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Halifax-area wildfire 100 per cent contained, but Shelburne fire still out of control
By The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
HALIFAX – A wildfire that tore through homes and businesses in the Halifax area is 100 per cent contained, but a historic fire in southwestern Nova Scotia remains out of control. The province’s natural resources department says the Tantallon fire northwest of the capital’s city’s downtown is now under control, meaning it is not expected ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ministers to deliver update as Quebec forest fires continue to burn
By The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec cabinet ministers are expected to deliver an update this morning on the wildfires raging across far-flung parts of the province, as Canadian Armed Forces members prepare to help fight the threat. About 2,000 residents of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, about 620 kilometres northwest of Montreal, received a mandatory evacuation notice on Friday evening due to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Identity, not ideology, key to Alberta political divide, survey suggests
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
EDMONTON – The internet memes starting meme-ing within days of Monday’s Alberta provincial election. “If you voted Rachel Notley, you don’t support Alberta,” said one, referring to the leader of the province’s defeated New Democrats. “Having the city of Edmonton in Alberta is insulting,” said another, after the provincial capital rejected the governing United Conservatives ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Innu kids learn from their own as Labrador First Nations take control of schooling
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
SHESHATSHIU, N.L. – Inside a wide, white canvas tent behind the Sheshatshiu Innu School in Labrador, the first drop of sweet molasses dough falling into a bubbling pan of fat gives off an aroma that prompts a group of third graders to look up, almost in unison. Munik Aster, a pre-kindergarten teacher at the school, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Travesty’ or ‘forward thinking’? Hundreds weigh in on one-click citizenship oath
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – Allowing new Canadians to take the oath of citizenship by clicking a box online is a disgusting idea that will cheapen the process and open the door to fraud – or a forward-thinking notion that will help decrease a backlog of citizenship applications, depending on who you ask. That’s according to the hundreds ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian soldiers, American firefighters now battling blazes in Nova Scotia
By The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
HALIFAX – Canadian soldiers and firefighters from abroad are now on the ground helping to extinguish wildfires burning in several parts of Nova Scotia for the past week. Members of the Canadian Armed Forces and a number of American firefighters arrived in the province on Saturday and will be deployed to combat the most significant ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
Underlying drought, unseasonably warm temperatures last month and hot, dry conditions in the June forecast mean “the table has been set” for significant wildfire activity this summer, an official with the British Columbia Wildfire Service says. Lead fire weather forecaster Matt MacDonald said he and his colleagues have been waiting to see if this month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four kids and one man found dead after Quebec fishing accident: provincial police
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
PORTNEUF-SUR-MER – A fishing excursion ended in tragedy on Saturday when four children and one adult died in a village in northeastern Quebec, provincial police said. Police said divers found the body of the missing man, who was in his 30s, in the river and he was pronounced dead at a hospital. His death was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s provincewide state of emergency to end as wildfire situation improves
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s public safety and emergency services minister says a provincewide state of emergency that was declared nearly a month ago to deal with unprecedented wildfires will end Saturday at midnight. Mike Ellis told a news conference the wildfire situation in Alberta remains serious but, overall, things have improved significantly and it’s anticipated they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four kids drown, man missing after Quebec fishing accident: provincial police
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
PORTNEUF-SUR-MER – A fishing excursion ended in tragedy on Saturday when four children died in a village in northeastern Quebec, provincial police said. Authorities said they were still searching for a missing man in his 30s who was a member of the fishing party and remained unaccounted for. The bodies of the four children – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec town evacuated while others return home as wildfire fight continues
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
MONTREAL – Another northern Quebec town was evacuated due to an out of control wildfire on Saturday as the federal government confirmed that Canadian Forces personnel would be deployed to help combat forest fires in the province. About 2,000 residents of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, about 620 kilometres northwest of Montreal, were the latest to receive a mandatory ... Read More »
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