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Abandoned mines among most expensive territorial contaminated sites
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Environmental advocates say costly cleanups of former non-renewable resource projects in the North show the need for better planning. Three of Canada’s top five most expensive federal contaminated sites are abandoned mines in the North: Giant Mine in the Northwest Territories at an estimated $4.38 billion and the Faro and United Keno Hill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remote Labrador location potential training ground for astronauts
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2023
When scientists determined in the mid-1970s that the Mistastin crater in Labrador had lunar-like properties, the last Apollo mission had flown and it was too late for astronauts to take advantage of the site for training. But now, as Artemis astronauts prepare for the next moon mission, one Canadian expert says the remote crater could ... Read More »
1 responseLotto 649 winning numbers for Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023
By The Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2023
TORONTO – The winning numbers in Saturday’s Lotto 649 draw for an estimated $5 million: 08, 11, 27, 35, 38 & 45. Bonus: 48 The winning number for the guaranteed $1 million: 52706401-01 In the event of any discrepancy between this list and the official winning numbers, the latter shall prevail... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominent Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet denies second allegation of sexual misconduct
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is denying allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by a woman in 2020. On Friday, the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Quebec City confirmed that it had received a second complaint against Ouellet, the former archbishop in the provincial capital A Vatican investigation was conducted in the wake of ... Read More »
1 responseSecond officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe internal injuries and died this morning in a Kelowna hospital. The officers were backcountry skiing near Kaslo, B.C., in a mountain pass ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: second officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe internal injuries and died this morning in a Kelowna hospital. The officers were backcountry skiing near Kaslo, B.C., in a mountain pass ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa announces $2.8 billion to settle remaining part of B.C. day scholar lawsuit
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to the collective harms caused by residential schools. At a Saturday morning news conference in Vancouver, Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller said the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement for rest of B.C. day scholar lawsuit
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to the collective harms caused by residential schools. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted ... Read More »
1 responseFrançois Legault accuses Justin Trudeau of attacking Quebec’s democracy and people
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for “attacking Quebec’s democracy and people” by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. In a Tweet posted this morning, Legault said that this expressed desire by Trudeau is a “frontal attack” on the Quebec nation’s ability to protect its collective ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. day scholar lawsuit
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools as day scholars. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec historian obtains photos of salvage operation for Empress of Ireland shipwreck
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – The two photos that popped up for sale on eBay appeared at first glance to be nothing more than a piece of Quebec maritime nostalgia: men on a wharf in the early 20th century, with a caption reading simply “lighthouse, Gaspé 1910.” But historian David Saint-Pierre, who was sent the link by a ... Read More »
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