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Premiers meeting in Winnipeg starts with discussion with Indigenous leaders
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Canada’s premiers discussed housing, child welfare and other topics while meeting with Indigenous leaders in Winnipeg. Manitoba’s Heather Stefanson, host of the meeting, says it was an opportunity to discuss reconciliation and solutions to challenges being faced across the country. David Chartrand, head of the Manitoba Métis Federation, says the premiers listened as ... Read More »
1 response220 homes evacuated near Quebec City as heavy rain prompts flooding, landslide fears
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
MONTREAL – Officials have ordered the evacuation of 220 homes in Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, Que., near Quebec City, amid fears that rising water levels will lead to flooding. City manager Marc Proulx says 70 millimetres of rain fell over a few hours north of the town and that the water level of a local river is rising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine war proves value of LNG Canada, CEO tells global gas conference in Vancouver
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The head of the LNG Canada export facility in British Columbia says price and supply volatility worldwide since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows the value of his company’s project as a source of “affordable, reliable” and “responsibly produced” liquefied natural gas. Project CEO Jason Klein has told the LNG 2023 conference in Vancouver ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. announces total campfire ban amid drastic wildfire surge
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is imposing a total campfire ban across the entire province, except Haida Gwaii, after lightning combined with tinder-dry conditions sparked a huge surge in wildfires over the weekend. The measure, announced by Minister of Emergency Management Bowinn Ma and effective at 3 p.m. Monday, totally bans the smallest category 1 campfires, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says cluster bombs ‘should not be used’ after U.S. sends munitions to Ukraine
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to strongly advocate that cluster bombs “should not be used,” after the United States announced it is sending the munitions to help Ukraine’s war effort against Russian aggressors. Trudeau told reporters in Latvia on the eve of a summit held by the NATO military alliance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pierre Poilievre ‘does not agree’ with ‘straight pride’ message in photo at Stampede
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – A spokesman for Pierre Poilievre says the federal Conservative leader does not agree with the message of “straight pride,” after he was photographed with a man wearing a T-shirt bearing those words. Sebastian Skamski says Poilievre had been posing with “hundreds of people” at the Calgary Stampede on Saturday when he was photographed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. announces total campfire ban amid huge surge in wildfires
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is imposing a total campfire ban across the entire province, except Haida Gwaii, after lightning combined with tinder-dry conditions to spark a huge surge in wildfires over the weekend. The measure, announced by Minister of Emergency Management Bowinn Ma and effective at 3 p.m., totally bans the smallest category 1 campfires, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: B.C. announces total campfire ban amid huge surge in wildfires
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is imposing a total campfire ban across the entire province, except Haida Gwaii, after lightning combined with tinder-dry conditions to spark a huge surge in wildfires over the weekend. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Northwest Territories to increase minimum wage by nearly 5.6 per cent
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories government says it plans to increase the minimum wage by almost 5.6 per cent to reflect an increase in the consumer price index. The territory says its minimum hourly wage will increase from $15.20 to $16.05 beginning Sept. 1. The Northwest Territories last increased its minimum wage by $1.74 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deputy minister had no reason to think Mendicino unaware of Bernardo move: department
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has for weeks been dealing with the fallout from the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lightning sparks about 200 new wildfires across B.C. as heat grips Interior
By The Canadian Press on July 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Hundreds of lightning strikes in many parts of British Columbia almost tripled the number of active wildfires in the province over the weekend, with most burning in central and northern B.C. The BC Wildfire Service is reporting more than 300 fires, with 87 spotted in the last 24 hours and almost 200 of ... Read More »
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