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Walmart removes listing by third-party seller after Ontario woman discovers one of toy’s songs is about cocaine and hopelessnessA word of warning before you go toy shopping this Christmas: beware the rapping cactus.The toy, marketed as educational, may teach your children more than you want them to know, as a woman in Brampton, Ontario, discovered the hard way. The miniature, bright-green dancing cactus Ania...

World Health Organization briefing says mutations ‘concerning for potential impact on pandemic trajectory’; Belenenses started last match with nine players following Covid outbreakUK Covid live: more cases of Omicron expected in EnglandJapan has said it will close its borders to all foreign entrantsWhere has Omicron spread, and why are scientists so concerned?Israel seals borders and Morocco bans flights as Omicron Covid fears riseCanada confirms...

Locals traumatised by the scorching heat of the summer are having to rebuild their lives once again after massive floodingWhen flood waters swept away the highways in and out of Tricia Thorpe’s small town in the Canadian province of British Columbia, there was no way in or out for days. For a while, it seemed the road out of her property would be destroyed...

More rain is forecast for British Columbia, where a state of emergency has been declared after record downpoursSearchers located three bodies swept away by landslides in British Columbia, officials said on Saturday, after record rainfall that paralysed parts of the province and led to food and fuel shortages.Canada’s westernmost province declared a state of emergency after a phenomenon known as an “atmospheric river” brought...

Emergency crews continue search for victims after flash floods tear through regionEmergency crews in western Canada continued searching on Friday for victims of flash floods and mudslides which tore through the region this week, as survivors described harrowing escapes from the disaster. British Columbia declared its third state of emergency in a year on Wednesday after a month’s worth of rain fell in two...

Authorities and emergency crews in Canada are trying to reach 18,000 people stranded by major floods and landslides. The province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency with concerns over further falls in coming days. Some grocery store shelves in affected areas have also been stripped bare while floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges, hampering rescue effortsCanada floods: 18,000 people still...

Alarm grows about climate change in British Columbia after summer wildfires wiped out vegetation that could have slowed flooding Emergency crews in western Canada were still trying to reach some 18,000 people stranded by landslides and struggling to find food among bare grocery store shelves after devastating flooding.With communities in the region braced for more torrential rain in already inundated areas next week ,...

British Columbia’s premier issues state of emergency and warns death toll expected to rise as one fatality confirmedTroops have been deployed in British Columbia to help stranded residents and search areas hit by landslides and floods after a powerful storm dumped a month’s worth of rain in two days across a swath of the Pacific north-west in Canada and the US.The Canadian government approved...

Aerial footage shows the extent of catastrophic floods in mountain areas of Canada's British Columbia province. A powerful storm dumped a month’s worth of rain in two days across parts of the Pacific north-west in Canada and the US. Concerns are rising over remote mountain areas that have been hit with freezing temperatures‘Mountainsides just collapsed’: Pacific north-west grapples with catastrophic floodsHow bad is the...

Fears death toll will rise after record rainfall destroys highways and leaves tens of thousands in the US and Canada without powerAt least one person has been killed and several more are feared dead after a huge storm hit the Pacific north-west, destroying highways and leaving tens of thousands of people in Canada and the US without power.Canada’s largest port was cut off by...

Continuous, heavy rain has caused major flooding and mudslides across parts of Canada and the US. Tens of thousands were left without power and mass evacuations were ordered after the record rainfall.  Search and rescue officials in British Columbia confirmed there were multiple fatalities. South of the border in the US state of Washington, drone footage showed Bellingham residents navigating flooded roads in kayaksCanada...

New research shows Tsleil-Waututh practices were destroyed during European colonization, and in recent decades wild salmon populations have collapsedA First Nations community on Canada’s west coast practiced the sustainable harvest of wild salmon for 1,000 years, before the system was largely destroyed after the arrival of European settlers, a new study has concluded.The Tsleil-Waututh, an Indigenous community whose traditional territory has been subsumed by...

Michael Rousseau’s decision not to speak French in Quebec address inflames longstanding grievances over linguistic rightsThe head of Canada’s largest airline is facing public outrage and calls for his resignation after giving a speech in English to business leaders in Quebec – a misstep that has inflamed longstanding grievances over linguistic rights and and protections in the lone province where French is the only...

The fight for Rogers Communications has riven one of Canada’s richest families – and began with an accidental butt dialFor weeks, Canadians have been gripped by a messy public feud splintering one of the country’s richest families. Kicked off by an accidental pocket dial that revealed an executive-level coup attempt, the battle has pitted mother against son, ensnared Toronto’s mayor and drawn comparisons to...

Tribunal ordered Canadian government to pay compensation to children who suffered discrimination in welfare systemJustin Trudeau’s government has launched a last-minute court appeal against a ruling that would require it pay billions of dollars to First Nations children who suffered discrimination in the welfare system.Minutes before a court deadline on Friday afternoon, the government filed papers indicating it planned once again to fight a...

Canadian-born comedian who rose to fame in the 1950s credited with ‘yanking comedy into the modern age’Tributes have been paid to the trailblazing standup comedian Mort Sahl after his death at the age of 94.The Canadian-born comic was credited with revolutionising American comedy in the 1950s thanks to his acerbic political satire. Continue reading...

Saad Aljabri says Mohammed bin Salman boasted he could kill former ruler King AbdullahA former senior Saudi intelligence officer has claimed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a “psychopath with no empathy” who once boasted that he could kill the kingdom’s ruler at the time, King Abdullah, and replace him with his own father.In an interview on US television, Saad Aljabri, who fled...

Trevor Cadieu is the latest senior military officer to be embroiled in a misconduct investigationThe Canadian military has delayed the appointment of its next army commander after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against the man chosen for the role – the latest in a string of senior officers to be investigated for misconduct.Lt Gen Trevor Cadieu was to be sworn in as the...

A project in western Canada lets former military service members put their skills to use tracking bears with wildlife experts and helps both groups overcome mental and physical woundsOn a recent crisp sunny morning, a small group of wildlife guides and British and Canadian military veterans, reached a ridge in the mountains of British Columbia and found themselves within 15 metres of a grizzly...

Bizarre request made ahead of immigration hearing for Manning, whose previous attempts to enter Canada have been deniedCanadian government lawyers recently invited US whistleblower Chelsea Manning to travel to a hearing in Montreal – so that border agents could then physically remove her from the country.The bizarre request, which was eventually denied by an adjudicator, was made ahead of an immigration hearing set to...

Businessman Spavor reunites with family after his release last week from detention along with former diplomatCanadian citizen Michael Spavor has expressed joy at being reunited with his family after being released from jail in China last week.“I’m overjoyed to be finally reunited with my family. It’s humbling as I begin to understand the continued support that we’ve received from Canadians and those around the...

Analysis: Beijing’s increasingly hardline approach sends a chilling message The release of two Canadian hostages by China has ended a lengthy feud between the two countries, but experts caution the saga foreshadows a deepening rift between the two nations.After facing charges of espionage and spending more than 1,000 days in detention, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were set free by Chinese authorities late last...

First Nations children entitled to government compensationCanada ‘wilfully and recklessly’ discriminated against themA federal court in Canada has paved they way for billions in compensation to First Nations children who suffered discrimination in the welfare system, after a judge dismissed a pair of legal challenges by the government.Two years ago, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the federal government had “wilfully and recklessly”...

Charity helping the refugees says they are happy with the result but urges Ottawa to expedite asylum of remaining ‘Guardian Angel’Canada granted asylum to four people who hid former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in their tiny Hong Kong apartments when he was on the run after stealing a trove of classified documents.The four – Supun Thilina Kellapatha, Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis and their children Sethumdi...