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Alberta investigates family’s lead-contaminated water well near gravel mine
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
Alberta Environment is investigating how a family’s water well near a gravel mine became so contaminated by lead it’s no longer drinkable. The investigation comes as Red Deer County considers expanding mine operations that Jody Young suspects are the source of the lead she and her family may have been drinking for months. “We have ... Read More »
1 responseCritics pan government plaque praising Canada’s evacuation efforts in Afghanistan
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – Global Affairs Canada plans to install a plaque commemorating Canada’s evacuation of Afghans and embassy staff when its capital Kabul fell to the Taliban, but critics argue that sends the wrong message. The plaque carried a $10,000 price tag and was approved in a July 2022 memorandum that The Canadian Press obtained through ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith says no COVID-19 pardons because Canadian system doesn’t work like the U.S.
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is no longer pursuing amnesty for COVID-19 health-rule violators because Canada doesn’t work that way. “Because we’ve been so influenced by the (United) States, I think that some people think that a premier has the same power as they do in the States of clemency or offering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DNA and a decade of work identify Canadian soldier, 106 years after death in France
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – After a decade of work tracing DNA back multiple generations, the remains of a Vancouver soldier have been identified more than 100 years after he died in France. The remains of Cpl. Percy Howarth, a soldier in the First World War, were discovered during a munitions clearing process in Vendin-le-Vieil, France, in 2011, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officer who survived deadly avalanche making ‘incremental progress’: City of Nelson
By The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – The City of Nelson, B.C., says a police officer who suffered critical injuries in an avalanche that killed a colleague last week is making “incremental progress” but faces a long road to recovery. It says in a news release that Const. Mathieu Nolet remains in the ICU of a local area hospital, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Remains of three victims found at site of Quebec propane explosion, police say
By The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
MONTREAL – The remains of three people have been found at the site of last week’s explosion and fire at a propane distribution company north of Montreal. Quebec provincial police confirmed today that the victims were located at Propane Lafortune in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan. Police and forensics specialists had been combing through the site in search of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals mum on bill to codify standards in long-term care, despite new guidelines
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – A team of experts released a highly anticipated, detailed handbook on how to boost quality of life and prevent the spread of infection in long-term care homes last month that could inform anticipated federal legislation. But the government has yet to release any details about a promised new law. The 137-page document released ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan premier disappointed by unannounced Trudeau visit to rare earths plant
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
SASKATOON – Justin Trudeau pressed Saskatchewan’s government on its record for clean energy projects after Premier Scott Moe expressed disappointment he was not made aware of the prime minister’s visit to a rare earth elements processing plant. “There’s work to be done on encouraging the government of Saskatchewan to see the opportunities that companies, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau should have visited First Nation during Saskatchewan stop: Indigenous leaders
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
SASKATOON – The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says it is dismayed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not visit the First Nation where a child’s bone was found at a former residential school site while he was in the province. The Star Blanket Cree Nation announced last week that a fragment of a child’s jawbone ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A whistle, a watch and DNA identify Canadian soldier 106 years after death in France
By The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – A whistle, a pocket watch and DNA analysis helped a Canadian Forces forensic team identify the remains of a Vancouver soldier more than 100 years after he died in France. A National Defence statement says the remains of Cpl. Percy Howarth, a soldier in the First World War, were discovered during a munitions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. tenants ordered to pay $500,000 after unit in ‘near-hoarding state’ catches fire
By The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Two Vancouver tenants have been ordered to pay more than $500,000 following a November 2017 apartment fire that a judge ruled was “foreseeable.” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Matthew Kirchner ruled Angela Chou created a risk of harm and fire by keeping her apartment “in a near-hoarding state” with densely packed items covering most ... Read More »
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