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Vaughan condo board was following legal procedure in conflict with resident: expert
By Rosa Saba, The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
TORONTO – The board of a Vaughan, Ont., condo building where a resident killed five people Sunday night appeared to be following the right procedure to resolve an ongoing conflict with him, an industry expert said. York Regional Police said Francesco Villi opened fire at three different units in the highrise, killing five people including ... Read More »
1 responseDining dinosaur fossil has mammal in belly, sheds light on ancient ecosystems
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
EDMONTON – A rare fossil revealing a dinosaur’s last meal is shedding new light on ancient ecosystems and behaviours. University of Alberta paleontologist Corwin Sullivan says the fossil of a crow-sized, birdlike dinosaur he describes in a new paper has a mammal’s foot in its belly. Microraptor Zhaoianus lived about 120 million years ago and ... Read More »
1 responseExtreme cold warnings blanket Western Canada as winter officially arrives
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
VANCOUVER – Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in the official start of winter. Environment Canada says wind chill values across all of Alberta and more than half of Saskatchewan will make it feel like minus 40 or colder, ... Read More »
1 responseSenior Environment Canada climatologist’s top weather stories of 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
From “springuary” for the winter that wouldn’t leave to “hotumn” for the fall that never came, Canadians got a whole new vocabulary for wild weather this year. Here is a list of Canada’s top 10 weather stories for 2022 compiled by Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips: 1. Hurricane Fiona Slams the East Coast – ... Read More »
1 response‘Weird and wacky’: Hurricane Fiona top weather story in stormy, wet, windy, dry year
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
If nothing else, 2022 gave Canadians a slew of new weather words. There was “springuary” for the winter that wouldn’t leave. There was “hotumn” for the fall that never came. “Derecho” got new currency after the powerful winds flattened a swath of Ontario. Rain-swamped Montreal gave us “urban flooding.” And east coasters learned just what ... Read More »
1 responseExperts say F-35 startup costs will be high due to infrastructure, network upgrades
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – Experts say they are not surprised that Canada intends to spend billions on an initial set of F-35s given the large startup costs associated with buying a new fighter jet. The Canadian Press reported this week that the Department of National Defence has received authorization to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35s and ... Read More »
1 responsePublic safety minister hopes to table First Nations policing legislation in new year
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service in the new year. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, Mendicino says the law is being developed with Indigenous communities, who deserve “the same quality of policing” as non-Indigenous communities. Back in September ... Read More »
1 responseCanada’s population growing faster than it has in decades: StatCan
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
OTTAWA – As 2022 draws to a close, Canada’s population has already grown more than in any other year since Confederation. Statistics Canada says the country’s population grew by 362,453 people, or 0.9 per cent, between July and October alone. The federal agency is attributing that to a rise in non-permanent residents, including work-permit holders ... Read More »
1 responseSnow, cold, in Western Canada send icicles through the heart of Canadian travel plans
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
VANCOUVER – The woes for travellers stranded by heavy snow at Vancouver’s airport are spreading across the country and Toronto’s Pearson Airport is now advising of an approaching storm that could derail things further. A statement from Vancouver International Airport says the “congestion” caused by 27 centimetres of snow Tuesday will be immediately addressed by ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec expanding urgent-care phone line to all children amid ER overcrowding
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Quebec is expanding a call-in service that allows parents to book urgent medical appointments for sick children, in an effort to reduce emergency room visits. Health Minister Christian Dubé says the 811 appointment-booking service for children – currently available in Montreal and neighbouring regions – will now be available provincewide. Dubé told ... Read More »
1 responseCOVID-19 pandemic helped Quebec surpass its emissions target: environment minister
By The Canadian Press on December 21st, 2022
QUEBEC – The Quebec government is crediting the COVID-19 pandemic for helping the province surpass its climate change targets. Quebec cut emissions from greenhouse gases – which trap heat and warm the planet – by almost 27 per cent compared to 1990 levels between 2013-2020. The province’s goal was to cut emissions by 20 per ... Read More »
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