Canada

Kamloops is currently experiencing a flash flood as severe thunderstorms take over the weather in the area. Up to 20 mm of rain were expected in the area and sewers and drains have begun to back up all over the city. The sudden downpour is wreaking havoc on the road systems and social media is going crazy with photos and …

The Canada Revenue Agency has launched a political-activities audit of Pen Canada, a small charity promoting freedom of expression that has criticized the Harper government in the past. Two tax auditors showed up Monday morning at the tiny Toronto offices of Pen Canada, asking to see a wide range of internal documents.

Two young Shelburne County men are facing charges and fines of $2,418.95 after they were caught racing on Highway 103 on Sunday night.

After making sure their affairs were in order, for seven months, an Edmonton couple has become the city’s newest multimillionaires after claiming their lottery jackpot that was drawn in December.

Oxford OPP has laid charges after a motorcycle was observed traveling nearly three times the posted speed limit on Rokeby Side Road in Tillsonburg. It was Saturday when police noticed the motorcycle traveling between 139km/h and 149km/h in the posted 50km/h zone.

The young man charged in Calgary’s worst mass murder is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday. Matthew de Grood, 22, is charged with five counts of first-degree murder after a violent stabbing spree at a house party on Tuesday, April 15th.

A Burlington man has been jailed in Indonesia on allegations of child sexual abuse at a Jakarta school. Forty-five-year-old Neil Bantleman has spent the past four years working as a learning co-ordinator at the Jakarta International School.

Emma Czornobaj is appealing her conviction on two charges of both criminal negligence causing death and dangerous driving causing death. Czornobaj was found guilty on all counts in June in connection with a 2010 incident that saw her stop her car in the passing lane of a South Shore highway to move a group of ducklings away from the road. …

About 2,400 of the 2,500 residents displaced by a wildfire near West Kelowna, B.C. were allowed to return home Sunday, but were cautioned to be ready to leave at a moments notice.

A scary moment this morning for passengers on a Air Canada flight from Edmonton to Toronto. Global News reports that an emergency was declared on Air Canada flight 1174 to Toronto after a flight control indication light came on.

Canada has joined other counties in demanding that pro-Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine withdraw from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 to allow for an “unimpeded and international investigation” into the facts surrounding the passenger plane that was shot down earlier this week.