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Firefighter in Northwest Territories dies battling wildfire near home community
By The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
FORT LIARD, N.W.T. – A firefighter has died while battling a wildfire near his home community in the Northwest Territories. The territorial government issued a statement saying the firefighter from Fort Liard died from an injury sustained while battling a nearby blaze on Saturday afternoon. Wildfire Information Officer Jessica Davey-Quantick says the firefighter was involved ... Read More »
1 responsePoilievre’s office, Calgary MP silent over latest photo with controversial message
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s office is tight-lipped over a photo of one of his Opposition critics posing with two people wearing slogans against measures addressing sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. The image, shared to social media, surfaced not long after Poilievre distanced himself from another photo in which he stood next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two people critically injured in gondola crash at Quebec resort Mont-Tremblant
By The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
MONT-TREMBLANT, Que. – Quebec provincial police say two people are in critical condition after a sightseeing gondola crashed at the popular Mont-Tremblant resort. Police say the crash occurred shortly before noon after a piece of construction equipment struck the gondola. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Ève Brochu-Joubert says the two people were riding in the gondola at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada sees 100,000 square kilometres burned this record-breaking wildfire season
By The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s record-breaking wildfire season has now seen 100,000 square kilometres of land scorched as blazes continue to burn out of control across the entire country. The total area burned is roughly the size of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie and Lake Michigan combined. Canada surpassed the record set in 1989 for total area burned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ongoing Storm repairs, public safety concerns leave thousands without power in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
MONTREAL – Hydro-Québec says fewer than 2,000 clients who lost power Thursday due to a thunderstorm are still without electricity, but power has been cut to thousands of Montrealers today for public safety reasons. Around 14,580 hydro customers across the province were without power as of 11 a.m. Hydro-Québec spokesman Francis Labbé says public safety ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.W.T. researchers studying permafrost, ‘the foundation on which everything is built’
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
INUVIK, N.W.T. – Off the side of the road not far from the airport in Inuvik, N.W.T., among the shrubs and spruce trees, a series of rusted metal bars are buried deep in the ground. Installed in 2004, they are helping researchers measure how the ground is changing over time. Jennifer Humphries, permafrost specialist at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Catastrophe:’ Strong opposition to Lac-Mégantic rail bypass 10 years after tragedy
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
LAC-MÉGANTIC, Que. – Raymond Savoie has lived all his 71 years in a small stone house, surrounded by farmland, that was originally built by his great-grandfather nearly 100 years ago in Lac-Mégantic, Que. But last month, he and his partner, Rita Boulanger, learned that their home and part of their land will be expropriated by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign interference shows need for Canada to get serious on media literacy: advocate
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on July 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – As federal parties craft the scope of a possible inquiry into foreign interference, Canada’s media-literacy charity argues governments and schools need to do a better job of preventing citizens from being manipulated by hostile states. “We are going to need a media-literate populace,” said Matthew Johnson, education director with MediaSmarts, a non-profit aimed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 8,000 Quebec households still without power following severe storm
By The Canadian Press on July 15th, 2023
MONTREAL – Power outages persist in the Montreal area 48 hours after severe thunderstorms ripped through southern Quebec, downing trees, snapping poles and breaking wires. Hydro-Québec reports more than 8,100 customers are still without power as of Saturday afternoon, down from more than 20,000 earlier in the day and a Thursday evening peak of more ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa unveils pathway to permanent residency for Ukrainians who have fled to Canada
By The Canadian Press on July 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is announcing details of a long-awaited pathway for Ukrainians to seek permanent residency in Canada starting this fall. Ottawa says those who have fled Russia’s illegal invasion and want to stay in Canada will be able to apply for permanent residency as of Oct. 23, as long as they have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 20,000 Quebec households still without power following severe storm
By The Canadian Press on July 15th, 2023
MONTREAL – Power outages persist in the Montreal area nearly 48 hours after severe thunderstorms ripped through southern Quebec, downing trees, snapping poles and breaking wires. Hydro-Québec reports over 20,000 customers are still without power as of Saturday morning, down from a Thursday evening peak of more than 300,000, with most remaining outages in the ... Read More »
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