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Even before Ukraine launched its largest attack ever on Moscow — striking a major refinery and causing thick black smoke to rise above the capital on Thursday — the effects of Kyiv’s intensifying drone campaign were being acutely felt by many Russians. In Crimea, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, …
Read More »Major B.C. routes including Coquihalla Highway closed due to wildfires
Wildfires shut down two critical B.C highways on Wednesday. The Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) between Hope and Merritt, connecting the Lower Mainland with the Interior, was closed late Wednesday afternoon due to the nearby Mine Creek wildfire. Highway 20, east of Bella Coola in the Central Coast region and west of Anahim Lake in the Cariboo …
Read More »WestJet suspends nine U.S. routes due to lower demand
Business WestJet will suspend nine routes between the U.S. and Canada as demand dampens for travel between the two countries. Flights from Canadian cities to Austin, Los Angeles, Chicago among those impacted Jenna Benchetrit · CBC News · Posted: May 08, 2025 11:51 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour …
Read More »Ottawa school bus routes cancelled for thousands of students due to driver shortage – Ottawa
Thousands of Ottawa parents are still scrambling to find a way to get their kids to school after their buses were suddenly cancelled because of a driver shortage. About 7,500 students were affected after the bus service for both the Ottawa public and catholic school boards cancelled 300 routes just …
Read More »Some Durham Region bus routes cancelled after fire at Oshawa bus depot
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several bus routes in Durham Region are cancelled on Wednesday after an early morning fire at a transit bus depot. Oshawa fire told Global News the incident occurred at the Durham Transit Bus Depot on Raleigh Avenue at around 2:20 a.m. Fire …
Read More »Bus driver shortage leaves Calgary kids on routes without dedicated drivers waiting hours for a ride
When Tiffany Robinson signed her daughter up for yellow school bus service this year, she expected the 12-year-old would have a reliable way to get to and from school each day, but that hasn’t been her experience. A province-wide driver shortage means like many others in Alberta, since the school year …
Read More »Prince George school bus routes cancelled after sudden resignation of drivers
Dozens of families in Prince George, B.C., were left scrambling for ways to get their kids to class on the first day of school after the sudden resignation of multiple school bus drivers. According to an email sent to parents, several drivers tendered their resignations in the 48 hours leading up to …
Read More »Russia launches fresh offensive, wants sanctions relief to free up Ukraine food supply routes
Russian forces launched offensives on towns in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, with constant mortar bombardment destroying several houses and killing civilians, Ukrainian officials said, as Russia focuses its attack on the industrial Donbas region. Russia has been focused on attempting to seize the separatist-claimed Donbas’s two provinces, Donetsk and Luhansk, …
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