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Wildfires leading to smog warnings, poor air quality in Ontario, Quebec
By The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
MONTREAL – Environment Canada says forest fires are causing poor air quality today across much of Quebec and Ontario. The federal agency has issued smog warnings for the regions around the cities of Montreal and Gatineau and for western Quebec. It says poor air quality can also be expected in northern Quebec, including parts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Masai Ujiri, Dan Levy and Kent Monkman appointed to Order of Canada
By The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, actor and writer Dan Levy and Cree artist Kent Monkman are among the dozens of people newly named to Canada’s highest civilian honour. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced 85 appointments to the Order of Canada on Friday, including three companions, 22 officers and 60 members. Ujiri was named ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No need for ‘double punishment’ in mandatory sentence case, Supreme Court rules
By The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court says a woman who was barred from driving for almost two years while awaiting sentencing would face a kind of double punishment if she were now handed an additional, mandatory one-year prohibition. The Supreme Court of Canada ruling comes today in the case of Jennifer Basque, who was charged with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Masai Ujiri, Kent Monkman appointed to Order of Canada
By The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Cree artist Kent Monkman are among the dozens of people newly named to Canada’s highest civilian honour. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced 85 appointments to the Order of Canada on Friday, including three companions, 22 officers and 60 members. Ujiri was named an officer to the Order ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Pair of key economic reports out today
By The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Pair of key economic reports coming today Statistics Canada will release its report this morning on how the economy fared in April when it releases its reading of gross domestic product ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. must urgently change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s independent forests watchdog is calling for the provincial government to make critical changes to how it manages forests to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires. The report, released Thursday by the B.C. Forest Practices Board, says risk mitigation currently focuses on areas near communities, but leaves the wider forest landscape “severely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Attacks on LGBTQ community largely influenced by events in the U.S.: advocates
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on June 30th, 2023
Wilbur Turner has witnessed his fair share of hate since he came out as a queer man 27 years ago in Alberta. He’s seen it from pockets of the Christian right and from the then-Progressive Conservative government in his home province when it opposed same-sex marriage in the mid-2000s. In the years since, documented attacks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Community in Northwest Territories evacuated as wildfires near
By The Canadian Press on June 29th, 2023
WEKWEÈTÃŒ, N.W.T. – A community north of Yellowknife is being evacuated as three wildfires burn nearby. The Tlicho government says the first plane from Wekweeti, which is home to more than 100 people, left for Yellowknife at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Northwest Territories’ wildfire agency says the closest wildfire is burning between Wekweeti’s airport and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Triple stabbing at University of Waterloo was hate-motivated, police say, man charged
By Fakiha Baig in Waterloo, Ont., and Jordan Omstead in Toronto, The Canadian Press on June 29th, 2023
A triple stabbing during a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo is believed to have been a hate-motivated attack, police said Thursday as they laid multiple charges against a 24-year-old former student. The attack that took place Wednesday injured three people and shocked the university campus located about 100 kilometres west of Toronto. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate policies and fossil fuel: Clean fuel regulations and carbon pricing explained
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on June 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – On Saturday, the federal government’s long-promised clean fuel regulations will take effect across Canada. Here are five things to know about what they are, how they will affect you and why they are different from the carbon price. What are the clean fuel regulations? First promised in 2016, but not completed until last ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfires: Fireworks shows, including for Canada Day, nixed in Montreal due to smog
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on June 29th, 2023
MONTREAL – Two major fireworks displays, including for Canada Day, have been cancelled in Montreal as air-quality concerns persist because of wildfires burning in northern Quebec. It’s unclear whether the smog warning issued Thursday would remain by the weekend, but organizers of Montreal’s Canada Day event cancelled the fireworks display out of “solidarity” with those ... Read More »
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