Days after a monster blizzard unleashed record amounts of snow to parts of Atlantic Canada, the country’s federal government has ordered military assistance for some of the hardest-hit locations. For the fourth straight day, a state of emergency remained in effect in St. John’s. Mayor Danny Breen initially made the declaration on Friday, the first state of

Canadian hospitals and airports are putting in place enhanced infection-control measures as they prepare for the possible arrival of a SARS-like virus that China confirmed Monday can be transmitted between humans. Chinese health officials say the novel coronavirus, also known as 2019-nCoV, has sickened more than 200 people and killed four people. Infection control experts

Canada has been ranked as the second best country globally, according to the 2020 Best Countries report by US News & World Report. We have even climbed a spot since 2019’s ranking, where we were third behind Switzerland and Japan. This year, Switzerland remained the best country in the world, where it holds its place for the fourth consecutive year.

Environment Canada has issued yet another special weather statement for Metro Vancouver, as a Pacific storm is expected to bring snow, freezing rain, and heavy winds to the region on Friday night. The special weather statement is in effect for the following areas: Metro Vancouver – central including the City of Vancouver Burnaby and New Westminster Metro

Not long after lifting its Snowfall Warning on Wednesday morning, Environment Canada has now issued a new Snowfall Warning for the region. The areas affected this time include the following: Metro Vancouver – North Shore including West Vancouver and North Vancouver Metro Vancouver – northeast including Coquitlam and Maple Ridge Metro Vancouver – southeast including Surrey and Langley

A Ukrainian Boeing-737 jet carrying 176 people, including 57 Canadian citizens, has crashed in Iran. There were no survivors, according to officials. Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752 to Kyiv went down minutes after taking off from Tehran’s main international airport on Wednesday morning. The plane crashed into farmland outside of the capital, scattering debris across

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver with between five and 15 centimetres expected to fall by Sunday afternoon and temperatures set to drop to an icy -5°C. “Another low pressure system with a cool air mass will bring another round of snow to the Lower Mainland beginning this evening,” the warring

A snowfall warning is now officially in effect for Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada upgraded its Special Weather Statement to an official warning for the region this afternoon. The snow is expected to begin this evening and continue through to Friday. The weather agency some areas could see an accumulation of up to 25 cm of snow. The snowfall

A new study into the Christmas spending habits of Canadians has discovered that the majority of people will spend more on their Christmas shopping, including presents, food and alcohol, than on their whole month’s rent. The latest research from the 2019 Deloitte Holiday Retail Outlook has uncovered exactly how much money Canadians are actually spending

By Christine Brackenhoff This Friday, Italian blues rock icon Zucchero will release his new album D.O.C. in the US and Canada. Regarding the album, Zucchero explained: “There’s a return to social commitment that reflects the way in which I try to live my private life. The freedom we’ve lost, that we’ve forgotten and believe we’ve achieved, but it’s not like