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‘You’ve got to move fast’: Science learns to quickly link extreme weather and climate
By Bob weber, The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
As firefighters and other first responders battle an unprecedented summer of fires, floods, tornadoes and heat waves around the country, a group of Canadian scientists are asking why they’re happening in the first place. “May and June were record hot months in Canada and we’ve got the record wildfire season as well,” said Nathan Gillett ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What ideas were left on the cutting room floor in passport redesign? We’ll never know
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Garry Keller recalls the first images passport staff brought before the then-Conservative government for consideration during the last major passport overhaul. “We laughed,” Keller recalls. “It looked like a C-minus effort.” The original concepts featured a Canada goose, a beaver and a maple leaf – ideas the government found uninspired and “lowest-common denominator.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian intelligence flagged Chinese meddling 37 years ago: newly released report
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on July 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – A newly released document shows intelligence officials have been tracking China’s attempts to meddle in Canadian affairs for more than one-third of a century. The February 1986 intelligence report warned that Beijing was using open political tactics and secret operations to influence and exploit the Chinese diaspora in Canada. It said China was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family remembers Alberta pilot who died fighting wildfire as big man with big heart
By The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
WHITECOURT, Alta. – A pilot whose helicopter crashed while he was fighting a forest fire in northern Alberta is being remembered as a big man with a big heart. “He travelled and made an impact wherever he went,” Ryan Gould’s family said in a statement Friday shared by family friend Kassy Goodyer. Gould was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police launch tip line in missing B.C. children’s alleged abduction
By The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – Police have launched a dedicated phone line and email account to gather tips for the Amber Alert case involving two missing British Columbia children alleged to have been abducted by their mother. Surrey RCMP say that the suspect, Verity Bolton, has access to “a number of trailers” along with a blue 2012 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire crews fight wildfire with fire to protect, secure Cranbrook, B.C. airport
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
VICTORIA – The forest and brush around the international airport at Cranbrook, B.C., has been scorched in an all-out effort to protect the vital transportation link from an encroaching wildfire, airport manager Tristen Chernove said Friday. Wildfire crews were at the Canadian Rockies International Airport in southeastern B.C. overnight Friday monitoring the fires that were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More money for Montreal supervised drug-use sites amid rise in addiction
By Thomas MacDonald, The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec is boosting funding for supervised consumption sites in Montreal in an effort to prevent overdoses as the city grapples with homelessness and a rise in suspected drug-related deaths. The province is dedicating an additional $1.5 million for services targeted to drug users, including $1.2 million that will go to four organizations in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port union to recommend settlement agreement to its members
By The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says it will hold a meeting Tuesday to recommend the terms of a tentative agreement to its membership. The development may end the labour dispute between the union and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association, which shut down the province’s port facilities for 13 days earlier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ministers’ embrace of Rwanda’s Kagame undermines democratic values: governance prof
By The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A professor who studies how countries relate with authoritarian states says Canada has missed the mark in warmly embracing Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Rwanda is hosting a major development conference this week called Women Deliver in the capital of Kigali. Canadian cabinet ministers Harjit Sajjan and Marci Ien met with Kagame as part ... Read More »
1 responseAt UN, Trudeau hails European values as source of global strength in troubled times
By The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
WASHINGTON – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is at the United Nations where he is bestowing a special award on the European Commission and its president. Trudeau is presenting the World Peace and Liberty Award to Ursula von der Leyen on the final day of the World Law Congress. He says European values, forged 80 years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Silent treatment: Quebec officers refusing to answer questions from police watchdog
By Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press on July 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – The majority of police forces across Quebec are refusing to answer questions from investigators with the province’s independent police watchdog after a court affirmed the right of officers not to incriminate themselves. The situation, first reported by The Globe and Mail, reflects an increasingly tense relationship between Quebec’s police forces and the body ... Read More »
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