Emma Jacobs

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Communities are evacuated as wildfire season gets underway in Canada

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Wildfires have forced evacuations in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas are seeing poor air quality due to smoke.

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In Canada, ice canoeing season kicks off on a frozen river

Saturday, February 10, 2024

A reporter joins the crowds on the banks of the frozen St Lawrence River in Quebec as the ice canoeing season kicks off.

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Canadian hydro-electricity will go to U.S. amid Canada's demand for renewable energy

Tuesday, September 05, 2023

Construction is underway on transmission lines from Canada to power millions of homes in northeastern states in the U.S. — but delivering renewable energy to the U.S. comes at a cost for Canada.

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How cities around the world deal with toxic air quality

Friday, June 09, 2023

The air quality is plummeting in many parts of North America as the Canadian wildfires continue to burn. We find out how other cities around the world deal with the challenge of living with toxic air.

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Record-breaking wildfires in Canada are impacting air quality in the U.S.

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

The Canadian wildfire season has started early and already broken records, with toxic smoke drifting south to the U.S. and many air quality alerts in place.

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Across Canada, tens of thousands have evacuated due to wildfires in recent weeks

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Thousands have been forced to evacuate an area of Canada's Nova Scotia region as wildfires take hold. This comes only weeks after a string of serious wildfires in Alberta and British Columbia.

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Canada's Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa is closed because of a lack of ice

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Ottawa's beloved skating canal has failed to ice over properly for the first time in its history. Scientists are trying to figure out how to sustain the tradition as global temperatures rise.

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Canada delays expansion of medical assistance in dying to people with mental illness

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Canada has delayed efforts to expand it's medical assistance in dying program to include mental illness. The plans raised unease in a country that already has a liberal assisted death policy.

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Alphonso Davies' inspiring journey to the World Cup

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

From refugee camp to the World Cup, the inspiring story of Canada's superstar player Alphonso Davies

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Canada's national sport is embroiled in scandal. Hockey Canada's leadership resigns

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

For months the sport's national governing body, Hockey Canada, has been caught up in a growing scandal over its failure to address allegations of sexual assault.

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A Canadian court considers whether the U.S is a safe place for asylum-seekers

Friday, October 07, 2022

Is America a safe place for asylum-seekers? That's a question Canada's highest court is currently considering.

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Fiona knocks out power in Atlantic Canada

Saturday, September 24, 2022

With hurricane-force winds, Fiona has left hundreds of thousands of utility customers along Canada's Atlantic coast without electricity. It is one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the region.

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Cyclone Fiona leaves many without power in eastern Canada

Saturday, September 24, 2022

Post-tropical cyclone Fiona is pummeling parts of eastern Canada, downing trees and leaving many without power. It's expected to be one of the strongest storms to hit that area.

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Canada's Conservative party likely to elect populist right-winger

Friday, September 09, 2022

Canada's official opposition, the Conservative Party, will announce the results of elections for a new party leader on Saturday.The favored candidate has been compared to former President Trump.

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A drought in Canada is making it impossible to find mustard in France

Monday, August 29, 2022

For months, French shoppers have been complaining about a lack of mustard on the shelves. The shortages have largely been caused by a drought in Canada, the world's largest exporter of mustard seeds.

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French supermarkets have been low on mustard. The main cause stems from Canada

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

For months, French shoppers have been complaining about a lack of mustard on the shelves. The shortages have largely been caused by a drought in Canada, the world's largest exporter of mustard seeds.

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Canada is criticized for not getting more endangered Afghans into the country

Friday, August 19, 2022

A year ago, tens of thousands of Afghans were airlifted to safety following the Taliban's takeover. Canada pledged to resettle 40,000 Afghans but many remain in limbo.

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How was the pope's 'pilgrimage of penance' received by Indigenous people in Canada?

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

In a moving ceremony on Monday, Pope Francis begged for the forgiveness of the Indigenous survivors of the abuse by residential schools that were run by the Catholic Church for more than a century.

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Pope Francis traveled to Canada to apologize to residential school survivors

Monday, July 25, 2022

For many of the Indigenous peoples of Canada, Monday is a day of mixed emotions as the Pope finally makes his apology for the role the Catholic church played in the notorious residential schools.

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Pope Francis arrives in Canada as Indigenous groups seek a full apology

Monday, July 25, 2022

The pope is on what he's calling his pilgrimage of penance — apologizing to Indigenous groups for years of abuse that many suffered at government and Catholic-run residential and day schools.

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