Canada

DALLAS—Some who hope to witness Monday’s total solar eclipse may see the sun obscured by clouds instead of by the moon. There’s still plenty of time for forecasts to change, but meteorologists predict that eclipse day storms could blanket parts of the path, which stretches from Mexico and Texas through Maine and parts of Canada. […]

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario—Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April. The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be the first to touch the province since 1979, and Niagara Falls was declared by National Geographic to be […]

A Federal Court judge has overturned a decision by the Immigration Department’s appeal division a year ago that allowed a former Chinese military officer entry into Canada as a permanent resident. The 20-year veteran of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is also a former instructor at a key Chinese military university specializing in cyber and […]

Are democratic countries standing together to decouple from communist China? Signs show the move has already started in the mining industry. Canada’s natural resources minister said last week that “democratic countries around the world coming together to try to find pathways through which we actually are ensured of access of the minerals.”  

UK-based cosmetics retailer The Body Shop has terminated all operations in the United States this month as it files for bankruptcy. Additionally, the company is closing dozens of store locations in Canada. The company announced earlier this month that all operations from its U.S. subsidiary will cease effective March 1. Just over one-third of its […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Police in Tennessee identified those killed in a fiery small plane crash next to Interstate 40 on Monday as a family of five from Canada. The pilot was Victor Dotsenko, 43, and the passengers were his wife Rimma, 39, and their three children, David, 12, Adam, 10, and Emma, 7, Metro Nashville Police said […]

OTTAWA, Ontario—Police in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, were investigating Thursday the deaths of six people including four children and two adults found in a house in the southern part of the city. A seventh person is in hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Police were called to the home in the Barrhaven area at around 11 […]

With calls for euthanasia to be debated in the British parliament, the group Care Not Killing highlights how assisted suicide safeguards were quickly eroded in Canada, leading to death being offered as a ‘solution’ to mental health problems. Spokesman Alistair Thompson says there’s a growing body of evidence that laws allowing euthanasia can lead to […]

HONOLULU—A tourist driving in the early morning dark on the southern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island accidentally drove his rented Jeep off a cliff but was able to swim to shore until firefighters pulled him up with a rope and helicopter. The man was treated for facial injuries and slight hypothermia after Sunday’s rescue, the […]

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan—A man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others died from a cocaine overdose after he was taken into police custody, a pathologist told a coroner’s inquest in Canada on Tuesday. Myles Sanderson, 32, had been on the run for several days in the province of Saskatchewan when police caught up to him […]

LONDON, Ontario—A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family was sentenced Thursday to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the admitted white nationalist amounted to terrorism. Nathaniel Veltman has also been sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for the attempted […]

MONTREAL—A 13-year-old French tourist has died after he crashed into a tree during a dog sled ride northwest of Montreal, authorities said Tuesday. Quebec provincial police said they were called to a property just before noon on Monday in St-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) from Montreal in the Lanaudière region. Sgt. Frédéric Deshaies […]

Influence from the Chinese political apparatus is casting its shadow overseas and reaching into Canada with organized crime, election interference, and the flow of fentanyl. Garry Clement, president and CEO of Clement Advisory Group, told NTD that the consequences will be “very grave” if the United States and Canada don’t start getting a handle on […]

CARMAN, Manitoba—A Canadian man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, three young children, and a 17-year-old female relative, authorities said Monday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Insp. Tim Arseneault said Ryan Howard Manoakeesick, 29, has been charged and said the dead are the suspect’s 30-year-old wife, the […]

TORONTO—Canada’s largest media and telecom company said Thursday it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. In an internal memo to Bell Media employees, it said news stations such as CTV and BNN Bloomberg […]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns that China, Iran, and Russia are reportedly working together to steal advanced U.S. technology for advancing weapons. Canada recently imposed a ban to protect cutting-edge technology from those countries. Russian media say, broader Western sanctions might be affecting Chinese banks soon, for their interactions with Russia.  

The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak spectacle on April 8 will last up to 4 minutes, 28 seconds in the path of total darkness—twice as long as the total solar eclipse that dimmed U.S. skies in 2017. This […]