Author: The Canadian Post
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro put the island under a rare power warning on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, after frazil ice forced all seven generating units at the Bay d’Espoir hydroelectric station offline — the plant’s first complete shutdown since 1967 — leaving the grid close to its supply limit. First full shutdown since 1967 Hydro advised island customers that a power warning would take effect at 6 a.m. Saturday, meaning electricity supply was getting close to maximum capacity and rotating outages were possible. Customers were asked to conserve — by turning back the heat a few degrees, limiting hot water…
Emergency doctors warned on Jan. 24, 2026, that frostbite can develop within minutes on exposed skin during the deep freeze gripping much of Canada, and that early rewarming — immersing the area in warm water for at least 30 minutes — is the most important first response. A risk that ‘can happen to anybody’ As bitterly cold temperatures plunged much of the country into a deep freeze, emergency doctors and public health experts warned people to protect themselves from frostbite. Wind chills dropped below -30 C in Toronto and Ottawa, and one public health inspector in Thunder Bay, Ont., reported…
Extreme cold disrupted air travel across Canada on Jan. 24, 2026, with more than 20 per cent of the 900-plus flights at Toronto Pearson cancelled between Friday and Saturday and another 20 per cent delayed, as wind chills below -30 C slowed operations ahead of a major Sunday snowstorm. An 11-hour flight, then a 10-hour wait Guilherme Holtz and his family spent 11 hours flying from Rio de Janeiro to Toronto and were looking forward to getting home to Quebec City by Saturday morning. Instead, their 8 a.m. connecting flight was cancelled, and they were rebooked on a flight at…
Ryan Wedding, the 44-year-old former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of running a multinational cocaine-trafficking empire under Sinaloa cartel protection and ordering several murders, was arrested in Mexico and flown to California on Jan. 23, 2026, ending a years-long manhunt, the FBI announced. ‘A modern-day El Chapo’ The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice announced the capture in social media posts Friday morning, saying the Thunder Bay, Ont., native was being transported to the United States to “face justice.” Mexico’s security secretary said a Canadian citizen had turned himself in at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City; a member of…
Canadian retail sales increased 1.3 per cent in November 2025 to $70.4 billion, Statistics Canada reported on Jan. 23, 2026, with sales up in eight of nine subsectors, led by food and beverage retailers. An advance estimate, however, suggests sales fell 0.5 per cent in December. Food, drink and a liquor rebound lead the way Core retail sales — excluding gasoline stations and motor vehicle and parts dealers — rose 1.6 per cent in November after falling in the previous two months. The largest contribution came from food and beverage retailers, up 3.0 per cent. Within that group, beer, wine…
Canadian cabinet ministers, the prime minister’s office and veterans rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim on Jan. 23, 2026, that NATO allies “stayed a little back” from the front lines in Afghanistan. Some 40,000 Canadians served there between 2001 and 2014, and 158 were killed. ‘There was no standing back’ Trump renewed his grievances against NATO partners in a Fox News interview on Thursday. “We’ve never needed them, we have never really asked anything of them,” he said. “They’ll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan, or this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, a little…
The federal government announced on Jan. 23, 2026, that the Canadian Armed Forces mission to Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba is complete, with all deployed members leaving by the end of Friday. More than 1,300 homes were damaged and at least 4,000 people evacuated after a power outage froze the community’s water systems. Mission declared complete A joint statement from the ministers of national defence, Indigenous services and emergency management said all Armed Forces members deployed to Pimicikamak are to leave by the end of Friday. The specialized team of engineers and technical experts deployed on Jan. 9 —…
China’s ambassador to Canada, Wang Di, said on Jan. 23, 2026, that the new deal letting up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles a year into Canada at a 6.1 per cent tariff is a first step toward Chinese investment, Canadian auto jobs and cheaper cars — answering critics who call it a threat to Ontario’s industry. ‘Only win-win co-operation can last’ As critics attack Ottawa’s agreement to start allowing a small number of Chinese electric vehicles into Canada, China’s envoy says Beijing wants to partner with Canadian autoworkers. “Only win-win co-operation can last,” Wang told The Canadian Press on Wednesday,…
Canadian residents made 2.2 million return trips from the United States in November 2025, down 23.6 per cent from a year earlier, Statistics Canada reported on Jan. 23, 2026. At the same time, Canadians’ return trips from overseas countries rose 13.6 per cent, and U.S. residents’ trips to Canada fell 9.0 per cent. The cross-border slump deepens The November figures extend a slump in cross-border travel that has run through the trade war. Return trips from the United States by automobile fell 28.2 per cent year over year to 1.5 million, with 68.5 per cent of them same-day trips —…
Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced on Jan. 23, 2026, that pigs gene-edited by Genus PLC and PIC Canada to resist porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses are as safe and nutritious to eat as conventional pork, and safe for use in livestock feed. A devastating virus, a precise edit Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses — PRRSV — are among the most devastating viruses affecting farmed pigs, causing breathing problems, fever, loss of appetite, stillborn piglets and death. There are currently no effective treatments, and vaccination has only been partially effective. The Canadian pork sector attributes…
