its management, but …