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BC Coroners Service blames illicit drug supply for 184 deaths in June
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The BC Coroners Service says 184 people died in the province in June due to the toxic, unregulated drug supply that has claimed more than 1,200 lives in the first half of this year. The coroners service says the numbers show how risky it continues to be for users who access their drugs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oil and gas methane reductions less expensive than paying carbon tax, study finds
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
New research using the latest figures for Canada’s methane emissions concludes it would be much cheaper for the energy industry to meet reduction targets for the potent greenhouse gas than it would be to pay carbon taxes on it. “The federal government’s target for 75 per cent reduction is achievable,” said Kris Chapman of Dunsky ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port strike returns, docs show nuke plans getting updated: In The News for today
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. Strike resumes, shutting down B.C. ports again British Columbia’s ports are facing an uncertain future after the longshore workers union rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nuke plans getting updated and BC port workers back on strike: In The News for today
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today. Nuclear threat prompts Feds review of fallout readiness Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. ports shut down again as union rejects tentative deal, resumes strike action
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s ports are facing an uncertain future after the longshore workers union rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had been put to a temporary halt only last week. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says in Tuesday’s decision to go back to picket lines that “employers have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP or Surrey Police Service? The B.C. government to reveal its decision today
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government is set to reveal its decision today on which force will police the City of Surrey, potentially ending a political tug of war over whether it will be the RCMP or an independent department. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, who is also the province’s public safety minister, says whether he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More military expected to deploy to help B.C. wildfire fight, minister says
By The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
VANCOUVER – More soldiers are expected to be deployed today to help firefighters battle the nearly 400 active wildfires in British Columbia. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says 75 military members are heading to Burns Lake, in central B.C., to join 75 others who were sent to nearby Vanderhoof yesterdayas part of federal assistance in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nuclear threat from Ukraine war prompts Ottawa to update plans for catastrophe
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on July 19th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is dusting off and updating emergency protocols to deal with fallout from a possible tactical nuclear exchange in Europe or the spread of radiation across the ocean from a Ukrainian power plant explosion. Internal Public Safety Canada notes show the measures include updating a highly secret plan to ensure the federal government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family remembers firefighter killed in N.W.T. as brave and passionate about his job
By The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2023
FORT LIARD, N.W.T. – The sky dumped buckets of rain, explosive thunder and lightning shook Jack Yeadon’s home, and the father started to cry. Yeadon said it was the Creator telling him that his son was being honoured for his sacrifice battling a wildfire near his home community in the Northwest Territories. Adam Yeadon, 25, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘His life was cut way too short’: Canadian soldier killed in Quebec gondola crash
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Ontario man who died in Sunday’s gondola crash at the Mont-Tremblant resort was a selfless military member who was devoted to his family, his brother said Tuesday. Sgt. Sheldon Johnson, 50, of Kingston, Ont., was a member of the 5th Canadian Division with 20 years of service, the military confirmed in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C.’s wildfire season is most destructive on record and hasn’t peaked yet: minister
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on July 18th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia hasn’t yet hit the “peak” of its wildfire season, but it has already broken the record for the total area burned in a year, the province’s minister of emergency management said. Officials are now eyeing the prospect of drought-driven conditions rolling into 2024, setting the stage for a similarly disastrous fire ... Read More »
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