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Trudeau government mum on Japan’s invitation to rejoin global timber treaty
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade. A July 2022 briefing note obtained through an access-to-information request shows that Japan has asked Ottawa to be part of the International Tropical Timber Organization. The ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta, Saskatchewan methane emissions almost 4 times more than reported: research
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Alberta and Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government. The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, pioneers new methods of measuring methane emissions that question current industry practice, said author Matthew ... Read More »
1 response‘Wonderful awakening’ as totem pole is returned to Nuxalk Nation after a century
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
BELLA COOLA, B.C. – A totem pole that was taken from a First Nation more than 100 years ago has been welcomed home to Bella Coola on the British Columbia central coast in an elaborate ceremony filled with dance, songs and speeches. Chief Deric Snow of the Nuxalk Nation told hundreds gathered for the unveiling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquiry into Emergencies Act rules measures applied under law were mostly justified
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA, Kan. – When the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022, it created several extraordinary powers hoping to clear protests entrenched in Ottawa’s downtown core and at border blockades spotted across four provinces. Among the tasks assigned to the Public Order Emergencies Commission was to examine whether the specific powers the act ... Read More »
1 responseFeds’ hiring of international group to advise on unmarked graves called ‘misstep’
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2 million contract Ottawa recently signed with an international group to get its advice on unmarked graves. The centre says it is “deeply concerned” with the decision by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to hire a Netherlands-based organization ... Read More »
1 responseFeds’ hiring of international group to advise on unmarked graves called ‘problematic’
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2 million contract Ottawa recently signed with an international group to get its advice on unmarked graves. The centre says it is “deeply concerned” with the decision by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to hire a Netherlands-based organization ... Read More »
1 responseHow Jimmy Carter once helped clean up a partial nuclear meltdown – in Ontario
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
He is known now as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. But in December 1952, James Earl Carter Jr. was a young U.S. naval officer about to be sent to a nuclear facility north of Ottawa to help clean up the world’s first serious reactor accident, after a partial meltdown of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government communication on COVID-19 contributed to ‘Freedom Convoy’ origin: report
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Justice Paul Rouleau says the Canada Border Services Agency made a bad situation worse when it mishandled the announcement of a vaccine mandate for truckers early last year, amid rampant anger and false information around the pandemic. Rouleau pointed out the agency’s mistake in his more than 2,000-page report released last Friday, which ... Read More »
1 responseFeds’ contract with international group to advise on graves called a ‘problematic’
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says there are many problems with a $2-million contract Ottawa signed with an international group to give advice on unmarked graves. The centre says it is “deeply concerned” with the decision by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada to hire a Netherlands-based organization to launch “an ... Read More »
1 responseResearchers hope wrongfully convicted database will lead to reforms, more releases
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new registry identifying a lengthy list of wrongful conviction cases is launching this week with the intention to draw more attention to the problem. The registry was developed by staff and students at the University of Toronto law school. It is starting with 83 cases of people whose convictions were overturned. It ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec town votes no to Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac-Mégantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago. The neighbouring municipality of Frontenac confirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday. The ... Read More »
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