
More than 100 Ontario firefighters arrived in Edmonton on Saturday to help battle the blazes ravaging areas across Alberta.

More than 100 Ontario firefighters arrived in Edmonton on Saturday to help battle the blazes ravaging areas across Alberta.

Thousand of protesters around the world, including hundreds in some of Canada’s major cities, protested Saturday against Israeli military action in Gaza. Thousands of Pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of numerous European cities, including London and Paris, to demand an immediate end to the conflict.

Honda Indy Toronto’s first race of the weekend has been cancelled due to rain and low visibility on Saturday. Sunday’s race is expected to be run as scheduled.

The roof of a privately run East Texas prison has collapsed, temporarily trapping dozens of inmates and sending 19 injured inmates to hospitals.

Salvage workers on the Italian island of Giglio have been working round the clock to carry out final preparations on the wrecked Costa Concordia ahead of the cruise liner’s final voyage to the port of Genoa, so it can be broken up for scrap.

A small group of Dutch and Ukrainian Canadians gathered on Friday night to mourn the victims that were killed Thursday when a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down over the skies in Ukraine.