BCJun 12, 2025
Police seeking information on Dryden Creek wildfire
Squamish RCMP is investigating the cause of a wildfire in the Dryden Creek area and requesting anyone with information contact police.
On June 9, 2025, around 5:30 p.m. Squamish RCMP and Squamish Fire Rescue were notified of smoke on the hillside at the end of Tantalus Road. Due to dry conditions the fire spread rapidly and continues to burn.
Squamish RCMP is working closely with BC Wildfire Service and Squamish Fire Rescue.
The fire is believed to have originated around 4:00 p.m. on a bike trail at the end of Tantalus Road. Based on initial information, investigators suspect the fire was huma
AlbertaJun 12, 2025
Alberta premier faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and three of her ministers got an earful from southern Alberta locals at a rowdy, hours-long town hall to discuss the province's coal policy. About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause, and placards.
The premier and her ministers of energy, environment and agriculture took questions and were shouted down on several occasions by attendees as they defended changes to the province's coal policy.
The town hall came weeks after the
CanadaJun 12, 2025
The 2025 wildfire season is on track to be Canada's 2nd-worst on record
The area burned by wildfires so far this season is the second-largest on record in Canada, according to government data.
Officials with Public Safety Canada held a technical briefing this morning in Ottawa to update media outlets on the state of multiple wildfires.
They say the greatest fire danger in July is expected to be in southern British Columbia, while the Northwest Territories and Yukon will face an increased risk of wildfires.
This year's fire season the second worst since the 2023 wildfire season has seen wildfires consume 3.7 million hectares, six times the area of Prince Edward Isl
WorldJun 12, 2025
Family says Canadian dentist was aboard Air India flight that crashed after takeoff
The family of a dentist from Mississauga, Ont., says she is the Canadian citizen believed to be on an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff on Thursday.The husband of Nirali Sureshkumar Patel confirmed she was among the 240 passengers on the London-bound flight.
Patel's dental clinic referred The Canadian Press to the husband, who said that he was in the process of booking travel to India for himself and the couple's one-year-old child. He declined to provide his full name and said he wasn't in a state to speak further.
The plane crashed in a residential area of India's northwest
BCJun 12, 2025
Abbotsford businessman Satwinder Sharma shot and killed in Surrey
A man was killed in a shooting incident in Surrey in broad daylight on Wednesday.
Police have not confirmed the identity of the deceased, but information on social media and Connect FM's conversation with sources have revealed that 57-year-old businessman Satwinder Sharma, a resident of Abbotsford, was the victim of the incident.
Satwinder Sharma had been living in Canada for more than three decades. Officers were called to a business near 84 Avenue and 160 Street at around 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Surrey police said.
Officers found a man with serious injuries at the scene and paramedics were u
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