(Kevin Yarr/CBC - image credit)A rainfall warning for the eastern part of Prince Edward Island on Saturday has ended. Environment Canada had issued the warning Saturday morning. "Tropical moisture feeding this system will occasionally give very heavy downpours which could give locally much higher amounts of rain. Similar storms in the past have caused hazardous driving conditions and localized flooding, especially in poor drainage areas," the warning said. Queens and Prince counties were expected to get up to 40 millimetres of rain on Saturday.

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Halifax LGBTQ hockey tournament kicks off with slick moves and fun team namesThe 2023 Halifax Pride Cup runs until Sunday. The three-day hockey tournament, made up entirely of LGBTQ players, kicked off Friday evening with three games and six teams. She came from Madison, Wis. to play in the 2023 Halifax Pride Cup. The Halifax Pride Cup featured team names like Ice-Ice Gaybies and team Trans Canada Express. The Halifax Pride Cup features team names like Ice-Ice Gaybies and team Trans-Canada Express.

Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Preliminary estimates show up to 250 mm of rain fell in some areas of Nova Scotia as of 6 a.m., and in the Halifax area, it appears to be the heaviest rainfall event since 1971, a local meteorologist says. The torrential rain has caused severe flooding on several highways throughout the province and power outages affecting 40,000 customers, and prompted the evacuation of residents near the St. Croix River system. CBC News published this video item, entitled “Extreme rain in Nova Scotia causing widespread flooding” – below is their description. It frequently collaborates with its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info, although the two are organizationally separate.

By David LjunggrenOTTAWA (Reuters) - The heaviest rain to hit the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods causing "unimaginable" damage, and four people are missing, including two children, officials said on Saturday. Scroll to continue with content Ad ADVERTISEMENT"We have a scary, significant situation," said Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, adding that at least seven bridges would have to be replaced or rebuilt. Authorities have declared a state of emergency in Halifax, the largest city in Nova Scotia, and four other regions. The regional municipality in Halifax reported "significant damage to roads and infrastructure" and urged people to stay at home and not use their cars. Early on Saturday, authorities in northern Nova Scotia ordered residents to evacuate amid fears that a dam near the St. Croix River system could breach.

Hockey players warmed up, fired off practice shots at their goalie, and then commenced the first games of the Halifax Pride Cup. The three-day hockey tournament, which consists entirely of LGBTQ players, began on Friday evening with three games and six teams. This event marks the inaugural tournament organized by Queer Hockey Nova Scotia. Being able to play alongside fellow LGBTQ hockey players is incredibly affirming for her. After months of hard work organizing the tournament, Jay McKellar, the founder of Queer Hockey Nova Scotia and a player for Team Trans, shares his overwhelming excitement.

It’s going to be a busy weekend in Seattle (Taylor’s Version). Between Taylor Swift‘s Eras tour and Canada’s only MLB team taking on the Seattle Mariners in a three-game series, Canadians are flocking to the city south of the border. Earlier this year, Swift skipped Canada when announcing the international leg of her world tour. Blake McCorquodale, a driving fan who’s also heading to Seattle from Maple Ridge, B.C., has been a Swiftie since 2006. She added, “Having her come [to Canada] would have been nicer.”The anticipation for Taylor Swift’s tour and the Canadian baseball series has drawn countless Canadians to make the trip to Seattle.

It shows a herring seagull gulping down a whole squirrel like it's an unattended hot dog on Coney Island. Though, this, I have to say, is the first time I've come across [one eating] a squirrel." Read Next: Watch Komodo Dragon Swallow a “Deer” WholeMost likely, the gull happened upon the dead squirrel and decided to scavenge it and did not actually hunt it itself. Regardless, the resulting footage is disturbing—in a good way, I guess...It's just a seagull doing what seagulls do. Watch a Seagull Hunt and Eat Pigeonshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YxMktfwh2AWatch a Seagull Gulp Down a Rathttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTYtBQ5Wy_IWatch a Flock of Seagulls Chow Down on a Pizzahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAFvwualXrs

Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. It says tests impact up to five per cent of Canadian users (new window). Many have questions about the federal government's Online News Act, why it's being opposed by social media companies and how the friction between the two will impact Canadian users. What are the concerns for social media companies?

World 200 metre champion Shericka Jackson gave the clearest indicator yet that she will be the one to beat in that event at the upcoming World Championships with a convincing victory at the Monaco Diamond League meet on Friday. Meanwhile, it was a dramatic maiden Diamond League appearance for teenage sensation Jaydon Hibbert. Jackson clocked 21.86 seconds to win the event ahead of St Lucia's Julien Alfred 22.08 and Great Britain's Diner Asher-Smith who posted a season's best 22.23. There was drama in the men's triple jump where teenage sensation Jaydon Hibbert just missed on winning the event in his maiden Diamond League appearance. The next Diamond League meet is on Sunday in London.

Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. One of country music’s biggest stars faces backlash for a song critics say glorifies vigilantism and its video that was filmed at the site of a lynching. CBC News published this video item, entitled “Jason Aldean and country music’s culture war” – below is their description. Leave a Comment Subscribe in Google NewsAbout This Source - CBC NewsCBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation’s English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. It frequently collaborates with its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info, although the two are organizationally separate.

FILE - People walk on a trail at the Montissippi County Park near the Xcel Energy Monticello Generating Plant, a nuclear power plant, in Monticello, Minn., on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP, File)Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River, the energy company responsible for the leak from its nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, announced on Thursday. Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has not been detected in the river water itself, Xcel Energy said in a statement. The utility made a temporary fix but learned in March that hundreds more gallons of tritium-laced water leaked, leading to a dayslong shutdown to fix the pipe. The nuclear plant is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis.

2023 Fantasy Baseball Week 16 Closer Tracker: Aroldis Chapman, Kyle Finnegan, and More! Welcome to the Week 16 Closer Tracker! In the chart below, I’ve created a Closer Tracker that will hopefully stay ahead of the closer curve. The Closer Tracker is organized in three ways:In the left column, you’ll find my closer power rankings. I promise this isn’t a marketing trick – I just don’t want to spoil the Closer Tracker.

In 2021, the World Economic Forum (new window) identified the fashion industry as the world's third-largest polluter. Photo: Submitted by Ken PuckerThe fast fashion industry is expanding. Kelly Drennan is the executive director of Fashion Takes Action, a Canadian non-profit that works to advance sustainability in the fashion industry. Drennan estimates it will take approximately 10 years before Canada builds up to a textile EPR scheme for its own textile companies. The challenging aspect we're facing right now is a new era of fast fashion, or what we're calling ultra-fast fashion, with brands like Shein and Fashion Nova and Boohoo that are pumping out thousands of styles every single day.

Alberta paid $14 million in rent on behalf of delinquent oil companies in 2022. The government is supposed to recoup that money from companies but data shows debt collection remains below one per cent. Apparently, in the petro-province of Alberta, a landowner must grant access to their property for oil and gas exploration, for which they than receive annual compensation. If the well is abandoned or the rent is otherwise deemed uncollectible, financial responsibility falls to the taxpayers. With the current number of abandoned wells in Alberta alone hovering around 75,000 there are certain to be massive unfunded liabilities coming due.