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‘One side or the other’: Coutts, Alta. still a village divided after convoy blockade
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
COUTTS, Alta. – The sound of blaring horns that echoed through this village 10 months ago has been replaced by the steady hum of semi-trailer trucks filing through the border crossing between Alberta and the United States. There is an undercurrent in the community of 250 people, belied by a smiley face on its water ... Read More »
1 responsePierre Poilievre thinks he can win over new Canadians. Here’s how he plans to do it.
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
OTTAWA – A young Pierre Poilievre sits in front of a room of Conservative faithful and explains their party’s strategy for winning a majority mandate. That hasn’t happened yet. It’s 2009 and while the Tories have won two federal elections, they’ve remained in minority territory for three years. “We will win a majority if we ... Read More »
1 responseChina to present biodiversity framework for approval at COP15 this morning
By The Canadian Press on December 18th, 2022
MONTREAL – Chinese Environment Minister Huang Runqiu is expected to present the text of a new global agreement to protect nature at COP15 in Montreal this morning. The final draft comes after nearly two weeks of negotiations among 196 nations who are part of the UN biodiversity convention seeking a new deal to halt the ... Read More »
1 responseFeds, Northwest Territories to create Indigenous protected area for Great Bear Lake
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
MONTREAL – The federal government, the Northwest Territories and the Délı̨nÄ™ Got’ı̨nÄ™ government signed off on a plan Saturday to create an Indigenous protected area around Great Bear Lake. The three governments signed a letter of intent at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal in what the First Nation describes as a major win, having ... Read More »
1 responseFeds, N.W.T. to create Indigenous protected area for NWT’s Great Bear Lake
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
MONTREAL – The federal government, the Northwest Territories and the Délı̨nÄ™ Got’ı̨nÄ™ government are planning to create an Indigenous protected area around Great Bear Lake. The three governments signed agreement today at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal. It is a major development for the First Nation that has fought to have the lake declared ... Read More »
1 responseIn crowded N.B. hospital, 88-year-old awaiting nursing home placed in supply room
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The daughter of an 88-year-old woman who spent part of Thursday in the supply room of an overcrowded New Brunswick hospital says she’s alarmed by the space shortages in the province’s health system. Karen Totten snapped some images of her mother Irene MacNeill of Barnesville, N.B., lying in the supply room ... Read More »
1 responseDignitaries, family and friends gather for funeral of Manitoba politician Jim Carr
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
WINNIPEG – Friends, family and former political colleagues are paying tribute today to Jim Carr. Hundreds of people, including the prime minister, cabinet members and former political opponents, attended a memorial service in Winnipeg for the Liberal member of Parliament who died this week at age 71. Going into the service, former Progressive Conservative Manitoba ... Read More »
1 responseN.W.T. announces latest case of private health information mishandled
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – A privacy breach affecting people who stayed at a COVID-19 isolation centre is the latest in a long line of cases of health information being mishandled in the Northwest Territories. Late last week, the N.W.T. Department of Health and Social Services issued notice of the “low-risk” breach involving about 2,000 COVID-19 isolation forms, ... Read More »
1 responseGrocery shoplifting on the rise in Canada amid inflation, industry insiders say
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
Shoplifting has surged to an alarming level across Canada, industry insiders say, with inflation and labour shortages cited as major factors behind the increase. The uptick has triggered concern among Canadian grocers even as the rise in food prices helps pad their bottom lines. Grocery prices were up 11 per cent year-over-year in October and ... Read More »
1 responseCOP15 nature negotiations racing to finish line but disagreements still plentiful
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2022
MONTREAL – The draft text of a new agreement to protect nature from destructive human behaviour is still littered with disagreement with just three days left on the official schedule of the COP15 talks in Montreal. Some progress has been made on less controversial targets such as gender equity but the marquee targets are still ... Read More »
1 responseOne winning ticket sold for Friday’s $40 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
TORONTO – Someone in Quebec must be on Santa’s nice list. A single winning ticket was drawn for Friday’s $40 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next draw on Dec. 20 will be an estimated $10 million... Read More »
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