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Quebec provincial police investigating two deadly overnight fires amid power outages
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
MONTREAL – Hydro-Québec is urging people without power to be careful after two deadly fires in the province, both of which are under investigation by provincial police. Police spokesman Sgt. Stéphane Tremblay says firefighters found the body of one person at a residence in Louiseville, Que., northeast of Montreal, after a fire that started around ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau says Canada is fortunate to be a ‘country of peace’ in Christmas message
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to remind themselves how fortunate they are “to live in a country of peace.” Trudeau says in his annual Christmas address that it’s the season when life slows down and “Christmas movies, including Die Hard, are on repeat.” But he says that 2022 was a challenging ... Read More »
1 responseParadox between warming climate and intense snowstorms, say scientists
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
FREDERICTON – There is a complex, counterintuitive relationship between rising global temperatures and the likelihood of increasingly intense snowstorms across Canada. Winters are becoming on average milder and warmer than they used to be, but there has also been a noted rise across the country in extreme weather events, such as intense snowstorms, said John ... Read More »
1 responseStorms, extreme weather shut down power and strand holiday travellers across Canada
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
Weather warnings remain in place across the country as major storms continue to dump snow and freezing rain on Quebec, Ontario and B.C., and batter the Atlantic provinces with heavy rain and powerful winds. Hundreds of thousands of customers have been left without power in the final hours before Christmas, with hydro crews working around ... Read More »
1 responseThe latest news on winter storms complicating holiday travel across Canada
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
The latest news on storms and other extreme weather shutting down power and creating difficult travel conditions at the peak of the holiday season across Canada: 9 9:50 a.m. Lights are out for more than 90,000 power customers across Atlantic Canada. About 41,000 customers in Nova Scotia are still without power as of late morning ... Read More »
1 responseWhistleblower group criticizes federal review of wrongdoing disclosure regime
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
OTTAWA – An advocacy group for those who reveal wrongdoing says it cannot support a new task force looking at the federal whistleblowing regime because it lacks someone with “lived experience” as an actual whistleblower. In a letter to Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, Whistleblowing Canada Research Society president Pamela Forward calls the absence a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weather warnings in place across Canada as fierce storms move across the country
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2022
Weather warnings remain in place across the country as major storms continue to dump snow and freezing rain on Quebec, Ontario and B.C., and batter the Atlantic provinces with heavy rain and powerful winds. Hundreds of thousands of customers have been left without power in the final hours before Christmas, with hydro crews working around ... Read More »
1 responseWinter storms cause mass power outages in Ontario and Quebec, cut bridges in B.C.
By Sharif Hassan, Jordan Omstead and Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2022
Major storms left hundreds of thousands of people without power in Quebec and Ontario ahead of Christmas Eve and shut down critical bridges and roads in Metro Vancouver as heavy snowfall, rain, ice and strong winds barrelled across each region. Friday’s storm in Eastern Canada was marked by a low pressure system across southern and ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta woman who killed her abusive husband in 2011 to be allowed day parole
By Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2022
EDMONTON – An Alberta woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing of her abusive husband of 27 years has been allowed unescorted absences from prison and, once she is eligible early next year, day parole. In September 2011, Helen Naslund, now 58, shot her husband Miles Naslund twice in the head while he ... Read More »
1 responseHundreds of thousands without power in Ontario, Quebec amid major winter storm
By Sharif Hassan, Jordan Omstead and Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power in Quebec and Ontario ahead of Christmas Eve as a major winter storm barelled into the region, bringing heavy snowfall, rain and strong winds that led to flight cancellations and closed highways. The number of outages across Quebec rose steadily on Friday, with winds reaching 100 ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa urged to pressure Pakistan not to deport Afghan refugees in line for Canada
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2022
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government is facing calls to intervene amid reports that Pakistan is preparing to arrest and expel Afghan refugees, many of whom are waiting to escape to Canada. The Liberal government promised in August 2021 to resettle 40,000 Afghans who have fled their country to escape the Taliban. That includes thousands ... Read More »
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