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UNESCO report on Wood Buffalo park shows urgency of problems, First Nation says
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
An Alberta First Nation that first brought concerns about Canada’s largest national park to UNESCO says a report from the United Nations organization reveals a growing urgency to deal with those problems. Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation says the report reaffirms the threats that dams, climate change and oilsands development pose to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hong Kong democracy activist in Vancouver, B.C., as bounty issued for arrest
By Nono Shen and Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
A democracy activist who’s in Vancouver, B.C., to promote his plan for a Hong Kong parliament in exile says he’s unafraid after the Chinese territory issued a bounty for his arrest over the proposal. Elmer Yuen nevertheless called on the Canadian government to abolish its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, in light of the $170,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who died after landslide in Quebec’s Saguenay—Lac-St-Jean region identified
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Quebec coroner’s office has identified one of two people who died after a landslide in the province’s Saguenay – Lac-St-Jean region as Pascal Héon, 48. The identity of the second person has not yet been released. Police said Tuesday they found the bodies of the two people in the Éternité River. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec joins feds in suspending ads on Facebook, Instagram as Meta vows to block news
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Quebec Premier François Legault says the province is suspending advertising on Facebook and Instagram until Meta resumes talks about the implementation of the federal Online News Act. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez also announced earlier today that the federal government will pull ads off the platforms. The decision from both governments comes after Meta ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa follows peers, blasts Hong Kong bounties on activists with Canada ties
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
Ottawa is condemning Hong Kong officials for issuing bounties for the arrest of eight activists living abroad, days after Canada’s peers slammed the move. Hong Kong’s national-security law restricts civil liberties in the territory, which is a special administrative region within China but was guaranteed certain democratic freedoms when Britain handed over the former colony ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Updated legislation aims to tackle discrimination in public service: PSC
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal government departments and agencies will now have to evaluate whether their hiring practices are discriminatory as changes to the Public Service Employment Act take effect. Public Service Commission spokeswoman Élodie Roy says the changes will strengthen diversity and inclusion in the federal government workforce. The changes were among several amendments introduced to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Evacuated residents returning to Quebec town where landslide killed two people
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – Residents of Quebec’s Saguenay – Lac-St-Jean region are returning home after torrential rain over the weekend caused a series of landslides, including one that killed two people. An official with the town of Rivière-Éternité says that while it’s safe for residents to return, some homes have been damaged by water and mud and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canadian government suspends advertising on Facebook, Instagram
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says the federal government will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram. The decision comes after Meta began blocking Canadian news content on its Facebook and Instagram platforms in response to Canada’s recently passed Online News Act, which would make tech giants pay media outlets in exchange for using their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa man first to face terrorism, hate charges linked to far-right propaganda
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is the first ever to be charged in Canada with terrorism and hate propaganda offences for advocating a violent, far-right ideology. RCMP say they arrested and charged 26-year-old Patrick Gordon Macdonald with participating in the activity of a terrorist group, facilitating terrorist activity and wilfully promoting hatred for a terrorist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada follows peers, blasts Hong Kong bounties that include Edmonton-born activist
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
Ottawa is condemning Hong Kong officials for issuing bounties for the arrest of eight activists living abroad, days after Canada’s peers slammed the move. Hong Kong’s national-security law restricts civil liberties in the territory, which is a special administrative region within China but was guaranteed certain democratic freedoms when Britain handed over the former colony ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provinces falling short of national long-term care standards: report
By The Canadian Press on July 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The National Institute on Ageing has found that provincial long-term care standards vary drastically across the country and, in some cases, fall far short of new national standards released earlier this year. The Health Standards Organization developed the standards to boost quality of life and prevent the spread of infection after the COVID-19 ... Read More »
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