Canadians head for higher ground as threat of Hurricane Milton nears Florida's Gulf Coast

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Canadians head for higher ground as threat of Hurricane Milton nears Florida's Gulf Coast
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The contents of entire homes have been kicked to the curb in one south Tampa neighbourhood. Piles of garbage bags, broken trees and waterlogged furniture serve as reminders of how unforgiving nature can be.

“It’s crazy, and it’s about to get worse,” said Canadian Mark Taylor while walking through the area damaged by September’s Hurricane Helene.Taylor’s neighbourhood is once again under a mandatory evacuation order. Just like they did two weeks ago for Helene, he and his family are packing their bags to leave for higher ground.After Helene, the Taylors were lucky enough to return to a dry, undamaged home, unlike most of their neighbours.

South of Tampa, near Sarasota, Canadians Cyndi Edwards and her husband Colin Trethewey are trying to clean up the damage at one of their rental units before they evacuate. It’s a fight they know they aren’t going to win.The condo was completely destroyed by four feet of water pushed in from Hurricane Helene’s surge. They had to remove all the furniture and appliances.

Videos of a meteor streaking across the skies of southern Ontario have surfaced and small bits of the outer space rock may have made it to land, one astronomy professor says.Days after a political sign was erected outside Chip Wilson's Vancouver mansion, the waterfront property has been vandalized with graffiti.Two people are in hospital after they were chased and shot at in what appears to be an act of road rage before eventually flipping their car while trying to escape, police say.

New data from the Insurance Bureau of Canada shows that even though claims for auto theft dropped in the first half of 2024 compared to their 2023 peak, the rates of reported theft remain well above those of years prior.Tesla is recalling more than 27,000 Cybertrucks because the rearview camera image may not activate immediately after shifting into reverse, the fifth recall for the vehicle since it went on sale late last year.A Pickering, Ont.

From the beaches of Cannes to the bustling streets of New York City, a new film by a trio of Manitoba directors has toured the international film festival circuit to much pomp and circumstance.The man accused of stealing a Vancouver police cruiser and taking it for a joyride in a public park over the weekend has been criminally charged, authorities announced Monday.

Provincial ministers testified before the House of Commons on Monday, asking the federal government to pay for the cost of the Jasper wildfire.Officials say 90 per cent of Ma-Me-O Beach residents have paid a $19,500 fee to the village ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.CTV Atlantic meteorologist Kalin Mitchell has details on rain and downpours expected Monday through early Wednesday in the Maritimes, plus an update on Hurricane Milton.

Sask. non-profit making its case to the Supreme Court that provincial jail policy violates the Charter Saskatoon’s Prairie Harm Reduction says a staff member arrived to work on Thursday morning to find someone at its doorstep, unresponsive from a suspected drug overdose.A 36-year-old woman accused of sexually assaulting, physically assaulting and threatening residents at a Saskatchewan care home, was not in court when her matters were spoken to Monday afternoon.Northern Ont.

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