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In the news today: B.C. wildfire forces evacuation of music festival
By The Canadian Press on August 8th, 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… B.C. festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long weekend Out of an abundance of caution, officials decided to clear out a music festival in B.C.’s southern interior, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provinces may have to agree to Ottawa’s 2035 clean power target to access funding
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on August 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid. The federal budget already made clear the restriction would be in place for the new refundable 15 per cent clean electricity investment tax ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec court authorizes class action against new isolation system in federal prisons
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on August 8th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of federal prisoners in Quebec who were held in segregation units for more than 15 days after November 2019. Lawyers for Daniel Fournier, the representative plaintiff, say he was subject to cruel and unusual punishment when he was held in segregation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians reassured to see military helping during local emergencies, Blair says
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on August 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canadians want to see the military come to their aid during natural disasters, and the Armed Forces will remain a key part of the government’s response. “There is just something, I think, incredibly reassuring to Canadians when the Canadian Armed Forces show up and men and women in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Saskatchewan RCMP boss warned officers to watch opinions after Stanley verdict
By Stephanie Taylor and Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on August 8th, 2023
The RCMP braced for backlash across rural Saskatchewan and kept a close eye on Indigenous groups after the not guilty verdict of a farmer charged in the death of Colten Boushie, emails show. The former top Mountie in the province also warned officers towatch their opinions, and police carefully watched and weighed in on testimony ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. festival evacuated due to wildfire, more properties on alert over long weekend
By The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Organizers touted it as the “hottest music festival” of the summer, but attendees at the Under the Stars event near Princeton, B.C., this weekend likely didn’t take it literally before a fire erupted nearby. A wildfire sparked by an all-terrain vehicle forced the evacuation of the event’s 1,000 participants as flames spread ... Read More »
1 responseWildfire prompts B.C. regional district to place 85 properties on evacuation alert
By The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Dozens more properties in the B.C. Interior have been placed on evacuation alert as the Bush Creek East wildfire near Adams Lake fills the air with thick smoke. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District says it expanded the evacuation alert to 85 addressed properties Monday, also closing a boat launch to keep recreational boaters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evolving wildfire conditions challenging for Yukon officials after village evacuation
By The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
WHITEHORSE – Yukon fire officials say they’re hoping for a shift in the weather to work in their favour as a wildfire inches closer to the Village of Mayo, which was evacuated Sunday afternoon. Yukon fire information officer Haley Ritchie says the Talbot Creek wildfire is about four kilometres outside the small village and remains ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MCU star Ryan Reynolds among 14 new appointees to the Order of British Columbia
By The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Ryan Reynolds has received his home province’s top honour after being named to the Order of British Columbia. The “Deadpool” star and mainstay of the Marvel Cinematic Universe was among 14 new appointees announced by Lieutenant-Governor Janet Austin today. Other honourees included Susan Giles and Evanna Brennan, longtime outreach nurses working in Vancouver’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scouts, including hundreds of Canadians, to evacuate Korea jamboree ahead of storm
By The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
South Korean officials say they will evacuate tens of thousands of scouts, including hundreds of Canadians, from an international scouting jamboree along the country’s western coast before the expected arrival of a typhoon. Kim Sung-ho, a vice minister at South Korea’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety, says more than 36,000 scouts from 158 countries ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Québec solidaire members pick byelection candidate, ignore calls to nominate a woman
By Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press on August 7th, 2023
QUEBEC – Members of the left-wing party Québec solidaire have chosenOlivier Bolduc to run in an upcoming provincial byelection, rebuffing suggestions from party leadership that a woman should be nominated. The party announced at a nomination meeting late Sunday that Bolduc, a court stenographer, would run in the Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon, which was ... Read More »
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