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Alberta Energy Regulator cites company for causing seismic events
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta Energy Regulator has cited a company for causing a series of seismic events in the Peace River region. The regulator says it has issued an Environmental Protection Order to Obsidian Energy Ltd. for seismic events in the area between Nov. 29, 2022, and March 16. It says the company injecting water ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stand for the ‘common person’ Pierre Poilievre tells faithful gathered in Ottawa
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre rallied a room of conservative faithful gathered in Ottawa Thursday by calling on them to become “champions” of ordinary people. It’s a picture the Conservative leader has painted before to his party’s caucus: one in which the “everyday common person” is under attack by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Throughout his address ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boy who killed Edmonton officers had been apprehended under Mental Health Act: police
By Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – A 16-year-old boy who fatally shot two officers at an apartment complex one week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and was taken to hospital for assessment, Edmonton police said Thursday. Police also said the boy’s gun was the same weapon used in another shooting days before at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Clean electricity grid, new tax credits will be among highlights of federal budget
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s push for a zero-emission electricity grid will get a significant funding boost in the federal budget on March 28, including with new tax credits expected to encourage the development of renewable power sources like wind and solar. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has expressed an intention to limit new spending in this budget, ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta legislature wraps up with attacks, insults; next stop is May 29 election
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta legislature wrapped up its spring sitting Thursday with politicians on both sides of the aisle test-driving insults and expected attack lines ahead of the scheduled May 29 provincial election. The Opposition NDP lambasted Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government for hiking fees, fighting with doctors, proposing royalty breaks for oil ... Read More »
1 responseBoy who killed Edmonton officers previously apprehended under Mental Health Act
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – A 16-year-old boy who fatally shot two officers a week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and was taken to hospital for assessment, Edmonton police say. The same gun was also used in a shooting days before the killings at a nearby restaurant that left a man injured, ... Read More »
1 responseBoy who killed two officers previously apprehended under Mental Health Act: police
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – Police in Edmonton say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers a week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. Police also say the same gun was used in a shooting days before the killings at a nearby restaurant that left ... Read More »
1 responseJagmeet Singh says NDP won’t trigger an election over foreign interference concerns
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says New Democrats are not willing to trigger a federal election over rising concerns about foreign interference in recent federal elections. Canada’s democracy must be safeguarded, and holding another election now would leave voters with the same concerns being debated now, Singh told reporters on Thursday. “My goal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘She was so beautiful’: Search continues for missing after fatal Montreal fire
By Sidhartha Banerjee and Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – After finding two more bodies in the rubble of an Old Montreal building that caught fire, police and firefighters said Thursday they have brought in a second crane to search for the people still missing. Montreal police announced late Wednesday the discovery of two bodies, bringing the total to four and leaving three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid court challenges
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
VICTORIA – The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia’s Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges. A statement from the office of Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says her decision last month against renewing the licences for the farms off Vancouver Island near ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau, Biden could agree to end ‘loophole’ in Safe Third Country Agreement: source
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada and the United States are negotiating a deal that could designate all 8,900 kilometres of their shared border as an official crossing under the Safe Third Country Agreement. A Canadian government official with knowledge of the talks says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden will discuss the issue when they ... Read More »
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