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What is 'wishcycling,' and why are some B.C. municipalities cracking down on it?
Facing a rising rate of people putting the wrong items in recycling bins, the Regional District of Nanaimo says it may start fining repeat offenders.…
Canadian gymnast Lia-Monica Fontaine wins vault gold at Commonwealth Games
Canada's Lia-Monica Fontaine, the 2025 world silver medallist on vault, captured Commonwealth Games gold on vault with a score of 14.000 in Glasgow on Monday.…
#Spain races to contain 'monster' #fires ahead of new #heatwave • FRANCE 24 English
#Spain faces two "decisive" days to contains monster #wildfires blazing near #Madrid and #Valencia said the country's interior minister, ahead of a new #heatwav…
Toronto police surrounding U.S. Consulate after officers found evidence of gunfire outside building
Police say they found evidence of a firearm discharge outside the U.S. Consulate early Monday morning, but did not confirm the building had been targeted. The U…
New research on stone celt artifacts helps map Indigenous trade routes
New research analyzing jade artifacts, unearthed east of the Rocky Mountains, sheds light on vast Indigenous trade networks that once cut across pre-colonial We…
They lost their parents and sister in a crash. Now they're waiting by the bedside of the lone survivor
On July 20, Alfred Pratt was one of four people in an SUV that crashed on Highway 1 near Piapot, in southwest Saskatchewan, and is the only one who came out of …
Suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police • FRANCE 24 English
German police said a 21-year-old man with a record of Islamist extremist activity was shot dead on Sunday, a day after he allegedly drove a minivan into people …
Volunteers battle blazes alongside French firefighters through the night • FRANCE 24 English
Locals and volunteers facing France's worst wildfires in years are increasingly attempting to fight the blazes themselves before the arrival of overstretched, f…
Wildfire threatens French defence sites ArianeGroup, Dassault and Thales • FRANCE 24 English
More than 42,000 hectares have now burned in Gironde, southwestern France as wildfires push closer to Bordeaux. Authorities say 240 homes have already been des…
Spain to start first return of fire evacuees as wildfires advance has slowed • FRANCE 24 English
Spanish authorities said they planned to start to allow some people evacuated from wildfires near Madrid to return on Monday, in a sign of progress in fighting …
Renald Guignard’s house has been in his family 7 generations. Climate change is coming for it
The space between Renald Guignard's house on the island of Lamèque and a cliff along the Gulf of St. Lawrence is a small fraction of what it once was and a vivi…
She called 911 to report an erratic driver. Then a Mountie called her from inside her home
Robin MacDougall says she "just couldn't comprehend" why police entered her home without her knowledge. RCMP say they visited the home because a 911 call was dr…
That condo storage locker you were sold? It might be illegal
Do storage lockers built directly into condo parking garages violate Ontario's fire code? Toronto Fire says yes. But a fire consultant describe a standards 'gre…
Multiple people shot near Seattle's Space Needle, police say
Multiple people were injured in a shooting Sunday night at an events complex close to the Space Needle in Seattle, police said in a statement.…
A phone was found in perfect shape after falling from an airplane | The Moment
Heather Cline and David Stanchuk tell The National about the moment they found their phone in perfect condition in a Saskatchewan canola field after it had fall…
Back from Gironde: France 24's Luke Shrago gives firsthand account of fires • FRANCE 24 English
As wildfires continue to ravage southwest France, forcing around 250,000 people from their homes in one of the country's biggest peacetime evacuations, France 2…
U.S., Iran pause attacks for 2nd straight day
The U.S. paused its attacks on Iran for a second straight day on Sunday, and Tehran said it had done so, too, as efforts continued to bring the countries back t…
French firefighters work tirelessly to stop blaze from spreading • FRANCE 24 English
Plumes of smoke rose above a vast sea of pine trees outside Bordeaux as firefighters in gleaming helmets rushed to douse emerging flames before they could sprea…
From stage 6 onwards, Pogacar 'never let go' during Tour de France • FRANCE 24 English
Tadej Pogacar won a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title on Sunday. The 27-year-old Slovenian dominated this year's race to join Belgian Eddy Merckx, Span…