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Guilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada’s emissions rebound post-pandemic
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to normal has accelerated. The European Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research shows Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions grew three per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several ‘Havana Syndrome’ claims
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The development is a step toward resolving some elements of a Federal Court action filed in 2019 by diplomats and dependants – now numbering 18 plaintiffs – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Lily Lee’s first contribution to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of British Columbia. Based in Strathcona, Lee administered inoculations, acted as a school nurse and served as a liaison between health and welfare, occasionally encountering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau takes off for international meetings, starting with Cambodia ASEAN summit
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on his way overseas for a flurry of international meetings across four countries, starting in Cambodia. Trudeau is due in Phnom Penh for a leaders’ meeting at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Canada is in trade negotiations with the economically booming bloc of 10 countries in ... Read More »
1 responseCalgary man who killed girlfriend and her toddler must serve 22 years before parole
By Colette Derworiz, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
CALGARY – A judge says a man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave near Calgary must serve 22 years before he can apply for parole. Robert Leeming, 37, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett but not guilty to the death of 22-month-old Aliyah ... Read More »
1 responseRepair of Abbotsford dike breached in 2021 B.C. flood to finish this month: minister
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – B.C. Emergency Preparedness Minister Mike Farnworth says permanent repairs to a dike in Abbotsford that was breached by a swollen river during last year’s catastrophic floods are expected to be complete by the end of this month. Farnworth says the provincial government has dedicated $1.6 million to the Sumas dike project, as ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. Indigenous scholar Margo Greenwood appointed as senator
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new senator, Margo Greenwood, who will represent British Columbia. Greenwood is a decorated scholar of Cree ancestry who has expertise in Indigenous children’s health and education. She comes to the Red Chamber after serving as a professor of education at the University of ... Read More »
1 responseCleanup of former gold mine in Northwest Territories to cost more than $4 billion
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – Cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in Canada is estimated to cost taxpayers more than four times what was initially expected. The Treasury Board of Canada recently approved a new $4.38-billion cost estimate for the remediation of Giant Mine, a former gold mine that operated from 1948 to 2004 within Yellowknife ... Read More »
1 responseOntario man arrested, awaiting U.S. extradition for alleged global ransomware crimes
By Tyler Griffin, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
A Russian-Canadian man from Ontario is in police custody and awaiting extradition to the United States for his alleged participation in a global ransomware campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. Mikhail Vasiliev, a 33-year-old dual Russian and Canadian national from Bradford, Ont., is charged with conspiracy to intentionally damage protected computers and to ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta received no federal help to deal with protest blockade last winter: inquiry
By Laura Osman and Marie-Danielle Smith, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Alberta received no help from Ottawa to clear protesters blockading its main border crossing with the United States last winter until after the crisis had passed, a public inquiry investigating the use of the Emergencies Act heard Thursday. But newly released documents suggest former Alberta premier Jason Kenney told the prime minister that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man who killed girlfriend, toddler must serve 22 years before parole
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
CALGARY – A judge says a man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave near Calgary must serve 22 years before he can apply for parole. Robert Leeming, who is 37, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty to the death of ... Read More »
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