Jeff Chapman of Lytton, B.C., says he watched in helpless horror as his parents were killed Wednesday while they were taking cover from a wildfire that raged across their property and eventually destroyed most of the village.
Calgary-based TC Energy says it has started a formal claim for over $15 billion US under the North American Free Trade Agreement over the cancellation of a presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Briggs fire near the Cigar Lake uranium mine in northern Saskatchewan continues to burn, but it’s now moved past the main camp “without serious impact to the site,” according to Cameco, which runs the facility.
With pressure mounting in Victoria, Canada appears as cool as ever. Canada must beat the Czech Republic on Saturday (4 p.m. ET, CBC TV), then the winner of a Greece-Turkey matchup in Sunday’s final (7 p.m. ET, CBC TV) to qualify for Olympic men’s basketball for the first time since 2000.
After a positive test for marijuana, which remains on the Olympic prohibited list, American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson will miss the 100 metre event at Tokyo. Here’s a look at the policy.