CBC head ‘blindsided’ staff with comments on broadcaster’s future, Poilievre: emails
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – After the head of Canada’s public broadcaster gave a newspaper interview earlier this year that promised CBC would eventually become a digital-only product and that criticized Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, senior managers were quick to refute her comments, internal emails suggest. The Globe and Mail reported in February based on an interview with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Refugee claims followed Montreal AIDS summit marred by visa woes, planning issues
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Almost one-sixth of guests at a major AIDS conference in Montreal last year who received Canadian visas ended up claiming asylum, according to internal data obtained by The Canadian Press. The documents also show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada struggled to work with the International AIDS Society as both tried to avoid a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four people still missing after record rainfall causes flooding across Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2023
Communities across Nova Scotia are still assessing the damage following massive floods triggered by widespread rainstorms over the weekend. Two children are among four people reported missing Saturday after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of the province. The downpour started Friday afternoon across the Halifax region, dumping more than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. professor pushing plan to protect marbled murrelet habitat in old growth
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2023
It is only a little bird, weighing a few ounces, but the marbled murrelet is known for its remarkable ability to fly far out to sea to catch fish before returning in the darkness of night to inland treetop nests on mossy limbs. It also inspires outsized devotion among those who want to study and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Memorial for fallen B.C. wildfire fighter held in Revelstoke
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – Family, friends and fellow firefighters paid tribute today to the 19-year-old woman killed while battling wildfires in British Columbia earlier this month. Devyn Gale died on July 13 after being struck by a falling tree while fighting a wildfire near Revelstoke, B.C. Gale’s brother and sister, Nolan and Kayln, who are also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two children among four missing after record-breaking Nova Scotia downpours
By Marlo Glass and Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
HALIFAX – Two children were among four people reported missing on Saturday after a long procession of intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia, washing away roads and bridges amid widespread flooding. The children were with three other people in a car in West Hants – a largely ... Read More »
1 responseGrowing B.C. wildfire closes Highway 20 following evacuation alert
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
BELLA COOLA, B.C. – DriveBC says Highway 20 east of Bella Coola is closed in both directions due to a wildfire that has grown to more than 25-square kilometres in size. The BC Wildfire Service says fire behaviour for the Young Creek wildfire, about 35 kilometres west of Anahim Lake, has increased due to high ... Read More »
1 responseSearch continues for Ukrainian refugee who went missing after swim in Quebec river
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
SAINT-ANSELME, Que. – Quebec provincial police are continuing their search for a Ukrainian refugee who went missing Wednesday evening after a swim in a river southeast of Quebec City. Police spokesperson Sgt. Catherine Bernard says officers are searching the banks of the Etchemin River near St-Anselme, Que. and a police helicopter will survey the water ... Read More »
1 responseRecord-breaking downpours from thunderstorms cause flooding across Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
HALIFAX – A long procession of intense thunderstorms have dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia, causing flash flooding, road washouts and power outages. Torrential downpours started Friday afternoon across the Halifax region, dumping more than 200 millimetres of rain in the Hammonds Plains, Bedford and Lower Sackville areas – ... Read More »
1 responseHalifax-area roads damaged by heavy rainfall, with more rain forecasted
By The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
HALIFAX – Residents in the Halifax region are being warned to stay off the roads because of extensive damage caused by torrential downpours and flash flooding, with little reprieve in sight. Stephen Martin, a fire chief with the municipality, said many roads in the Bedford area are covered in water. “And there’s more rain coming,” ... Read More »
1 response‘You’ve got to move fast’: Science learns to quickly link extreme weather and climate
By Bob weber, The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
As firefighters and other first responders battle an unprecedented summer of fires, floods, tornadoes and heat waves around the country, a group of Canadian scientists are asking why they’re happening in the first place. “May and June were record hot months in Canada and we’ve got the record wildfire season as well,” said Nathan Gillett ... Read More »
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