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At least 50 buildings lost to wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C., fire chief confirms
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – West Kelowna’s fire chief says at least 50 structures have been lost in the city to the 110-square-kilometre McDougall Creek fire burning on both sides of Lake Okanagan in B.C. Jason Brolund says the damage assessment is not complete and the status of more structures is likely to be confirmed in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two lawyers barred from practising in Manitoba judge-followed case
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Law Society of Manitoba has barred two Alberta lawyers from practising in the province and ordered them to pay $5,000 after receiving complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders. John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Lawyers barred from practising in Manitoba judge-followed case
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
WINNIPEG – The Law Society of Manitoba has barred two lawyers from practising in the province and ordered them to pay $5,000 after it received complaints they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders. John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: At least 50 buildings lost to wildfire in West Kelowna, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – West Kelowna’s fire chief says at least 50 structures have been lost to the McDougall Creek fire burning on both sides of Lake Okanagan. Jason Brolund says the damage assessment is not complete and more structures are likely to be confirmed in the coming days. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire fight switches from defence to offence near Yellowknife
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Firefighters battling a wildfire near the capital of the Northwest Territories are shifting from defence to offence after a weekend of cooler temperatures, favourable winds and some rain. Fire information officer Mike Westwick says teams in Yellowknife had been focused on trying to stop the fire’s spread or reduce its intensity. Starting today, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec community mourns four family members killed in home construction accident.
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – A rural community in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region is in mourning after four family members died in a home construction accident over the weekend. Investigators said two men and two women were atop a scissor lift on Saturday in St-Léandre, Que., when the device toppled for an unknown reason. Sixty-year-old Marco Roy and 53-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec teachers unions call for better working conditions to address staff shortages
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Unions representing Quebec teachers are calling on the provincial government to address staff shortages by improving working conditions. Josée Scalabrini, president of a federation of 34 Quebec teachers unions, told a news conference today that teachers’ workloads have become untenable. She says teachers need more resources to manage the number of students who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smoke aids B.C. fire fight, as BC Wildfire Service warns about Hurricane Hilary
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The BC Wildfire Service says weather across British Columbia will be impacted by a hurricane in Southern California, challenging firefighters already battling hundreds of fires that forced 30,000 people from their homes and caused a provincial state of emergency. It says the Bush Creek East wildfire in the Columbia Shuswap region, which merged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Law society hearing for lawyers accused of surveilling Winnipeg judge begins
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
WINNIPEG – A Law Society of Manitoba hearing is underway for two lawyers facing charges related to complaints that they hired a private investigator to surveil a judge who was hearing a case involving COVID-19 public health orders. John Carpay, president of the Calgary-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, and Randal Jay Cameron face charges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premier Caroline Cochrane recounts search for homeless during Yellowknife evacuation
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane was a social worker before entering politics, so when the territory ordered everyone in its capital to leave last week due to encroaching wildfires, she said she checked to make sure homeless people weren’t forgotten. “My heart’s with those people. I’ve worked in that field for over 20 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police investigating after overnight violence leaves one dead, two injured
By The Canadian Press on August 21st, 2023
Montreal police are investigating separate violent incidents last night that left one person dead and two people injured. Police say they responded to a call about gunshots a little after midnight in the St-Michel borough. They say officers and ambulance crews arrived to find an injured 25-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene. ... Read More »
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