Officials with Avalanche Canada issued a warning for B.C.’s interior mountain ranges Thursday afternoon. The special public avalanche warning is in place until end of day Sunday for recreational backcountry users. Officials said that particular regions are at risk because of low elevations, which means the snowpack at and below the tree line is more dangerous than the alpine. “With […]

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – East Libyan military forces control a pumping substation for the El Sharara oilfield but the main production area is still occupied by armed tribesmen, a field engineer said on Thursday. The Libyan National Army (LNA), based in the east of the politically divided country, said on Wednesday it had seized the 315,000 barrels per day field […]

Now FIVE Russians are wanted over the Salisbury poison attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Police are investigating two more Russian agents of involvement in poisoning The newly identified pair posed as tourists to get a British visa last March The pair are now thought to be back in Russia, senior security sources said Police are expected […]

Shelves lie empty in the few pharmacies left open in the Venezuelan border town of Urena. There are no medicines, just a few packets of cotton wool and boxes of plasters. A few miles away, on the eerily quiet bridge to Colombia, a fuel tanker and shipping containers, placed there by the military, sit across the empty lanes ready to […]

Environment Canada is advising people in eastern Ontario to brace for more nasty weather. Freezing drizzle and high winds are expected for the Kingston region, and winds as high as 100 km/h could hit the Napanee and Prince Edward County areas. Environment Canada says there may be a short period of freezing rain while temperatures rise above zero in Kingston, […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi on Friday upended military-ruled Thailand’s politics by becoming the prime ministerial candidate for a party loyal to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra. The elder sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been declared a leading prime ministerial candidate for a party loyal to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in a March 24 general election, […]

The bitter cold that many parts of Canada have been experiencing could be creating frustration and conflict for parents with teenagers. Why do some teens refuse to dress for the elements? And as parents, when is it worth the fight? We took our questions to registered psychologist Kimberly Knull, at Momentum Walk-In Counselling in Edmonton, to find out how to […]

Finland’s government announced on Friday the first findings from a two-year basic income trial that ended a month ago, with researchers saying it failed to spur the unemployed to work more and earn more as was hoped. During the trial, 2,000 unemployed Finns became the first Europeans to enjoy a guaranteed basic income, a monthly paycheque from the state, regardless […]

One of the dogs was described as “like a skeleton” when they were rescued by the RSPCA, but both owners escaped jail time, being slapped instead with a £1600 fine each. Caterina Armanelli appeared in Cairns Magistrates Court on Thursday, where she pleaded guilty to failing to provide adequate care for her female Rhodesian ridgeback Brownie, her brother-in-law's male Siberian […]

A 58-year-old man is facing more than eight charges after two children under the age of 12 were allegedly sexually assaulted on Siksika Nation, Alta. The man is not a member of the nation, RCMP said. Gleichen RCMP responded to the First Nation on Feb. 5 after a report that the two children had been sexually assaulted “over an extended […]