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BC Hydro predicting record-breaking power usage as heat descends on the province
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BC Hydro is expecting potentially record-breaking demand on the power system as British Columbia and Alberta enter what’s forecast to be a blistering heat wave. The company says if Monday’s forecast holds, peak hourly demand could go as high as 7,800 megawatt hours, about 1,300 more than is typical for May. It says historically the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 12 : Investigation continues into deadly OPP ambush
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 12 … What we are watching in Canada … One Ontario Provincial Police officer remains in hospital as the investigation continues into an ambush ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ambush in Bourget, Ont., leaves one OPP officer dead and two injured
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BOURGET, Ont. – One Ontario Provincial Police officer remains in hospital as the investigation continues into an ambush that left one officer dead and two injured. Officials say Sgt. Eric Mueller was fatally shot Thursday when he and the two other officers responded to a disturbance call at a home in Bourget, Ont., east of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation did not prove Aboriginal title for entire claim area: B.C. Supreme Court
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruling on a First Nations land title lawsuit says it did not prove it had rights to its entire claim area, although he suggested it may be time for the provincial government to rethink its current test for such titles. The Nuchatlaht First Nation, a community on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Study finds search for women’s remains at landfill could take years, cost up to $184M
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to three years and cost $184 million, says a study examining whether a successful search is possible. The study, obtained by The Canadian Press, looked at the various scenarios and challenges that come with searching a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suspect in stabbings of mother and child in Edmonton dies in hospital
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
EDMONTON – Police say the suspect in the stabbing deaths of a mother and child outside a school in Edmonton last week has died in hospital. The man was shot by police Friday after a 35-year-old woman and her 11-year-old child were stabbed outside Crawford Plains School in the southeastern part of the city. Police ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Suspect in stabbings of mother, child in Edmonton dies
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
EDMONTON – Police say the suspect in the stabbing deaths of a mother and child in southeast Edmonton last week has died in hospital. More coming... Read More »
1 responseNDP leaves spring sitting at legislature facing turmoil in public housing management
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
VICTORIA – The New Democrat government in British Columbia started the spring legislative session promising more affordable homes for vulnerable people, but it ends the sitting amid turmoil over its public housing agency. An Ernst and Young audit found mismanagement and risk to public dollars at the Crown corporation BC Housing, and has the government ... Read More »
1 responseCanada to sanction Moldova groups aiding Russia, send judges to boost integrity
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada has set the stage with Moldova to start sanctioning people and companies based in that Eastern European country who are helping Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in Ottawa just weeks after her cabinet said that “hybrid warfare generated by Russia” is trying ... Read More »
1 responseCritics frustrated by slow progress a year after report on military sexual misconduct
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
OTTAWA – One year after receiving 48 recommendations aimed at stamping out sexual misconduct in the military, defence officials gave an update on their progress Thursday that has left critics frustrated with the pace of change. “It’s starting to be a little bit too little, too late,” said Charlotte Duval-Lantoine of the Canadian Global Affairs ... Read More »
1 responseCoyote killed after attack on two-year-old child in Port Coquitlam, B.C., park
By The Canadian Press on May 11th, 2023
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. – A coyote has attacked a two-year-old child in the Metro Vancouver community of Port Coquitlam, resulting in the toddler being sent to hospital with minor injuries. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says on Twitter that the attack happened Wednesday after 8 p.m. at Lions Park near the town centre. The service ... Read More »
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