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Alphonso Davies scores Canada’s first-ever World Cup goal
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2022
AL RAYYAN, Qatar – Alphonso Davies scored against Croatia on Sunday to give Canada its first-ever goal at the men’s World Cup. A cross from Tajon Buchanan found Davies flying through the air and the Bayern Munich star headed it home to give Canada a 1-0 lead. Canada failed to score or secure a point ... Read More »
1 responseA look at the most expensive federal remediation projects in Canada
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – The federal government is responsible for more than 20,000 contaminated sites in Canada. Here is a breakdown of the top five most expensive environmental cleanups where taxpayers are footing the bill. In some cases, public cost estimates have not been updated for several years. Giant Mine Estimated to cost $4.38 billion between 2005 ... Read More »
1 responseCanada’s top five federal contaminated sites to cost taxpayers billions to clean up
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – With a cost estimate of $4.38 billion, remediation of the Giant Mine, one of the most contaminated sites in Canada, is also expected to be the most expensive federal environmental cleanupin the country’s history. The figure, recently approved by the Treasury Board of Canada, spans costs from 2005 until 2038, when active remediation ... Read More »
1 responseFederal officials set to make Indo-Pacific strategy announcement in Vancouver
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Federal officials are set to make an announcement today in Vancouver about Canada’s long-promised Indo-Pacific strategy. A media advisory from Global Affairs Canada says the Indo-Pacific region is key for Canada’s economic growth, prosperity and security. Details have been emerging this month about what the strategy will involve. At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ... Read More »
1 responseGiant trees still fall amid old-growth funding lag for B.C. First Nations
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2022
British Columbia has asked First Nations if they want old-growth forests set aside from logging, allowing time for long-term planning of conservation and sustainable development, but it has yet to fund the process on a large scale, advocates say. In the meantime, some of the biggest and oldest trees are being cut down. Several years ... Read More »
1 responseFarmers union hopes to attract loose cattle that have been on the run in Quebec town
By The Canadian Press on November 26th, 2022
Quebec’s farmers union says it’s hopeful a herd of runaway cattle that have been wreaking havoc in farmers’ fields near a small town in the province’s Mauricie region will be captured soon. Jean-Sébastien Dubé, the spokesman for the regional federation of the Union des producteurs agricoles in Mauricie, said a small number of farmers are ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal-area company fined $40,000 after blowing snow into protected frog habitat
By The Canadian Press on November 26th, 2022
MONTREAL – Environment and Climate Change Canada says a Montreal-area company has been fined $40,000 for violating a federal law aimed at protecting an endangered frog. The federal environment agency says building material retailer Canac-Marquis Grenier Ltée pleaded guilty Thursday at the Longueuil, Que., courthouse to one count of violating the prohibitions under the Emergency ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec farmers planning new attempt to capture loose cattle in Quebec town
By The Canadian Press on November 26th, 2022
Quebec’s farmers union is asking for help to round up a herd of runaway cattle that have been wreaking havoc in farmers’ fields near a small town in the province’s Mauricie region. In a post on Facebook, the regional chapter of the Union des producteurs agricoles is asking farmers to volunteer their skills and equipment ... Read More »
1 responseN.B. mother wants change after police mistakenly told her her son had died
By The Canadian Press on November 26th, 2022
DIEPPE, N.B. – A mother in New Brunswick says she woke up Tuesday morning to news from the RCMP that her son had died, only to find out hours later that police had made a mistake. Donna Price said in an interview that police came to her house in the early morning hours to say ... Read More »
1 responseYellowknife struggling to clear above average snowfall
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on November 26th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – Residents and city staff in the Northwest Territories capital are struggling to keep up with an onslaught of snow. Longtime Yellowknifer and former territorial politician Kieron Testart says he was backing out of his driveway on Friday morning when he got stuck in a snowbank that had formed overnight. “I had done what ... Read More »
1 response‘It still hurts:’ Families hope for new homes after mass stabbing in Saskatchewan
By The Canadian Press on November 26th, 2022
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION – Brian (Buggy) Burns says it’s the small things he misses the most, like sitting down and having coffee with his wife nearly every morning for more than three decades. Since his wife, Bonnie, and son Gregory were killed in a mass stabbing, coffee just hasn’t tasted the same. Jokes haven’t ... Read More »
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