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Feds looking at options for a national disaster response agency as wildfires rage
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is studying options for creating a new national disaster response agency. The discussions come as Canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season in history and several major cities are again blanketed in thick layers of smoke. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to update Canadians on the fire situation later ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly pledges foreign-service reboot in which diplomats better grasp languages, topics
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is promising a plan by this fall for a foreign-service reboot in which diplomats will have a better grasp of the languages and topics relevant to their postings. Joly said in a speech to Canadian ambassadors in Ottawa today that her government will spend more to ensure a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire, shifting winds force evacuation of northern Quebec communities
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – Residents of two northern Quebec communities are the latest to be hastily evacuated as a result of the province’s wildfires. Officials in Chibougamau and the nearby Cree community of Oujé-Bougoumou ordered the evacuations Tuesday night due to approaching forest fires and shifting winds in the north. Chibougamau Mayor Manon Cyr announced the evacuation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire smoke blankets Ontario, Quebec, air quality plummets, affects activities
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
TORONTO – Poor air quality is forecast to persist into the weekend across parts of Ontario, as plumes of wildfire smoke blanket the province and prompt school boards to limit outdoor activities. Environment Canada has issued special air quality advisories for large swaths of Ontario and Quebec, warning of high levels of pollution from wildfires ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for June 7 : Canada’s unprecedented wildfire season exhausting resources
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 7 … What we are watching in Canada … Hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada, prompting widespread evacuations and blanketing cities in plumes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for June 7 : Will the Bank of Canada hike its interest rate?
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 7 … What we are watching in Canada … The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision this morning as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians want revenge on Bernardo, but that’s not how prison works: ex-official
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – One of the architects of the law that governs Canada’s prison system says it’s understandable people want revenge on killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo, but that’s not what the prison system is designed for. Mary Campbell also says it is regrettable the Correctional Service of Canada has not been more transparent in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporters of slain mining activist take case against Canada to international body
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company’s mining project are taking their case to an international human rights body. The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project, a Canadian initiative by volunteer lawyers, is making a complaint to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian forest fire centre responds to unprecedented wildfire season
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
Weather maps hang on the walls and precipitation reports flash across screens in the Winnipeg office where major decisions about Canada’s battle against an unprecedented wildfire season are made. Inside the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre headquarters in Manitoba’s capital, just east of the exact longitudinal centre of Canada, there are discussions on how best ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two winning tickets sold for Tuesday’s $70 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on June 7th, 2023
TORONTO – Two lucky lottery ticket holders in British Columbia and Ontario will split the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot. There were 15 available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each, and five winning tickets were drawn. Two of the tickets are each shared between two winners, splitting the money, while one ticket will claim the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Industry, conservationists welcome Ottawa’s delay on B.C. salmon farm transition plan
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
VICTORIA – The federal government’s decision to delay its ruling on a planned transition away from open-net salmon farms from British Columbia coastal waters is being welcomed by opponents on both sides of the issue. Representatives from B.C.’s salmon farming industry and Indigenous and conservation groups say they agree the move to delay gives federal ... Read More »
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