Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year’s ...
Jack Quinn scores twice in 4-0 win, Sabres hand Senators fourth straight loss
OTTAWA — Jack Quinn scored twice and the Buffalo Sabres spoiled the Ottawa Senators’ homecoming with a 4-0 win Thursday night. Dylan Cozens and Ryan McLeod also scored for the Sabres (16-21-5), while ...
How the wildfires in Los Angeles area could affect California's home insurance market
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The wildfires that destroyed homes in multiple sections of the Los Angeles area will test California’s efforts to stabilize the state’s insurance marketplace after many ...
Flu driving spike in respiratory illness in B.C., but COVID-19 numbers low
VANCOUVER — New data shared by British Columbia’s Centre for Disease Control shows the province has one of the worst flu rates in Canada, as a holiday-season spike in respiratory illnesses continues.
Victims of the fires in the Los Angeles area
At least five people were killed and thousands of structures were burned as fierce wildfires raged in the Los Angeles area. The dead include four men who were unable to leave or had stayed behind to ...
Jets get ‘inspirational’ defenceman back on the blueline
Heading into Thursday night league action, the Jets (28-12-2) are tied with the Washington Capitals for the second-best ...
Far from wildfire flames, residents of sunny Los Angeles go about their lives in disquiet and fear
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pedestrians shuffled by the famed Chateau Marmont hotel, customers queued up at Starbucks on Sunset Boulevard and car horns bleated at gridlocked intersections. But overhead, ...
CRTC to hold hearing on impact of global streamers on Canadian broadcasting
OTTAWA — The CRTC is looking at how the Canadian broadcasting system can survive the shift away from traditional TV to international streamers. The regulator is opening a public consultation on market ...
Clean tap water isn't flowing in Virginia's capital as residents find creative ways to cope
Nerves were frayed in Richmond, home to 200,000 people, as repair crews rushed to get the city’s water system working again after it was knocked out Monday during a powerful winter storm. By Thursday ...
In Los Angeles, people snap up air filters and wear masks against smoke pollution
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With levels of sooty air pollution far too high across swaths of the Los Angeles area, Dana Benton is sleeping with a mask on, even with her air purifier running.
Judge releases woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man from a psychiatric hospital
A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered ...
Developer loses court battle to remove heritage status on WW1 fort in Quebec
MONTREAL — The Quebec Superior Court has ruled against a real estate development company that wanted the heritage status ...