"Today has been an exceptionally difficult day for Jasperites, incident personnel and everyone who loves Jasper," Parks Canada said in its statement. Do you have a personal connection to Jasper National Park, or a memory to share? is shown in this Wednesday, July 24, 2024 handout photo from the Jasper National Park Facebook page. The evacuation of Jasper, Alta., in Jasper National Park was completed by Tuesday evening, as wildfires burned south and north of the townsite. Parks Canada incident commander Katie Ellsworth, during a news conference Wednesday morning, warned crews would face another challenging day.

The Montreal resident was just one of thousands of tourists caught up in the evacuation of the town of Jasper and Jasper National Park beginning Monday night. Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. At the beginning, they didn't know, they just drove, drove, drove, and every 10 minutes they had some new information. Air Canada said customers affected by the Jasper wildfire would not be charged for rebooking their flights.

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Enlarge image (new window) Ryan Reynolds, left, and Hugh Jackman, right, speak to CBC News on the red carpet for Deadpool & Wolverine. Fin du widget Widget. Director Shawn Levy, who is from Montreal, told CBC News Tuesday that coming to Canada to promote the film 'just feels right.' Deadpool & Wolverine is set to be released in theatres on July 26. WATCH | The official Deadpool & Wolverine trailer:Début du widget Youtube.

Nova Scotia Farmers Market week kicks off in Upper TantallonNewsDuration 3:43More than 30 local markets across the province are participating in the event that kicked off at the Tantallon Village Farmers Market. Vern Ramesar went to Upper Tantallon to find out more.

If inflation continues to ease broadly in line with our forecast, it is reasonable to expect further cuts in our policy interest rate, Macklem told reporters. The bank brought key interest rates down by 25 basis points to 4.75 per cent during that June meeting. Fin du widget Widget. The two consecutive interest rate cuts gave us just a little bit more hope, Grimble told CBC News. Cutting interest rates has an immediate impact on mortgage lending rates for prospective homeowners like Grimble.

"He's a great man," the prime minister wrote on social media , "and everything he does is guided by his love for his country." The prime minister, faced himself with calls to resign, was responding to another leader's decision to step aside. Neither Trudeau nor Biden immediately took those setbacks as their cue to leave, which is perhaps not all that surprising. The most obvious difference between Biden and Trudeau is that one of them is 81 and the other is 52. If patriotism compelled Biden to step aside, it seems to be persuading Trudeau to stay on.

Graffiti is making a mess of St. John’s. The Scrub Squad is here to clean it upNewsDuration 3:10It seems they’re everywhere you look in St. John’s — graffiti tags marking up businesses, street signs — even murals and other public artworks. Now removing graffiti from businesses has turned into a business for two young men.

With a crisis at home, Bangladeshi students want MUN to suspend tuition paymentsNewsDuration 2:37As violence sweeps their home country, Bangladeshi students in St. John's are facing another crisis: looming tuition payments. Protests in Bangladesh have cut off some students at Memorial University from friends, family and financial support — and the new semester is right around the corner.

Raging wildfire torches Jasper National Park, closes in on townsiteNewsDuration 2:12An intense wildfire burning through Alberta’s Jasper National Park has forced at least 25,000 people to flee the park and the town of Jasper, as the flames move dangerously close to the community.

UBC lecturer goes viral after ranking every single Disney animated film songNewsDuration 12:03Robert Komaniecki, a music theory and music history professor at the University of B.C., talks about how he ranked every song in the Disney animated film library and the reaction he's been getting to his list.

Thousands of residents, visitors flee Jasper wildfireNewsDuration 1:56With a wildfire burning south of Jasper, the popular tourist destination was evacuated late Monday night. After a harrowing drive, many of those forced to flee the fire are now in B.C. or other Alberta communities.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is resigning from office Aug. 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government. Menendez had insisted after the July 16 verdict that he was innocent and promised to appeal. Prosecutors said Menendez used his influence to meddle in three different state and federal criminal investigations to protect his associates. From there, he was elected to the state Assembly, then the state Senate before heading to the U.S. House. In light of this guilty verdict, Senator Menendez must now do what is right for his constituents, the Senate, and our country, and resign.

Wildfire situation in Jasper 'volatile and evolving'NewsDuration 1:03Two wildfires are burning out of control in Jasper. RCMP say it's a volatile and evolving situation. Travis McEwan has been covering the fires from as close as he can get, which was supposed to include a tour from the RCMP late this afternoon. But wildfires don't always co-operate.

Ukrainian breakdancer breaks through gloom of war onto the Olympic stageNewsDuration 1:36Oleg Kuznietsov is a breakdancer for Ukraine's Olympic team and is eager to represent his country in front of the world. According to Kuznietsov, he's been chastised before for not enlisting in the military. "Sometimes I get messages like, 'Yo, bro, what are you doing? Go to [the] army,'" he says. But he sees this Olympic opportunity as his personal mission to showcase the culture, history and beauty of Ukraine through dance.