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‘Human compassion’: Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire evacuees
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on May 13th, 2023
Woodland Cree Elder Leonard Cardinal, his wife and their son prepared more than 100 bagged lunches earlier this week and delivered them to evacuees from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, a northwestern Alberta community hit hard by one of the dozens of wildfires burning across the province. They also travelled from Grande Prairie with a trailer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on May 13th, 2023
EDMONTON – Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta’s United Conservatives in their four-year tenure. They tried delisting parks and opening the Rocky Mountains to coal mining. They charged fees for a beloved alpine playground. They started an inquiry into whether environmental groups were “anti-Alberta.” They proposed dunning taxpayers for the cleanup ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big bug benefits: Alberta scientist releases guide identifying cow dung insects
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on May 13th, 2023
Alberta entomologist Kevin Floate is ready to start spreading the news that he has compiled a comprehensive guide into insects that live in cow dung in Canada. Floate – a scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre in southern Alberta – said he started studying insects in cattle dung ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Systemic difficulties’ hampered review of Canada’s cyberspy service: watchdog
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on May 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – A culture within Canada’s cyberspy service of “resisting and impeding” independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal intelligence watchdog. The unusually candid National Security and Intelligence Review Agency records from 2021 are the latest evidence of the watchdog’s irritation at trying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haiti at risk of famine as farmers kidnapped, ‘extremely bad’ hunger fuels tumult
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Even as Canadian aid feeds thousands, the United Nations is warning that Haiti’s political chaos is putting the country at risk of famine, as farmers get kidnapped and the desperate turn to vigilante justice against gangsters. “This is not the usual chronic food crisis in Haiti. This is extremely bad,” said Jean-Martin Bauer, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Privacy commissioner appeals Federal Court decision in Facebook case
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is appealing a recent decision by the Federal Court, which sided with Facebook in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica affair. A judge in April dismissed the federal privacy watchdog’s bid for a declaration that the social media giant, now known as Meta, broke the law ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anti-corruption advocate hopes new financial crime body can start ‘scaring bad guys’
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
Anti-corruption advocate James Cohen says Canada’s reputation has for years been “hammered” over its weak record of prosecuting financial crimes. But now the executive director of Transparency International Canada is hopeful there’s political will to tackle the problem, and that the establishment of the Canada Financial Crime Agency will finally start “scaring the bad guys.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two northern spotted owls found dead in B.C. forest, in blow to release program
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
SPUZZUM, B.C. – Two northern spotted owls that had been released into a British Columbia forest last year have been found dead, potentially reducing the known wild population in the province to a single female. Spuzzum First Nation Chief James Hobart says in a joint statement issued with the government and Jasmine McCulligh, facility co-ordinator ... Read More »
1 responseVancouver Chinatown may be lit in neon again, with $2.2-million revitalization grant
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
Vancouver Chinatown’s once-iconic array of storefront neon lights may soon return, after B.C.’s government announced a one-time grant towards such revitalization projects. British Columbia Premier David Eby says the $2.2-million funding package will support renewal efforts in historic Chinatown, like the restoration of the neon that once dominated the neighbourhood. The funding will also support ... Read More »
1 responseInvestigators comb through Ontario village a day after OPP officer dies in shooting
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BOURGET, Ont. – Investigators combed through a property in a small village east of Ottawa on Friday as police looked to gather more information on a shooting that left one officer dead and two others injured a day earlier. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Eric Mueller died in hospital following the early Thursday shooting at a ... Read More »
1 responseTransparency International Canada paper outlines hopes for new financial crime agency
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
TORONTO – An anticorruption group says the Trudeau government’s plan to create a new federal financial crime agency is positive, but it may be missing an opportunity to tackle corruption and securities fraud. A white paper released this week by Transparency International Canada says establishing a Canada Financial Crimes Agency could improve the country’s “weak ... Read More »
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