Новости за 03.09.2017

Before he left office in January, U.S. President Barack Obama offered his successor accolades and advice in a private letter that underscored some of his concerns as he passed the baton.

Dozens of people living in southern British Columbia have been forced to leave their homes as winds fan a wildfire nearby.

Ottawa is delivering humanitarian supplies to the flood-ravaged U.S. Gulf Coast.

Environment Canada issued a special weather statement on Sunday for the Metro Vancouver, warning of heat and poor air quality.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned North Korea's latest nuclear weapon testing and is urging the United Nations to take further steps to contain the country's nuclear proliferation efforts.

The average price of gas in Canada continues to surge in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, with no relief in sight for at least two weeks.

U.S. President Donald Trump is attending a church service on a National Day of Prayer for Harvey victims.

Japanese Emperor Akihito's oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, says she is getting married to her university classmate who won her heart with bright smiles and sincerity.

Authorities started a controlled burn Sunday of highly unstable compounds at a Houston-area chemical plant that flooded because of Harvey. Meanwhile, utility crews went door-to-door to shut off power in the western reaches of the metro area because more flooding is possible.

Crews went door-to-door Sunday in parts of western Houston, shutting off power and warning anyone still in homes left soggy by Harvey that more flooding was possible as engineers relieved pressure on overtaxed city reservoirs.

Community leaders and experts are saying the B.C. government could have done more to reduce the risk of devastating wildfires.

U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea's latest nuclear provocation with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any North Korean threat with a "massive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming."

North Korea on Sunday claimed a "perfect success" for its most powerful nuclear test so far, a further step in the development of weapons capable of striking anywhere in the United States.

North Korea announced it detonated a thermonuclear device Sunday in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date. The North called the test a "perfect success" while its neighbours condemned the blast immediately.

Texans are asking whether lax building regulations and inadequate infrastructure may have made Hurricane Harvey’s flooding damage worse.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new, "super explosive" hydrogen bomb meant to be loaded into an intercontinental ballistic missile, Pyongyang's state media said Sunday, a claim that raises the possibility of an imminent nuclear bomb test.

As post-secondary students move into dormitories across the country, universities and colleges are preparing for the threat of opioid overdoses.

Provincial health officials in Alberta and British Columbia are warning that hepatitis A virus has been detected in a sample of fresh pineapple chunks sold in ready-to-go cups.