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‘You’re not the only one’: Vancouver’s Black population rising fast, census shows
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – Lenya Wilks says she felt like the “only Black person in Surrey” when she first moved to the city east of Vancouver last year. But the Black population in the region is growing fast and residents who who once might have left in search of community are increasingly staying to forge their own, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!China, Russia targeting Canada’s artificial intelligence know-how, CSIS warns
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy service warns that adversaries will turn to espionage and foreign interference tactics to target the country’s increasingly important artificial-intelligence sector. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says in a newly released analytical brief that countries including China and Russia can be expected to “pursue Canada’s AI through all available vectors” – from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s what you need to know to get a head start on filing your 2022 taxes
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canada Revenue Agency kicked off its tax season this week by urging Canadians to file their taxes on time – and reminding them that they may be owed money. The filing deadline of April 30 falls on a Sunday this year, so Canadians have until May 1 to finish filing their taxes. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: ‘I knew immediately it wasn’t supposed to be here’
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home. The unusual find has been identified as a horseshoe crab, native to the Atlantic Ocean along the North American coastline. “This is not a species that’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukrainian newcomers assess options in Canada year after war at home
By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press on February 22nd, 2023
TORONTO – Yuliia Kleban remembers waking up to a message from her manager on Feb. 24, 2022, telling her Russia had started invading her country. A few minutes later, Kleban heard air-raid sirens go off in Lviv, the Ukrainian city where she used to live. “It was a hard day,” she said in a recent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspected grave sites, children’s deaths found in probe of B.C. residential school
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – A Vancouver Island First Nation has announced the detection of 17 suspected unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school, in an emotional event that combined science and ceremony on Tuesday. The Tseshaht First Nation, which took the lead in an 18-month effort to find potential graves of schoolchildren ... Read More »
1 responseSecurity agencies, ministers called to testify on alleged 2021 election interference
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – National security agencies and Liberal cabinet ministers are being summoned by a House of Commons committee to testify about China’s alleged influence over the last federal election. The move comes in response to a report last week from the Globe and Mail newspaper that said China worked in the 2021 election to defeat ... Read More »
1 responseA timeline of events since the detection of possible unmarked graves in Kamloops
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May 2021 that ground-penetrating radar had revealed the possible remains of as many as 215 children around the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia’s Interior. Since then, many other First Nations have also searched school sites in their territories. Here is a timeline ... Read More »
1 response17 suspected grave sites detected near Port Alberni, B.C., Indian school: chief
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The chief of the Tseshaht First Nation on Vancouver Island says ground-penetrating radar has detected 17 suspected grave sites around the property of the former Alberni Indian Residential School. Brian Whiting, a geophysics division manager with GeoScan, the company that conducted the scans, says that is the minimum number of suspected ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: 17 suspected grave sites detected near Alberni, B.C., Indian school
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The chief of the Tseshaht First Nation on Vancouver Island says ground-penetrating radar has detected 17 suspected grave sites around the property of the former Alberni Indian Residential School. The nation says its interviews with survivors, the historical records and other documents also show that 67 students died at the school, ... Read More »
1 responseParliamentary committee expanding its study on foreign election interference to cover
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee is expanding its current study on foreign election interference to determine whether the 2021 federal election was influenced by outside actors. The move comes in response to a report last week from the Globe and Mail newspaper that said China worked in the last federal election to defeat Conservative politicians ... Read More »
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