• Storyful

    Red Alert as Parts of Northeastern France Hit by Severe Flooding

    France’s meteorological service said a red alert was in place for the Moselle valley on May 18 as the region continued to be hit by severe flooding.Footage from Rachida Gacem showed streets inundated with water in Bouzonville, near the border with Germany, on May 17.BFMTV reported that 15 people were relocated in Bouzonville amid the flooding. Credit: Rachida Gacem via Storyful

  • CBC

    How a thriving Chinese community was built in N.L. despite racism and hardships

    Members of the N.L. Chinese community speaking on The Signal. Pictured from left to right: Zihan Jin, a new Memorial University graduate; Jerry Li, owner of Magic Wok eatery in St. John's; Gordon Jin, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Head Tax Redress Organization; Shirley Hong, a retired entrepreneur; and Francis Tam, president of the Chinese Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. (John Pike CBC )After an hour of talking on the radio with a multi-generational group from Newfoundland

  • CBC

    Ticks becoming more common in central Labrador as the region gets warmer

    In the summer of 2023, Dr. Rebecca Jackson noticed something she'd never seen before in her time at the Valley Vet Clinic, the only one in central Labrador: pets who hadn't travelled outside Labrador came in with ticks.Jackson told CBC News she's concerned the appearances — a deer tick and an American dog tick, both of which are known to carry infections like Lyme disease — signal an emerging trend."If we're seeing two, we're wondering how many we're missing as well," she said.There have always