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Police say large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends three to hospital
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Authorities in northern British Columbia say they are searching for a cause of a large explosion at an abandoned building in downtown Prince George that sent three people to hospital. Prince George RCMP say the blast happened around 7 a.m., and power was shut down to the area. Video footage posted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broaden scope of Canada’s weather alert system to account for wildfires, expert urges
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – As wildfires rage in western Canada, a communications and broadcasting policy expert says the national weather alerting system should account for a wider range of extreme events. Monica Auer of Canada’s Forum for Research and Policy in Communications says emergency notifications should be sent out for any events that have the potential to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change of students
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns. Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the province wants to standardize pronoun and naming policies, as they varied from one school division to another. A similar move earlier this year in New Brunswick ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends several to hospital
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Mounties in northern British Columbia say there has been a large explosion at an abandoned building in downtown Prince George. They say the explosion happened near Fourth Avenue and Dominion Street around 7 a.m. Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says several injured people have been taken to hospital, but “the number of which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
REGINA – The Saskatchewan government says schools must now seek parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns. Education Minister Dustin Duncan says the province wants to standardize pronoun and naming policies, as they varied from one school division to another. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Large explosion in Prince George, B.C., sends several to hospital
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Mounties in Prince George, B.C., say there has been a large explosion at an abandoned building in the city’s downtown core. They say the cause of the blast is unknown, but several injured people have been taken to hospital. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Local news is a calling for ex-BBC reporter informing N.W.T. and beyond about fires
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
As thousands of terrified people packed up their belongings last week after an evacuation order in Yellowknife, N.W.T., local news site Cabin Radio was providing line-by-line, minute-by-minute updates on where to go and what to expect. Ollie Williams, a former BBC sports reporter, wrote many of those lines from inside a pickup truck on which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Welcome Baby: Montreal to give out free boxes of items for families with newborns
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
Montreal will give out boxes of free toys and baby supplies to every family in the city with a new infant starting next year. The so-called Welcome Baby boxes will be available in 45 city libraries as of Jan. 1, 2024, for newborns, new arrivals and adopted children up to one year old. The colourful ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals look to sitting judges to lead foreign interference inquiry: LeBlanc
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
CHARLOTTETOWN – It is taking longer than expected to find someone to lead a public inquiry into foreign interference because the government is in talks with sitting judges, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Tuesday, which means following specific protocols of engagement. LeBlanc has been working with opposition House leaders since June to agree on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in Quebec daycare bus crash that killed two kids has case postponed
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – The court case of a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has once again been postponed. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a city bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the Ste-Rose neighbourhood of Laval, Que., on Feb. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds look to sitting judges to lead foreign interference inquiry
By The Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2023
CHARLOTTETOWN – Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government is talking to sitting judges in its bid to find someone to lead a public inquiry into foreign interference. LeBlanc says it is taking time because there are specific protocols that must be followed when dealing with judges currently on the bench. He would not ... Read More »
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