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Nuclear regulator weighs decision as First Nations irate over Chalk River waste site
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Several First Nations are sounding the alarm about a proposed nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River, as Canada’s nuclear regulator decides whether the project should be approved. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission held a final public hearing about the matter on Thursday after pausing its decision to move ahead with the site ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recent shark deaths in Canada a sign that efforts to grow the population are working
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
FREDERICTON – An unusually high number of great white sharks found dead on Canadian beaches over the past year is a sign the population is growing, says a shark biologist. Four great white sharks were found washed up along beaches in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec in the past 12 months, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No joke: Satirical websites get caught up in Meta’s quest to block news in Canada
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Luke Gordon Field is trying to figure out how he can explain the concept of deadpan satire to an algorithm. He says he never thought in a million years that the need to explain a joke would transcend humans. But it’s a situation he believes he has found himself in as editor-in-chief of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highest court refuses to hear appeal from B.C. churches opposed to COVID-19 ruling
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal from three British Columbia churches that argued their constitutional rights were violated when provincial restrictions banned indoor religious services at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The case stems from orders issued by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government releases new draft regulations on clean electricity
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault released draft regulations Thursday that are designed to clean Canada’s electricity grid in an affordable way by 2035. The regulations would drive up the cost of energy slightly, but federal officials say that would be offset by the savings expected to come from moving away from fossil fuels. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations argue against nuclear waste site near Ottawa River at safety hearing
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s nuclear regulator heard final arguments from Indigenous communities on Thursday regarding a proposed nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission paused its decision to move ahead with a nuclear waste facility located in Chalk River, Ont., about 180 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, last year. The site also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Province to update wildfire, drought in B.C., as new heat wave approaches
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Wildfire crews across British Columbia are keeping a close eye on the backcountry after recent lightning storms raised the potential for smouldering fires to erupt as the next hot spell arrives this weekend. Less than five millimetres of rain fell in parts of southern and southeastern B.C., where wildfire danger ranges from moderate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec power utility studies possible reopening of Gentilly-2 nuclear reactor
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s hydroelectric utility says it is studying whether to reopen the province’s only nuclear power generating station. Hydro-Québec says that as demand for electricity rises in the province, it is looking into restarting the Gentilly-2 reactor in Bécancour, Que., on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River about halfway between Montreal and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Conservative senator, longtime politico Hugh Segal dead at 72
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – In 1962, then-prime minister John Diefenbaker visited Hugh Segal’s school in Montreal to present the principal with a copy of the newly minted Canadian Bill of Rights. So impressed was Segal with Dief’s description of Canada as a country that was open, free, democratic and based on the presumption of innocence that, at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High court won’t examine acquittal of B.C. old-growth logging protester
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s highest court has refused to hear an appeal of a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that acquitted a demonstrator of criminal contempt for taking part in a blockade of old-growth logging on Vancouver Island. In its decision, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the appeal application from the B.C. Crown and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada joins U.S., Britain in sanctioning Lebanese trio accused of embezzlement
By The Canadian Press on August 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is joining peers in leveraging sanctions on a trio of people tied to an alleged embezzlement scandal at Lebanon’s central bank. The sanctions apply to former bank governor Riad Salameh, his brother Raja Salameh and his former assistant Marianne Hoayek. The three stand accused of involvement in allegedly siphoning commissions from the ... Read More »
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