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A look at Environment Canada’s top 10 weather events for 2024
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
Environment Canada has released its annual list of top 10 weather events. Here’s the list for 2024: – Arctic communities face unusual heat wave – Central Canada bears the brunt of the 2024 hurricane season – Billion-dollar hailstones: Calgary’s costliest weather disaster – Western Canada plunged into January deep freeze – Wildfires and evacuations in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jasper wildfire, flooding, hail among top weather events of 2024: Environment Canada
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
A wildfire that left a third of a popular Rocky Mountain tourist town in ashes, remnants of a hurricane season that led to record-breaking rainfall and a hailstorm that grounded airplanes are among the top weather-related events of 2024. Environment and Climate Change Canada released Tuesday its annual top 10 list of the country’s most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
VICTORIA – Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it worked with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
VICTORIA – Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than 10 years after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic bishops in Quebec oppose premier’s suggestion to ban public prayer
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Catholic bishops have come out against Premier François Legault’s desire to end prayer in parks and other public places. Martin Laliberté, president of the assembly of Catholic bishops of Quebec, says a ban on public prayer would target minority religious groups that are perceived by some as threatening to Quebec’s identity, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poll suggests 13% of Canadians think Canada should become the 51st American state
By Kyle Duggan and Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – President-elect Donald Trump is calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the governor of the “Great State of Canada” on his social media account. Trump said in a taunting post to Truth Social early Tuesday it was a “pleasure to have dinner” with Trudeau at his Mar-a-Lago estate and that he looks forward to seeing ... Read More »
1 responsePostal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Assembly of First Nations says the ongoing postal strike is delaying supplies of medicine and other necessities to rural and remote communities. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is calling on Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to reach a resolution to the strike, which is nearing four weeks. Negotiations ... Read More »
1 responseCanada continues to review Syrian refugee claims as European nations pause intake
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will continue evaluating the asylum claims of people who have fled Syria, even as some European countries are pausing those claims after the Assad regime’s fall. Miller says Canada’s asylum system isn’t seeing the same pressure as European counterparts such as Germany and Austria. Syrian President Bashar ... Read More »
1 responseParliament set to hold an 11th hour vote on $21B in government spending
By Nick Murray, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament are set to vote on a government request for billions of dollars in funding as the clock ticks down on a deadline. Last month, the Liberals asked Parliament to approve $21.6 billion in spending through the supplementary estimates. The money will go to fund the First Nations child and family ... Read More »
1 responseFreeland doesn’t commit to meeting her own deficit target in fall economic statement
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is not committing to meeting the $40.1-billion deficit target she set for the government last year. Freeland says she expects the fall economic statement, which she will present on Dec. 16, will show a declining debt-to-GDP ratio. When asked if she would also meet her deficit target, Freeland wouldn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton receives Nobel Prize in physics
By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton and co-laureate John Hopfield have received their Nobel Prize for physics at a ceremony in Stockholm. The accolade was bestowed on the pair of computer scientists by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden after a presentation by Nobel physics committee chair Ellen Moons. Moons told the audience gathered at the ... Read More »
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