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Trudeau to convene urgent ministers’ meeting as fire forces Yellowknife evacuation
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to convene an urgent meeting with ministers and senior officials today as residents of the capital of Northwest Territories are ordered to evacuate the area because of an encroaching wildfire. The evacuation order issued late Wednesday applies to Yellowknife, which has a population of about 20,000 people, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan vice-chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Pratt currently serves as a vice-chief with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, an organization representing 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan. His platform focuses on unity and inclusion, reconciliation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: PM to convene urgent ministers’ meeting on wildfires in N.W.T.
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to convene an urgent meeting with ministers and senior officials today as residents of the capital of Northwest Territories are ordered to evacuate the area because of an encroaching wildfire. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poisoned letter to Trump
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
WASHINGTON – A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn’t sign off until today. The French-born Ferrier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The latest news on the Northwest Territories wildfires as Yellowknife evacuates
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Here is the latest news on the wildfires in Northwest Territories as evacuations are underway in Yellowknife. 7:40 a.m. A phased evacuation of Yellowknife is underway as a wildfire approaches. Officials in the Northwest Territories capital are urging everyone to be out of the city by noon on Friday. They say without rain, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Encroaching wildfire prompts evacuation of Yellowknife
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 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… Evacuation ordered for Yellowknife due to fire Residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories and two neighbouring First Nation communities have been ordered to evacuate by Friday because of an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yellowknife residents ordered to leave as wildfire burns nearby
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories and two neighbouring First Nation communities have been ordered to evacuate by Friday because of an encroaching wildfire. The evacuation order issued late Wednesday applies to Yellowknife, which has a population of about 20,000 people, as well as the nearby communities of Ndilo and Dettah. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BC Wildfire Service warns of ‘extreme’ fire behaviour due to heat wave and dry winds
By The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The British Columbia Wildfire Service says hot and dry weather is contributing to “extreme fire behaviour” in the southern Interior as a ridge of high pressure settled over the province this week, sending temperatures soaring and further drying fuel in the forests. Neal McLoughlin, with the predictive services unit of the wildfire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Is it sexual assault to secretly record intimate encounter? Ottawa case sparks debate
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – Secretly filming and sharing footage of consensual sex constitutes a sexual assault, according to an Ottawa judge’s recent ruling, sparking a debate over how courts view consent in cases involving technology. Views on the issue have been evolving in recent years, spurred by high-profile cases, particularly involving teenagers, of revenge porn and “sextortion,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First person: The quest for an ancient colossus, in the wild rainforest of B.C.
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
Trees of breathtaking size surround us, draped with moss and lichen, as droplets of water sparkle on the tips of endless foliage. Decaying fallen trees have created a multi-layered understory that ensnares our group, until a fern-lined stream bed offers a clearer path toward our goal – a mass of silvery wood that vanishes, then ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oceanographers say warming waters in the Gulf of St. Lawrence affecting animal life
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on August 17th, 2023
MONTREAL – From great white sharks around Quebec’s ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine to lobsters conquering new territory, oceanographers say the warming of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is having an impact on the creatures that live in its unique ecosystem. Data from Fisheries and Oceans Canada show that deepwater temperatures have been increasing overall in the gulf since ... Read More »
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