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U.S. team to digitize Quaker boarding school records, drawing inspiration from Canada
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on August 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – A coalition advocating for Indigenous Peoples forced to attend boarding schools in the United States is planning to digitize 20,000 archival pages related to schools that were operated by the Quakers. Outside of Native Nations, most people aren’t even aware these schools were an integral part of history and U.S. federal Indian policy, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More evacuation orders rescinded in B.C. fires as warm, dry weather returns
By The Canadian Press on August 26th, 2023
Evacuation orders in the Central Okanagan region of British Columbia continue to be rescinded as more residents are allowed to return home. The Central Okanagan Emergency Operations Centre says it has lifted a number of evacuation orders throughout communities in West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and District of Lake Country. Meanwhile, crews say they were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire forces crews to retreat, threatens key hub point of Hay River, N.W.T.
By The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Wildfires advanced closer to the transportation hub point of Hay River in the Northwest Territories Friday, forcing crews to retreat and non-essential workers to flee. “Extremely high temperatures and strong southwest winds have created a blow-up event that has overwhelmed firefighters at the north end of the fire,” fire information officer Jessica Davey-Quantick ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ali murder trial: lawyer suggests to dead girl’s mother they had a poor relationship
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for a man accused of murdering a 13-year-old girl found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has suggested to the girl’s mother that they had a poor relationship, to the point where the teen didn’t want to be around her. Ibrahim Ali’s lawyer Kevin McCullough also suggested to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Support pours in for 13 firefighters in tiny B.C. brigade whose own homes burned down
By Darryl Greer and Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
Kathleen Zydowicz hasn’t seen much of her husband lately, keeping in touch via text while he and dozens of colleagues fight wildfires around their tiny community of Wilson’s Landing, on the west side of Okanagan Lake, B.C. Paul Zydowicz, Wilson’s Landing fire chief, told a press conference Thursday that the devastating McDougall Creek blaze has ... Read More »
1 responseCanada confirms it changed land claim process, mulls Indian Act changes
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada changed the way it settles First Nation land claims, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada confirmed Friday. The department is also mulling over possible amendments to the Indian Act and the Specific Claims Tribunal Act, though it didn’t say what those changes would be. The response came after The Canadian Press obtained ... Read More »
1 response131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap, B.C., wildfire
By The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
Officials say 131 homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region of British Columbia’s Interior, but no lives have been lost. Erick Thompson, an information officer for the Columbia Shuswap Regional District, says a survey by the Canada Task Force 1 search and rescue team has indicated that a further ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: 131 structures destroyed but no lives lost in Shuswap, B.C., wildfire
By The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
Officials say 131 homes and other structures have been destroyed by wildfires in the Shuswap region of the B.C. Interior, but no lives have been lost. More coming... Read More »
1 response‘Now I’m angry’: N.W.T. premier calls on Ottawa to provide services in the North
By Colette Derworiz, The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
CALGARY – The premier of the Northwest Territories says she is angry the wildfire-ravaged region doesn’t have the same services as the South and called on Canadians to pressure Ottawa to act. Premier Caroline Cochrane said she’s spent years calling for the federal government to help the territory develop roads and communication technologies needed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian ministers vow to accelerate action at global environment conference in B.C.
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Politicians and environmental leaders from more than 180 countries have been in Vancouver, B.C., this week, with many pledging to accelerate action on climate change and biodiversity loss at the assembly of the Global Environment Facility. The organization manages a series of funds aimed at helping developing countries meet their climate goals, such ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman who tried to take COVID transplant fight to Supreme Court dies
By The Canadian Press on August 25th, 2023
An Alberta woman who tried to take her fight over COVID vaccine rules to the Supreme Court has died. The former lawyer for Sheila Annette Lewis confirmed her death today. Lewis was diagnosed with a terminal disease in 2018 and was told she would not survive unless she received an organ transplant. She was placed ... Read More »
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