Joseph R. Biden Jr. laid out a populist economic vision to revive and reinvest in American manufacturing on Thursday, calling for major new spending and stricter new rules to āBuy Americanā as part of an…
Under fire, UK PM apologises for staff joking…
LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised on Wednesday after a video surfaced showing his staff laughing and joking about a party in Downing Street during a Christmas COVID-19 lockdown last…
Montreal mayor, fire department pay tribute to firefighter…
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and the Montreal Fire Department paid tribute to firefighter Pierre Lacroix Monday, after his body was retrieved from the St. Lawrence River, where he died performing a water rescue.Lacroix went under…
Fire that destroyed most of B.C. village of…
VANCOUVER - Suspicions that a train was at least partially to blame for a fire that consumed most of a B.C. village this summer have been shut down in a just-published report. The Transportation Safety…
Fire at Brandon condo building extinguished; police ensuring…
BRANDON - Police in Brandon are hopeful that all residents of a four-storey condominium are safe after a fire tore through the building Tuesday night, sending flames shooting from the roof. Dramatic photos and videos…
Surrey, B.C., church destroyed in fire; Mounties investigating…
SURREY, B.C. -- A Surrey, B.C., church has been destroyed after a massive fire early Monday morning. Flames broke out at St. George Coptic Orthodox Church on 108 Avenue and 139 Street shortly after 3:30…
Fire along Highway 97A in Spallumcheen put out…
Passers-by douse flames Photo: Okanagan Restoration Service A fire along Highway 97A north of Vernon was doused by two civilians who were in the right place at the right time. The drama unfolded as municipal…
Lytton, B.C., fire that destroyed village started in…
VANCOUVER -- Wildfire officials in B.C. say the fire that tore through the small village of Lytton last week and killed at least two people started in town. Investigators are expected to be on scene…
Fire official: Demolition to collapsed Florida condo to…
SURFSIDE, FLA. -- Demolition workers planned to bring down the remainder of a collapsed condo building on Sunday ahead of an approaching storm that added to worries that the damaged structure could come down on…