Emergency crews responded to a serious crash involving multiple vehicles, resulting in the shutdown of all eastbound lanes of Cambridge-area Highway 401 at Highway 8 on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred near Speedsville Road, prompting first responders and traffic authorities

More than 20,000 people evacuated communities around Okanagan Lake after the Bald Range wildfire spread rapidly across southern British Columbia. The fire forced residents from Summerland, Peachland and nearby rural areas during the weekend. Flames burned more than 10,300 hectares

Australian lawmakers passed landmark disability legislation in Parliament on Friday following intense cross-chamber debate regarding national budget allocations and participant support frameworks. Official parliamentary voting records published by the Parliament of Australia confirmed the final passage after the National Disability

Northern Ontario remained under a broad wildfire emergency on July 15 as 183 active fires burned across the province. The Northwest Fire Region counted 136 fires by evening, with crews still lacking control over 63. Officials identified eight new fires

Prime Minister Mark Carney warned that Alberta’s independence referendum question risks creating “years of uncertainty” for Canada, calling the separation push a “dangerous bluff” during a Thursday news conference in Ottawa. Carney said the debate comes as Canada seeks to

Canada has set a federal plan to enable construction of up to 10 new large scale nuclear reactors. The plan forms part of the country’s new nuclear energy strategy. It places nuclear power at the center of Canada’s electricity, uranium

Ontario will introduce mandatory school changes this fall that affect high school exams, final marks, classroom materials and graduation rules. The changes apply as the province prepares for the 2026-27 school year. They include written exams for Grades 9 to

Torrential rain flooded homes, cut power and closed roads across parts of Montreal after several lines of thunderstorms stalled over southern Quebec on Saturday. Environment Canada said 100 to 170 mm of rain fell in a few hours over Montreal’s

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has enacted Bill C-30, a budget implementation law that changes Canada’s pesticide approval system. The Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act received Royal Assent on June 18. The law amends the Pest Control Products Act

Canada has proposed the Safe Social Media Act, a digital safety bill that would restrict social media accounts for children under 16 and regulate AI chatbots. The bill, introduced on June 10, would create new duties for online platforms and

OTTAWA: Canadians are set to receive a cluster of federal benefit payments in June and July 2026, with the summer schedule marked by a one-time June payment and the July launch of a renamed federal credit. Canada Revenue Agency payment

OTTAWA: Canadian authorities have recalled several milk products sold under the Farmers, Québon and Natrel brands after regulators said the affected cartons may contain pieces of glass. The recall covers selected 2 litre products distributed in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward

MONTANA: The United States is set to close a historic cross-border road to Canadian traffic later this summer, ending a decades-old local arrangement along the frontier near Coutts, Alberta, and Sweet Grass, Montana. The road, known as Border Road, runs

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Four people died in two separate avalanches in northern British Columbia on Sunday, including three heli skiers caught on Mount Knauss north of Terrace and one skier killed hours later near Pleasant Camp close to the Alaska border.

HALIFAX: Nova Scotia began the first full workweek of spring under fresh snow and icy conditions on Monday, as Environment Canada warned that a late-season weather system would bring accumulating snowfall, pockets of freezing rain and gusty winds to parts