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CP NewsAlert: Countries at COP15 reach deal to preserve biodiversity
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2022
MONTREAL – Countries taking part in the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal say they’ve reached an agreement on four goals and 23 targets. The goals include protecting 30 per cent of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland waters, as well as, reducing by $500 billion annual harmful government subsidies and cutting food waste in half. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Negotiators look to finalize nature deal at final day of COP15 convention
By The Canadian Press on December 19th, 2022
MONTREAL – Negotiators in Montreal are looking to finalize an agreement to halt and reverse the destruction of nature by 2030, as the COP15 talks enter their final official day. The draft agreement presented by China on Sunday includes a target of protecting 30 per cent of the world’s land, water and marine areas by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shooting at condo building in Vaughan, Ont., leaves six dead including gunman: police
By The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Police north of Toronto say six people are dead after a shooting inside a condo building in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says officers were called to the building at 7:20 on Sunday evening in response to a shooting in progress. He says police found five people dead at ... Read More »
2 responsesCP NewsAlert: Six dead, including suspect, in condo building shooting near Toronto
By The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Police north of Toronto say six people are dead after a shooting inside a condo building in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police Chief Jim MacSween says the suspect was killed after an interaction with officers. The shooting also sent one person to hospital. More coming... Read More »
2 responsesMoscow accuses Ottawa of leading isolation effort, amid squabble over tweets, summons
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
OTTAWA – Russia’s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa is at the vanguard of an effort to isolate his country, following a series of social-media squabbles and ongoing salvos where each country summons the other’s top diplomat. Oleg Stepanov told Russian state media that he’s exasperated by Canada’s foreign-affairs department tweeting unflattering information about the war ... Read More »
1 responseCOP15 negotiators heading towards a global nature deal, environment minister says
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
MONTREAL – A global agreement to protect a significant percentage of the world’s lands and waters will be reached by the time the COP15 nature convention ends on Monday, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Sunday. Guilbeault spoke on the second to last official day of the conference, as negotiators in Montreal pored over the draft ... Read More »
1 responseFour cows have been captured in a small Quebec town after months on the loose
By The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
QUEBEC – After several months on the run, four cows from a herd of runaway cattle were captured on Saturday night in St-Sévère, Que. The regional chapter of the Union des producteurs agricoles says the cows were transported back to their original farm on Sunday morning. Specialists examined the cows after their capture and confirmed ... Read More »
1 responseChina presents biodiversity framework for approval at COP15 in Montreal
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
MONTREAL – China on Sunday presented the proposed text of a new global agreement that would commit to protecting at least 30 per cent of land, water and marine areas by 2030 as a UN biodiversity meeting in Montreal entered its penultimate official day. Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu released the draft of the Kunming-Montreal ... Read More »
1 responseMoscow accuses Ottawa of leading effort to undermine soldiers, summons ambassador
By The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
OTTAWA – Russia’s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa is at the vanguard of a social media effort he argues is meant to demoralize Russian soldiers. In an interview with Russian state media, Oleg Stepanov chided Canada’s foreign affairs department for frequently posting unflattering information about the war in Ukraine, particularly recent tweets about Russian men ... Read More »
1 responseChina presents biodiversity framework for approval at COP15
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
MONTREAL – Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu has presented the proposed text of a new global agreement that would commit to protecting at least 30 per cent of land, water and marine areas by 2030. The draft of the Kunming-Montreal Global biodiversity framework was published this morning as delegates gather at the second to last ... Read More »
1 response‘Hallowed space’: Divers pull 275 artifacts from 2022 excavation of Franklin ship
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
Eleven metres below the surface of the Northwest Passage, deep within the wreck of one of Capt. John Franklin’s doomed ships, something caught the eye of diver Ryan Harris. Harris was in the middle of the 2022 field season on the wreck of HMS Erebus. The team had been hauling dozens of artifacts to the ... Read More »
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