Home security video captured the moment a home exploded in dramatic fashion overnight on Monday in Swan Hills, Alta. — a town located about 200 kilometres north of Edmonton. #Alberta #Canada #SwanHills
New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after members of opposition parties joined Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke in a staged haka — a ceremonial dance and staple in the Indigenous Māori culture. The haka came as a protest to a contentious new bill from the ACT New Zealand party, which aims to reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British Crown and the Māori. The proposed bill passed its first reading afterwards. #Haka #Indigenous #Maori #NewZealand #politics
Security has been beefed up at president-elect Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, including the use of robotic dogs. The remote-controlled sentry units can be seen patrolling the grounds of the Palm Beach, Fla. resort, along with armed U.S. Coast Guard boats. #Trump #MaraLago #Robot #AI #Security
Ontario Premier Doug Ford joked in Sudbury, Ont., on Monday that his “rationale” for the provincial government to offer a number of medical school scholarships was for students to meet a partner and stay in places with family doctor shortages. “So if you see a single doc — Come up here, just set him or her up as quickly as possible, lay down the roots,” Ford said. #health #doctor #Ontario #medicalschool
Halifax police confirmed on Tuesday a 19-year-old Walmart employee was found dead inside of a walk-in bakery oven. According to authorities, the woman — who recently moved to Canada from India — was found Saturday night and an investigation is ongoing. #Investigation #NovaScotia #Walmart
B.C. Premier David Eby took a moment Tuesday to share his thoughts on the life and career of his colleague and friend, former premier John Horgan. The 65-year-old Horgan died in Victoria, B.C. following a battle with thyroid cancer, his family confirmed on Tuesday. #BC #NDP #JohnHorgan
Russia transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion and two brown bears, to a zoo in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the Russian government said on Wednesday. The animals were "a gift from (Russian President) Vladimir Putin to the Korean people," the government said.
An underwater camera captured a unique view of one creature’s struggle to stay safe during British Columbia's bomb cyclone last week. Ocean Networks Canada’s camera set up in Folger Passage near Bamfield on Vancouver Island, captured a giant Pacific octopus trying to use all eight arms to cling to the rocks during the storm. #Octopus #BombCyclone
The Catholic church has unveiled the mascot for its upcoming 2025 Jubilee Holy Year, and it may look a little different from what some might expect from the Vatican. The anime-styled character "Luce," meaning light in Italian, was designed by Italian pop artist Simone Legno and features several Catholic symbols, as the church attempts to appeal to younger people and the growing popularity of Japanese pop culture. #Vatican #Catholic #Anime #Japan
Russian President Vladimir Putin denied that he had deliberately used his dog Koni to intimidate German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a Sochi meeting in 2007 that became a notorious diplomatic incident. "I appeal to her again and say: Angela, please forgive me. I didn't want to cause you any distress," he said. #Putin #Merkel
During question period on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the violence that broke out at a Hindu temple in the Toronto area on Sunday. “The individuals who are inciting violence and division and hatred in no way represent either the Sikh community or the Hindu community in Canada,” said Trudeau. #Canada #India #Ontario #Brampton #Trudeau
After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slipped up, making a comment about temporarily suspended sales taxes on “freshly-made produce,” rather than “products,” Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre responded criticizing the Liberal carbon pricing initiative. “He really does think that food comes from the grocery store, not from the farmers who actually grow the produce. That's why he thinks he can carbon tax those farmers without taxing the food,” Poilievre said. #Poilievre #CarbonPricing #Trudeau
Canada will reduce the number of new permanent residents to the country by 21 per cent by next year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday. This comes as part of a major series of changes to immigration targets that Trudeau says aims to freeze population growth. “We didn’t get the balance quite right [before]," the Liberal leader said. #Canada #Immigration #Trudeau #politics
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is pointing his finger at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals for barring the victims’ families from attending the upcoming parole hearing of serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo. “Why does [Trudeau] keep protecting Bernardo from the victims?” Poilievre asked in the House of Commons on Wednesday, adding the Liberals could “intervene to allow the victims to speak up.” #Crime #Canada #PaulBernardo
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s driveway was blocked by Greenpeace activists early Thursday morning after they chained themselves to a replica oil pump jack at the house of official opposition leader in Ottawa. #Poilievre #Greenpeace #Canada
Fresh off his surprise appearance at the Grey Cup in Vancouver, B.C., Prince Harry paid a visit to a group of school children to launch the Invictus Games school program. The Duke of Sussex announced the online program was designed to bring the games to schools everywhere, before playing some games with the kids. He even gave them tickets to the Invictus Games opening ceremony. #PrinceHarry #InvictusGames #Vancouver #RoyalFamily #Sports
When Peter Mieras accidentally dropped his camera in the ocean off the coast of his Vancouver Island home, he didn't expect to capture some of his best wildlife footage. After the B.C. cinematographer retrieved his camera, he saw he filmed a humpback whale feasting on a bait ball of fish. #HumpbackWhale #Ocean #VancouverIsland