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Northeast B.C. swelters as Shuswap region hopes for rain

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

Large portions of northeastern British Columbia continue to swelter a day after some areas hit daily record temperatures. Environment Canada says temperatures will again push near or past 30 C in parts of the Peace River Regional District and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.The heat warning is expected to be in place until this evening.Historic records for daily high temperatures for Aug. 28 were broken Monday in Fort St. John, Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson.Fort Nelson reached 33.9 C, almost six degrees higher than the previous record for that day recorded in 1986.The BC Wildfire Service has cautioned that warm, dry conditions in northern parts of the province have led to increased fire activity in the region, with the Fort Nelson First Nation putting two reserves on alert. Meanwhile, crews battling a destructive wildfire in the Shuswap region are hoping for help from rain that could begin falling in the area Tuesday night.Mike McCulley, an information officer with the BC ...

Suncor’s revised focus on oil production proof of need for emissions cap: Guilbeault

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says he is more convinced than ever of the need to regulate emissions in the oil and gas industry, following a prominent CEO’s comments about refocusing his company on oil production.Suncor CEO Rich Kruger told investors in a conference call on Aug. 15 that the company had a “disproportionate” focus on the longer-term energy transition to low-emitting and renewable fuels. He promised a “revised direction and tone” focused more on the immediate financial opportunities in the oilsands.Guilbeault says the comments were extremely disappointing in the middle of a summer when global temperatures hit record highs and climate change is exacerbating wildfires across Canada.He also says they have furthered his resolve to introduce a cap on greenhouse-gas emissions from the oil and gas industry in a bid to force companies to ratchet down their carbon footprint.The draft regulations that will identify where the cap wi...

Court restricts union pickets at Metro warehouses, grocer says deliveries to resume

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

Metro has been granted a temporary injunction to restrict pickets by its striking workers at distribution warehouses in Toronto.The Montreal-based grocer says deliveries will resume and stores will be resupplied as soon as possible.These distribution centres supply fresh products to all of Metro and Food Basics stores in the province,” Metro said in a statement.“Metro remains committed to the bargaining process and wants to present its offer; it urges the union to go back to the table resolve this matter.”Metro announced it was seeking an injunction against Unifor and the workers on Friday, the third day of picketing at its distribution warehouses that prevented deliveries of fresh products to its stores provincewide.More than 3,700 workers at 27 Metro stores in the Greater Toronto Area have been on strike since July 29 after rejecting their first tentative agreement.The order restricts the pickets from unlawfully blocking or delaying access to multiple Metro distr...

Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa awarded teams in Professional Women’s Hockey League

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

Hilary Knight, Marie-Philip Poulin and their U.S. and Canadian national hockey team contemporaries now have a firm idea of where they’ll be playing in January.The newly founded Professional Women’s Hockey League unveiled its Original Six franchises on Tuesday, with franchises based in NHL markets — three in the United States and three in Canada — with track records of supporting the women’s game.Boston, New York City’s tri-state area and Minneapolis-St. Paul were the U.S. sites selected as homes for the yet-to-be-named teams.The Canadian franchises will be based in the nation’s three largest northeastern centers of Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.The PWHL also announced that each team will have a 10-day window to sign three free agents through Sept. 10 before holding a 15-round draft on Sept. 18. Teams can sign no more than 20 players to contracts before training camps open in November.Teams will play a 24-game schedule, which is expected to ov...

Hurricane Idalia 11 a.m. track: Winds increase to 85 mph: Winds increase to 85 mph

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Idalia strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane early Tuesday and is expected to rapidly intensify in the Gulf of Mexico.The National Hurricane Center said Idalia is about 275 miles south-southwest of Tampa. The storm's winds have increased to 85 mph.Idalia is forecast to make landfall along the northwest Gulf Coast of Florida sometime on Wednesday as an "extremely dangerous" Category 3 major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. Real-time wobble tracker monitoring Hurricane Idalia’s shifts in Gulf of Mexico As of the 11 a.m. update, Idalia was over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, moving north at 14 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Idalia's track remains west of Tampa Bay.Storm surge remains the biggest threat with Idalia, with some areas north of Tampa Bay expected to see 8 to 12 feet of storm surge, with 4 to 9 feet in the Tampa Bay area and 3 to 7 feet south of Tampa Bay. The storm surge threat is increased thanks to highe...

60-year-old man dies 10 days after Waukegan shooting

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

WAUKEGAN, Ill. — A suburban man died ten days after a shooting in Waukegan.On Aug. 18, officers responded to the 1600 block of Kayla Lane on the report of a shooting.The victim, identified Tuesday as Mark Glover, 60, of Zion, was transported to Advocate Condell Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds.He died from his injuries on Monday.It's unknown if any suspects are in custody.

Hyundai recalling nearly 38,000 Elantras over acceleration bug

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Hyundai Motor America is recalling about 37,997 Hyundai Elantra HEVs over a software bug that could result in unintended acceleration, increasing risk of a crash. As reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, although the software issue can occur after release of the brake pedal, drivers should know service brake functionality is "unaffected" and they are working properly. Airline launches ‘only adult’ section for international flight The affected vehicles are:2021-23 Hyundai Elantra HEV Four-doorHybrid-electric light vehiclesProduction dates of Dec. 15, 2020 through July 29, 2023Hyundai says these vehicles' motor control unit (MCU) software may accidentally trigger a "slow, unintended acceleration." The company says that despite this, owners can continue driving the vehicles and that owners will receive instructions in the mail by Oct. 17, detailing how and when to bring their vehicles to a Hyundai dealer for MCU updating at no cost. Amazon rais...

Baby born with intestines outside her body is now thriving

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Baby Grace Martz is now 3 months old and doing well. "She's a very happy baby. She's doing great," said her mother, Jackie Martz.When Martz was pregnant, doctors diagnosed her baby with gastroschisis, a birth defect that allows the intestines to spill out of a hole in the abdominal wall and grow outside the body. The condition occurs in about one in 2,000 babies born each year. Denver has 225 one-way streets. Here’s why When Grace was born, doctors at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children in Denver were prepared. About three hours after birth, Grace went into surgery."They made a small incision and shoved the intestines back in, and in the process, they actually found that her fallopian tube and ovary were also hanging out," Jackie Martz said.Dr. Sarah Lai performed the surgery."Her intestines were very, very bloated, and although I was able to take her to the operating room and get everything back in, it was just a little bit too tight," Lai said.So, Lai left a bit...

Idalia now a hurricane, pushing dangerous storm surge toward Florida

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Much of Florida was in disaster mode on Tuesday with only hours to go before an onslaught from Idalia, forecast to strengthen rapidly into “an extremely dangerous major hurricane” before hitting the Gulf Coast on Wednesday.Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast to prepare for a storm that the National Hurricane Center projected could have sustained winds of up to 120 mph (193 kph). That would make it a Category 3 hurricane — a potentially big blow to a state still dealing with lingering damage from last year’s Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Idalia forecast to become ‘extremely dangerous’ major hurricane, NHC says “You still have time this morning to make your final preparations ... but you gotta do that now.” Gov. Ron DeSantis announced at the state’s emergency operations center. Tolls have been waived on highways out of the danger area, shelters have opened, hotels are prepared to take evacuees an...

Motorcyclist killed in Monday morning crash in Buda

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:47:00 GMT

BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — A motorcyclist died after colliding with a truck and towing trailer on Farm to Market Road 2770 Monday morning. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the motorcycle was headed north on FM 2770 when a Ford F-150 with a towing trailer driving on Robert S. Light Boulevard pulled out in front of the motorcycle. The motorcycle hit the trailer, and DPS said the motorcyclist was taken to the hospital where they later died. The driver of the truck stayed on the scene during the investigation. DPS did not say whether the driver of the truck would face any charges related to the crash.