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How has climate change shifted the odds of extreme cold? A new tool seeks the answer

How has climate change shifted the odds of extreme cold? A new tool seeks the answer

Federal environment officials will be able to quickly analyze how climate change is shifting the odds of extreme cold temperatures starting this winter, officials said Friday, broadening the application of a system rolled out over the summer to study
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Alberta legislature sitting to kick off with focus on rights bill, transgender policy

Alberta legislature sitting to kick off with focus on rights bill, transgender policy

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to “fringe” elements of Smith’s United Conservative Party.
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Phil Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead and influential bassist, has died at 84

Phil Lesh, founding member of Grateful Dead and influential bassist, has died at 84

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday at age 84.
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Kansas man who died in Newfoundland fire was visiting for dream moose-hunting trip

Kansas man who died in Newfoundland fire was visiting for dream moose-hunting trip

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 77-year-old Kansas man who died last weekend in a western Newfoundland hotel fire was fulfilling a dream of hunting a moose — and his daughter says he got one.
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Kansas man who died in Newfoundland fire was visiting for dream moose-hunting trip

Kansas man who died in Newfoundland fire was visiting for dream moose-hunting trip

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A 77-year-old Kansas man who died last weekend in a western Newfoundland hotel fire was fulfilling a dream of hunting a moose — and his daughter says he got one.
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Air Canada's flight attendants could go on strike. Here's what travellers need to know

Air Canada's flight attendants could go on strike. Here's what travellers need to know

"We are looking at wage increases, pension improvements, and work improvement." 
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B.C. port employers, foremen's union return to negotiation table with mediator

B.C. port employers, foremen's union return to negotiation table with mediator

VANCOUVER — Employers and the union representing foremen at British Columbia's ports will return to the negotiating table next week with a mediator in the latest push for a resolution in the labour dispute.
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Two more LA Times editorial board members resign after the paper withholds a Harris endorsement

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the board's plan to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
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Torontonians get first chance to meet snow leopard cubs Zoya and Minu this weekend

Torontonians get first chance to meet snow leopard cubs Zoya and Minu this weekend

Two snow leopard cubs will be making their public debut at the Toronto Zoo this weekend. The zoo says visitors will be able to see Zoya and Minu in their outdoor habitat between about 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
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Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges .
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