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Fire activity expected to kick up in N.W.T., Mounties warn against re-entering
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Fire activity along a key Northwest Territories highway is expected to kick up in the coming days, while Mounties say they’ll stop a potentially large group from trying to re-enter when an evacuation order is still in effect. The territorial government says Highway 1, which links up with Alberta, is open to essential ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Canadians in ‘hellish situation’, BC fires spark political flames
By The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Canada leaving four men in ‘hellish situation’ Sally Lane says she is “overjoyed” to hear news of her son Jack – even if he’s barely hanging on in a Syrian prison ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother of Canadian man detained in Syria ‘overjoyed’ to get word of son
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Sally Lane says she is “overjoyed” to hear news of her son Jack – even if he’s barely hanging on in a Syrian prison – after years of silence. Lane says a civil society delegation messaged her from northeastern Syria to report that members had met with Jack after authorities managed to locate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan, New Brunswick naming changes means ‘life or death’ for trans kids: Ien
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s minister for women, gender equality and youth says policies in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick that require parental consent before students under 16 can have schools use their preferred pronouns and names puts transgender and nonbinary kids in a “life-or-death situation.” And while Marci Ien declined to comment on whether Ottawa sees a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How wildfire in British Columbia’s Shuswap is fanning political flames
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
VICTORIA – The wildfire that has been rampaging through the Shuswap region of the B.C. Interior has also sparked a fight over whether local Opposition MLAs have been encouraging residents to disobey firefighters, or if the government is refusing to listen to critics of its response to the fires. The Bush Creek East fire has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman accusing ex-NDP MP Roméo Saganash of sexual assault in Winnipeg goes public
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on August 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The woman accusing former New Democrat MP Roméo Saganash of sexual assault is going public, saying she wants to support others. Carmen Roy, who works for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, is alleging that she was sexually assaulted on May 1 in Winnipeg, and police say they arrested the former MP ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents of West Kelowna, B.C., offered bus visits to their homes destroyed by fire
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
People whose homes were destroyed by the wildfire in and around West Kelowna, B.C., are being contacted to schedule escorted bus visits to view the damage. Only people whose properties are completely destroyed or damaged to the point they’re uninhabitable will be invited to participate at this time, the Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre said ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. posts $704-million budget surplus after multi-billion-dollar swings in forecasts
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia finished last fiscal year $700 million in the black, after forecasts swung between multi-billion-dollar deficits and surpluses. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy said despite global uncertainty and inflation the province’s bottom line showed a surplus due to economic and job growth and increased revenue from income taxes and natural resources. She acknowledged ... Read More »
1 responseLess than one in five federally funded EV charging stations are operational: new data
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two different federal infrastructure programs have provided funding for more than 43,000 electric vehicle chargers since 2016, but fewer than one in five of them are actually operational, new data show. The information provided by Natural Resources Canada came as Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson visited Quebec City Wednesday to announce another $25 million ... Read More »
1 responseVoters head to polls Oct. 2 in Quebec City as byelection called for Jean-Talon riding
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
QUEBEC – Voters in the Quebec City-area riding of Jean-Talon will head to the polls on Oct. 2 to pick a new member of the provincial legislature. Premier François Legault formally triggered a byelection on Wednesday, about six weeks after the Coalition Avenir Québec’s Joëlle Boutin announced she was quitting politics in July. The Coalition ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa man charged with promoting neo-Nazi terrorist group released on bail
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man who has been charged with terrorism offences for promoting a far-right group has been granted bail. Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 26, was charged in July with participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and wilfully promoting hatred for a terrorist group. The RCMP say he helped make ... Read More »
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