Canada

Health Series

Canada: family doctors help slash wait times for arthritis patients

Family doctors are being given new skills in an initiative to bring down waiting times for arthritis patients in Halifax, eastern Canada.

13/07/2016

Canada

Meat Loaf condition 'unknown' after collapse on stage in Canada

Rock legend Meat Loaf collapsed on stage in Canada on Thursday in dramatic scenes some fans thought at first were part of his performance.

17/06/2016

Sport

Hamilton wins Canadian GP slashing Rosberg's lead to nine points

Britain’s Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand prix for the fifth time on Sunday slashing Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg’s championship lead to nine…

12/06/2016

Canada

Justin Trudeau raises Pride flag for 1st time on Parliament Hill

02/06/2016

Canada

South African firefighters arrive in Canada to help tackle Fort McMurray wildfire

30/05/2016

Sci-Tech

Canada breeding "genetically superior bee"

Bee populations around the world have been dramatically declining over the past eight to nine years.

26/05/2016

Sport

NBA: Cavaliers clipped as Raptors reignite playoffs

The Toronto Raptors have clawed back a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the best of seven-series Eastern Conference Final.

22/05/2016

Canada

The nuclear waste site at the heart of Canada's wildfires

18/05/2016

Canada

Oil workers evacuated as Fort McMurray wildfire spreads rapidly north

Fresh evacuations and fears for oil facilities as the huge wildfire in Canada spreads rapidly north.

17/05/2016

Sport

Raptors move on to first conference finals

The Toronto Raptors made it through to the Eastern Conference Finals, thanks to a 116-89 win over the Miami Heat at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday

16/05/2016

Canada

Canada PM Justin Trudeau tours wildfire-ravaged Alberta

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the scale of the wildfire in Alberta did not hit him until he visited the area on Friday. Two weeks

14/05/2016

Canada

Oil production resumes in fire-hit Fort McMurray

The blaze continues to spread but experts say it is in uninhabited areas to the east and south of the town.

11/05/2016

Canada

Canada wildfires: 90% of Fort McMurray intact

Despite the extensive damage caused by a week of wildfires, officials in Canada say most of Fort McMurray, the town at the heart of the blaze, still

10/05/2016

Canada

Damage less than feared as Canada wildfire slows down

Canadian officials say the wildfire in Alberta is finally slowing down and the damage is much less than feared. Up to ninety percent of the buildings

10/05/2016

Canada

Canada: firefighters optimistic cooler temperatures will help battle blazing inferno

Firefighters in Canada are hoping recent light rains and cooler temperatures will help them battle the wildfire that has been raging for more than a

09/05/2016

Economy

Oil price rise from disruption by Canada's McMurray wildfire

Crude prices have risen on fears of significant delays to the restart of production near the wildfire-devastated Canadian oil town of Fort McMurray.

09/05/2016

Canada

Change in weather helps fight Canada wildfire

Authorities in Canada say they are beginning to get a devastating wildfire under control. The blaze in Alberta province has been burning for a week

09/05/2016

Canada

Canada wildfire 'could burn for months' without rainfall - officials

One week on and the blaze nicknamed ‘the beast’ shows no signs of being tamed. The wildfire outside Fort McMurray in Canada is now heading towards

08/05/2016

Canada

Canadian communities mobilise to help wildfire victims

Many of those forced to leave their homes by the Canadian wildfire which has been spreading out of control are being accommodated in emergency

08/05/2016

Canada

'The Beast' wildfire burns out of control in Canada

It has been raging for a week and is utterly out of control. The Canadian wildfire that has forced tens of thousands to people to flee for their

08/05/2016

Canada

'It's like something out of a movie', residents flee mammoth Canada wildfire

Firefighters have nicknamed it ‘the beast’. An out-of-control wildfire in Canada which has been raging for almost a week, and could double in size by

07/05/2016

Canada

Canada wildfire 'could double in size'

Canada’s monster wildfire could double in size, officials are warning – meaning there is no time to lose for those still caught in its path. Fleeing

07/05/2016

Canada

Canada: Alberta wildfire threatens communities south of Fort McMurray

Canadian officials have warned that tens of thousands of residents in the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta will not be able to return home any time

06/05/2016

Canada

Evacuations increase as wildfire spreads in Alberta, Canada

A huge wildfire raging near Fort McMurray in central Canada has spread, forcing further evacuations and pushing the emergency operations centre 300

05/05/2016

Canada

Canada wildfires spread south, state of emergency in place

A huge wildfire raging near Fort McMurray in Canada has spread south, although a forecast of cooler temperatures and possible rain has raised hopes

05/05/2016

Canada

Alberta wildfire: Two die in a car accident in the rush to flee the flames

Alberta wildfire claims first victims State of emergency is declared 1,600 buildings destroyed by flames A massive wildfire in Alberta, Canada

05/05/2016