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Bay du Nord not liable for end-use emissions, marine shipping, company lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer representing the Norwegian energy firm behind a proposed offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador says the company is only responsible for the immediate environmental impact of the project itself. Environment groups and eight Mi’kmaq communities in New Brunswick are asking the Federal Court this week to overturn Bay du Nord’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police confirm three skiers killed in southeast British Columbia avalanche
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
INVERMERE, B.C. – The number of people killed in British Columbia avalanches this season has grown to 12 after three foreign nationals were swept away by a slide near Invermere on Wednesday. RCMP say the three were among 10 heli-skiers caught by the slide near the Panorama Mountain Resort, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Police confirm three skiers killed in southeast B.C. avalanche
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
INVERMERE, B.C. – RCMP in southeastern British Columbia confirm three skiers have been killed in an avalanche Wednesday near Invermere, B.C. Police say a total of 10 heli-skiers were caught by the avalanche and four are injured but expected to survive. All of those involved, except the guide, were from other countries. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last captive walruses in Canada moved to new SeaWorld in Abu Dhabi
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
Canada’s three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. SeaWorld says it has acquired Marineland’s last two walruses and a third from the Quebec Aquarium. The aquarium in Quebec City says Boris and Marineland’s Smooshi and her baby, Koyuk, arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The Quebec Aquarium ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court reduces sentence for Moncton Mountie killer Justin Bourque
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
FREDERICTON – A court has reduced the precedent-setting sentence of a New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in 2014. Justin Bourque had been sentenced to serve three consecutive life sentences for first-degree murder, meaning a 75-year wait before he could apply for parole. A Supreme Court of Canada decision last year involving the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for March 2 : CSIS, Elections Canada to testify on foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 2 … What we are watching in Canada … The head of Canada’s spy agency is among the witnesses expected at a Parliamentary committee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!National security agencies, Elections Canada set to testify on foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The head of Canada’s spy agency is among the witnesses expected at a Parliamentary committee studying allegations of foreign interference in elections today. Representatives from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the RCMP and Elections Canada will return to the House affairs committee, where some of them have testified before. The director of CSIS, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Asylum seekers face hurdles, discrimination as they compete for housing in Montreal
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Pedro Fonseca, a 43-year-old asylum seeker from Colombia, says if he doesn’t start receiving social assistance from the Quebec government soon, he’ll likely become homeless. He says he could ask family back home for a loan – but his relatives have little money. “I am trying to be optimistic, but it’s very stressful,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa ends shipments of rapid COVID-19 tests as millions set to expire
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
The federal government has stopped shipping rapid COVID-19 antigen tests to provinces as millions are set to expire within the year, and experts say the once-essential tool has lost its importance in the pandemic. There are 90 million rapid tests in the federal inventory, Health Canada said in an email. About 80,000 of those are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Special prosecutor decides against charges in B.C. money laundering investigation
By The Canadian Press on March 1st, 2023
VICTORIA – Charges won’t be laid in one of British Columbia’s largest money laundering probes, despite a government directive for a special prosecutor to conduct a second review of a police investigation. B.C.’s Prosecution Service says in a statement that special prosecutor Chris Considine agrees with an earlier decision by the prosecution service that charge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Collision claims three and seriously injures two more on highway north of Kamloops
By The Canadian Press on March 1st, 2023
CLEARWATER – RCMP say three people are dead and two others are seriously injured in a crash north of Kamloops, B.C. Const. James Ward with the B.C. Highway Patrol says a report came in Wednesday morning about a multi-vehicle collision on Highway 5 just south of Clearwater. Ward says multiple units responded to the crash ... Read More »
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