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Wildfire roundup: A look at what’s burning across the country and who’s affected
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair has said images of wildfires burning across Canada are some of the most severe ever witnessed in the country and the forecast for the next few months indicates the potential for continued higher-than-normal fire activity. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre says there are 415 fires currently burning. About ... Read More »
1 responseCenovus fined after wastewater release from former Husky-owned pipeline
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
CALGARY – Cenovus Energy is facing a fine over a release of wastewater into a wetland. In 2020, a pipeline then belonging to Husky Oil released about 206 cubic metres of produced water through a break in the line and into the surrounding wetland. Cenovus, which merged with Husky in 2021, has been assessed a ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec provincial politicians vote to increase base pay by $30,000
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
QUEBEC – The members of Quebec’s national assembly have voted to increase their base salaries by $30,000. The government bill was supported by the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and the Opposition Quebec Liberal Party. The province’s two smaller opposition parties, the Parti Québécois and Québec solidaire, voted against the increase. With the increase, the base ... Read More »
1 responseGlobal News says its reporting on MP Han Dong was result of detailed investigation
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Global News and its parent company Corus Entertainment say in response to a lawsuit filed by Han Dong that their reporting about the Toronto MP was based on a detailed investigation involving multiple sources. Dong’s lawyers served the media company with a libel notice in March and called for a full apology and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
NANAIMO, B.C. – A group of British Columbia scuba divers on Vancouver Island spotted a bluntnose sixgill shark on a recent dive in Alberni Inlet, capturing what they say is rare footage of the animal in shallow waters. Connor McTavish says he and fellow diversGarrett Clement, Danton West and Matteo Endrizzi were exploring around a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Johnston decries ‘false’ claims, as hearings on foreign meddling to begin next month
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – A rift continues to grow between federal opposition parties and former governor general David Johnston, who insists he will not let the politicization of foreign interference and what he described as false claims deter him from his work. He says reforms are urgently needed to address “serious shortcomings” in how the Liberal government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge rejects Montreal homeless camp injunction, site to be dismantled by June 15
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to extend an injunction protecting a homeless encampment under a busy Montreal highway, ruling the tent city must be dismantled by June 15 as planned. A legal clinic had assisted the campers in obtaining a pair of injunctions earlier this year, buying more time to find ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Known travellers from 13 more countries can skip visa to come to Canada: minister
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says low-risk travellers from 13 more countries will be able to skip a visa application if they want to visit Canada. An expanded program would allow people to instead apply for an electronic travel authorization: a digital travel document that costs $7 and can be processed in minutes. Travellers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A situation that’s unprecedented.’ Quebec confronted with over 150 wildfires
By Jacob Serebrin and Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – As one Quebec city that had been threatened by wildfires lifted an evacuation order Tuesday, authorities turned their attention to communities in the northern and northwestern parts of the province where firefighters worked to beat back threats from out-of-control blazes. “We’re following all of this from hour to hour, obviously,” Premier François Legault ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ford calls for ouster, Poilievre decries Liberal response to Bernardo prison transfer
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to keep “multiple murderers” in maximum-security prison, as fallout continues over the transfer of convicted killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security institution in Quebec. And Ontario Premier Doug Ford is looking for the ouster of the federal corrections commissioner after the move, which was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sex harassment case involving Trudeau Foundation should be heard in N.L., lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – The lawyer representing a woman who alleges she was sexually harassed by a former Northwest Territories premier says her client would likely have to end her lawsuit if a judge determines the trial should be moved to Quebec. Kathryn Marshall, with the Toronto-based law firm Levitt Sheikh, argued in Newfoundland and ... Read More »
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