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Residents offered bus visits to their burned homes in and around West Kelowna, B.C.
By 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 assess 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 »
Be the first to comment!Residents offered bus visits to burned homes in and around West Kelowna, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
Officials in British Columbia’s Central Okanagan say people whose homes were destroyed by the wildfire in and around West Kelowna are being contacted to schedule escorted bus visits to assess the damage. A statement from the regional emergency operations centre says only people whose properties are completely destroyed or damaged to the point they’re uninhabitable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.W.T. extends state of emergency, premier tours Edmonton evacuation centre
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
EDMONTON – A state of emergency in the Northwest Territories has been extended until Sept. 11 and its premier says she understands the frustration of those forced from their homes. “I want to go home, too. We all want to go home. It’s hard being evacuated,” Premier Caroline Cochrane said Wednesday following a visit to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arrest made in cold-case sex assaults, suspect released by judge: Vancouver police
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
Vancouver police say they have solved a series of cold-case sexual assaults dating back 14 years, leading to the arrest of a suspect in Saskatchewan. Deputy Chief Constable Fiona Wilson told a briefing that 45-year-old Arturo Garcia Gorjon has been linked to four “blitz-style” assaults in Vancouver from July 1, 2009, to Christmas Eve 2010. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Less than one in five federally funded charging stations are operational
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – More than 43,000 electric vehicle chargers have been funded over the last seven years under the federal government’s two main EV infrastructure programs. But data supplied by the Department of Natural Resources shows fewer than one in five are actually operational. The data comes as Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is in Quebec City ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal will not return toppled John A. Macdonald statue that stood downtown
By Thomas MacDonald, The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
MONTREAL – The City of Montreal has announced it won’t put back a downtown statue of Canada’s first prime minister that was toppled and beheaded three years ago by protesters. Sir John A. Macdonald is considered the architect of Confederation — but also of the residential school system — and the city says it plans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. posts $704-million budget surplus for 2022-2023, say audited public accounts
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
VICTORIA – An audited public accounting of British Columbia’s financial records shows the province posted a surplus of more than $700 million in the 2022-2023 budget year. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy outlined the province’s financial performance in the government’s public accounts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. The government’s budget forecasts have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders’ criminal trial goes beyond mischief charges
By Laura Osman and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The leaders of the “Freedom Convoy” are preparing to answer to criminal charges next week for their part in the massive demonstration that gridlocked Ottawa last year – but the stakes go beyond the actions of two protest organizers. Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were among the most prominent organizers of the protest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. posts $704 million budget surplus for 2022-2023, say audited public accounts
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
VICTORIA – An audited public accounting of British Columbia’s financial records shows the province posted a surplus of more than $700 million in the 2022-2023 budget year. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy outlined the province’s financial performance in the government’s public accounts for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. The government’s budget forecasts have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec transport minister apologizes after being photographed without seatbelt
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
Quebec Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault is apologizing after photos emerged of her not wearing her seatbelt while on the road. The photos, published by the Journal de Montreal today, were taken over a three-year span and posted to her social media accounts, both while Guilbault was driving or a passenger in a vehicle. Guilbault, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Armed Forces doing away with mandatory duty to report policy
By The Canadian Press on August 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The military’s chief of professional conduct and culture says the Canadian Armed Forces will end its “inflexible and inhuman” mandatory reporting policy. Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan says members will still be able to report misconduct, but they will no longer face possible penalties for failing to report something they experience or witness. The change ... Read More »
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