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Renewables pause in Alberta affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion, think tank says
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
A clean energy think tank says Alberta’s pause on approvals for new renewable energy projects is affecting 118 projects worth $33 billion. The Pembina Institute says those projects would create enough jobs to keep 24,000 people working for a year. It says those projects represent what could be $263 million in local taxes and leases ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine seeks Canada’s help in selling peace plan to skeptical states, more demining
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – Ukraine is calling on Canada to help it sell a peace plan with Russia to developing countries who have taken a neutral stance on Moscow’s invasion. Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba wants Canada to use its “diplomatic muscle” to encourage countries beyond Europe and its allies to support a peace plan. In ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Protesters attempt to bypass RCMP wildfire blockade near Shuswap, B.C.
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
Protesters have tried to bypass an RCMP blockade on the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia’s Shuswap region, amid tensions over the refusal of some residents to obey wildfire evacuation orders. Live social media videos of the incident posted Wednesday evening show about 20 protesters confronting a blockade of police cars near the lakeside community of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec universities oppose suggestion by federal minister to cap student visas
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec university administrators and professors are praising the provincial government’s rejection of an idea by the federal housing minister that Canada could cap the number of student visas it issues. They say that limiting the number of international students will do little to address housing shortages and would instead hurt university research and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corporate ethics czar opens forced-labour probes against Walmart, Hugo Boss, Diesel
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s corporate-ethics watchdog is investigating whether Walmart, Hugo Boss and Diesel have forced labour in their supply chains. Sheri Meyerhoffer, the Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, issued three reports today saying none of the companies have done enough to demonstrate the products they sell in Canada are free of slave labour. The Canadian subsidiaries ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OPP cancel Amber Alert after 3-month-old found safe, father in custody
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
ROSENEATH, Ont. – Ontario Provincial Police have cancelled an Amber Alert for a three-month-old girl who has been found safe. Police say the child’s father has been taken into custody. OPP say the girl was found safe in Roseneath, Ont., about 30 kilometres northeast of Cobourg. The Amber Alert had said the child and her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians unified on forest protection although wildfire cause divisive: poll
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
As Canada struggles through its worst fire season in recorded history, a new survey suggests protecting forests remains one issue that unites most Canadians no matter who they are or where they live. However, other parts of the survey done for Nature Canada and the Natural Resources Defense Council suggests the climate change debate is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: NWT officials turning residents back as wildfire threat remains
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 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… N.W.T. officials want evacuees to stay out for now Northwest Territories officials are using roadblocks to turn back Yellowknife residents who are attempting to return home despite the city still being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy rain aids in tempering B.C. wildfires in Shuswap, Okanagan regions
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
Firefighters in British Columbia’s southern Interior continue to battle a number of major blazes, having been aided by ample rainfall that fell Wednesday over the Okanagan and Shuswap regions. BC Wildfire Service information officer Forrest Tower says one weather station near the eastern edge of the Bush Creek East wildfire near Chase received about 20 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OPP have issued an Amber Alert for 3-month-old Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
An Amber Alert has been issued across Ontario for a three-month-old girl. Ontario Provincial Police have identified the girl as Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette. She is described as white, 2’0″, 11 pounds, with brown hair. The suspect is identified as 23-year-old Jacob Bissonnette, who is described as a white male, 5’7″ and 132 pounds with brown hair. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: OPP have issued an Amber Alert for 3 month-old Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette
By The Canadian Press on August 24th, 2023
Ontario Provincial Police have issued an Amber Alert for a three-month-old girl. Police have identified the girl as Jazmine Gill-Bissonnette. The 23-year-old suspect’s name is Jacob Bissonnette and was last seen in Roseneath, Ontario. More coming... Read More »
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