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Montreal water main breaks and leaves buildings flooded, vehicles submerged
By Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – A major water main break in northeastern Montreal on Friday forced evacuations, damaged roads and submerged vehicles. The city said it ordered the evacuation of 18 buildings and cut power to the area as a precaution. No one was injured, and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said the priority was to have power and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man denied bail on terrorism-related charges related to TikTok video
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
CALGARY – A 20-year-old Calgary man has been denied bail on four terrorism-related charges. Zakarya Rida Hussein was charged in June with two counts of facilitating terrorist activity and two counts of participating in or contributing to, directly or indirectly, an activity of a terrorist group. Hussein appeared Friday in a Calgary courtroom for his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds allowed to return home near Kamloops, B.C., as evacuation order eases
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
VANCOUVER – An evacuation order covering hundreds of properties south of Kamloops, B.C., has been scaled back to an alert as crews make good progress containing a wildfire about 10 kilometres south of the city. The Thompson-Nicola Regional District is allowing residents of 327 properties to return home, although they must be ready to leave ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suncor tells regulator reconsidering approvals would arm industry opponents
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
Oilsands giant Suncor says reopening the debate over mining an ecologically valuable wetland would play into the hands of industry opponents and upset Alberta’s energy development. In April, the Alberta Energy Regulator decided to reconsider approvals it granted last fall for Suncor to mine part of McClelland Lake, a large and intact wetland about 90 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Akwesasne police say body found in river was man linked to migrant deaths probe
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – Police in Akwesasne say a body found this month in the St. Lawrence River is that of a man connected to the investigation into the deaths of eight migrants. Police say the coroner’s office has identified the dead man as Casey Oakes, 30, a local resident who had been missing since March. His ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New justice minister arrives amid bail debate, vows fresh look at judicial vacancies
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s new justice minister says he plans to tell his staff and department to move “expeditiously” on addressing judicial vacancies, an issue that dogged his predecessors. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau picked Arif Virani to replace David Lametti when he unveiled his new cabinet this week, in a shuffle meant to renew the Liberal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Major Montreal water main break leaves buildings flooded, vehicles submerged
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
MONTREAL – A major water main break in northeastern Montreal has forced evacuations and left vehicles submerged. The City of Montreal says some 18 buildings the Villeray-St-Michel-Park-Extension borough were evacuated as a preventive measure. Firefighters have closed off a sector of the borough, and as of 11 a.m., more than 11,000 people in the area ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks ‘global boiling’ era
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
WASHINGTON – The hottest month in recorded history is going out with a bang in the United States. Much of the populous U.S. northeast is facing temperatures today and Saturday that will feel like 40 C or even higher. July isn’t over until next week, but the World Meteorological Organization has already predicted it will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Very proud moment’: Valdez becomes first Filipino-Canadian woman to serve in cabinet
By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
TORONTO – Rechie Valdez, who made history this week when she became the first Filipino-Canadian woman named to the federal cabinet, took an unusual path to high political office, transitioning from banking to baking to Parliament. Born in Zambia into a Filipino family that had immigrated to the southern African nation, Valdez, now 43, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal’s new light-rail train network inaugurated, will open for free over weekend
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
BROSSARD, Que. – Montreal’s electric light-rail train network has been officially inaugurated. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier François Legault and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante were among the dignitaries who attended a ceremony today to launch the first five stations of the 26-station, 67-kilometre electric rail network. The first segment – a section running from Montreal’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three dead, three injured in crash in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region
By The Canadian Press on July 28th, 2023
SAGUENAY, Que. – Three people were killed and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday evening in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region. Quebec provincial police say the collision between a compact car and a truck occurred about 6 p.m. on Highway 172, near Ste-Rose-du-Nord, Que., about 185 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Police say they ... Read More »
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