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One year after news ban, Facebook important source for weather updates in disasters

Residents of small communities across Canada are finding creative ways of getting around Facebook’s news blackout to share updates about dangerous weather events, but they say it’s still tough to get information to people quickly on the platform. One year after Meta, Facebook’s parent company, banned all links to Canadian news on its platforms — […]

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In Halifax, a city surrounded by forests, citizens call for wildfire escape routes

WINNIPEG — The ceremony that saw Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and his cabinet ministers sworn in at the province’s new horticultural showcase cost $19,600 and was almost held outside, information obtained by The Canadian Press shows. The newly elected NDP government, having ended seven years of Tory rule, opted to hold the Oct. 18 ceremony […]

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