White hats, naked protestors and sweaty leaders in the gym: Headlines from the 2002 G8 summit in Kananaskis
June 8, 2025
As Alberta gears up to host leaders from some of the world's most powerful nations in the upcoming G7 summit, we're taking a look back at the most newsworthy headlines from the first meeting held in Kananaskis 23 years ago.
Unpublished Newswire
With the Oilers in the Stanley Cup final again this year, the decision to bring back "Connor McDavid Square" in the hometown of Edmonton's star forward was a no-brainer for Newmarket Mayor John Taylor.
June 9, 2025 - 22:24 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Joy Fiddler sat outside a hotel smoking a cigarette, as her daughter, Saffron, registered their family of nine with the Canadian Red Cross. Fleeing from an out-of-control wildfire near her Northern Ontario home in Sandy Lake First Nation, she had slept for less than an hour after arriving more than 1,500 kilometres away in Cornwall.“All I saw was orange,” Ms. Fiddler, 51, said Monday afternoon, recalling her 11-hour wait at the Sandy Lake airport, where military aircraft and helicopters have been landing since Saturday, struggling to airlift nearly 3,000 people amid heavy smoke.
June 9, 2025 - 22:03 | Temur Durrani, Willow Fiddler, Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
A 0.5-hectare wildfire is burning out of control in Squamish, B.C., just above some homes in the Northridge area. The BC Wildfire Centre expects the fire to spread.
June 9, 2025 - 21:05 | Lasia Kretzel | Global News - Canada
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