Canada Conflict & Tragedy News

A 24 year old man is in serious condition in a Vancouver hospital after a shooting in Smithers , British Columbia last Saturday. An RCMP officer pulled the suspect over because there was a report of the vehicle being stolen....

Heavy rains combined with unusually high tides have flooded large areas of Duncan on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The town of 27,000 sits near the mouth of the Cowichan River and the river estuary is not far off. The Koksilah...

We are beset by theft at each turn it seems. If the Bernie Madoff's of the world aren't fleecing us through shakey investment schemes, the local street riff-raff are pulling a "smash & grab" to fill their crack pipes. Governments...

Two fairly large earthquakes rocked the west coast of British Columbia, Canada in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Some residents of the misty, rugged Queen Charlotte Islands were shaken from their beds. Babies crying..dogs barking..the whole shebang! Skidigate resident...

Fortunately the area where the core of the storm is landing is in a remote part of Luzon that is not too densely populated. Even so it will be very difficult to get help to villages that are hard hit....

The typhoon is named Ramil in the Philippines and Lupit internationally. Somehow every typhoon seems to have an international and Philippine name! Some areas have not recovered from the last typhoon, Pepeng, and this storm at present is tracking along...

The tropical storm Parma is strengthening into a super typhoon. It could hit the north eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines as early as Friday bringing more flooding and destruction, although it is far from Manila there still could...