English Channel

• U.K. looks to stop migrant crossings by denying nearly all asylum claims. Is it legal?

  Britain's interior minister said the proposal to stop almost all migrants from claiming asylum were legal despite warnings that the legislation would break international law.

  World

  Mar 8, 2023
  
• European officials hold emergency meeting on English Channel migrant deaths

  U.K. officials were notably absent from the gathering at the Calais City Hall after Wednesday's sinking prompted a new political crisis between Britain and France.

  World

  Nov 28, 2021
  
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• At least 31 migrants dead after U.K.-bound boat sinks in English Channel

  A joint French-British search operation for survivors was still under way late Wednesday.

  World

  Nov 24, 2021
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• How the explosion aboard HMCS Kootenay helps prepare Canadian sailors 50 years later

  The memory of the force's worst peacetime disaster has been used by the Royal Canadian Navy to help prepare sailors for potential disasters at sea.

  Canada

  Oct 17, 2019
• Missing soccer star Emiliano Sala’s wrecked plane found

  The plane was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala from Nantes, France to Wales to join Cardiff City FC when it disappeared on Jan. 21.

  Sports

  Feb 4, 2019
• Kelowna teen braves jelly fish, nausea to complete grueling English Channel swim

  On July 15 the Kelowna teenager became the youngest British Columbian to swim the English Channel.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2017
• B.C. teen Emily Epp prepares to swim across English Channel

  It took nearly 11 hours, but a 17-year-old girl from Kelowna, B.C., has completed her gruelling goal of swimming around an island off the coast of Vancouver.

  Jun 19, 2017
• Toronto man becomes 28th Canadian to complete solo swim across English Channel

  A 30-year-old Toronto man has become the latest Canadian to successfully complete a solo swim across the English Channel.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2016
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• ‘I must have looked pretty scary’: Alberta swimmer recounts getting lost on Okanagan Lake on record-breaking attempt

  A long-distance swimmer's sudden disappearance on Okanagan Lake shocked his support team, but perhaps equally startled was the caretaker who answered a knock on his cabin door in the middle of the night and found a dripping, grease-covered man in a swimsuit.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2016
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• Heavy rains disrupt French Open, prompt flood warnings

  Heavy rain is drenching parts of France, with flood warnings near the English Channel, cancelled matches at the French Open and soggy tourists in Paris.

  Sports

  May 31, 2016