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Canadian diplomat expelled from China in retaliation for similar move by Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2023
China has declared a Canadian diplomat as “persona non grata” in retaliation for Ottawa’s expulsion of a Chinese consular official, who Canada’s spy agency alleged was involved in a plot to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong. On Tuesday, China’s Foreign Ministry posted a statement on its English website saying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Favourable forecast may help Alberta firefighting effort, but heat expected to return
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2023
Parts of Alberta are experiencing cooler temperatures and even light rain as the province remains under a state of emergency while dozens of wildfires continue raging. The government is warning, however, that a return to hot and dry conditions is expected and that fires can reignite even after several days of light rain. More than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Firefighters question Alberta cuts to aerial attack teams as province battles blazes
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2023
EDMONTON – Former members of an elite Alberta wildfire-fighting crew say government budget cuts have left the province battling its current blazes short-handed. “We could have been difference-makers,” said Jordan Erlandson, a former member of Alberta’s Rapattack team. Those firefighters were trained to rappel from helicopters to get at wildfires while they still only covered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly to announce Canada’s bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, pledging to advance issues from online speech to access to abortion. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will announce this afternoon Canada’s candidacy to sit on the council for 2028 to 2030, through an election that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A year later, Ukrainian hopes to stay in rural Newfoundland but work is hard to find
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2023
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Stanislav Vasylchuk is more than 6,000 kilometres from home, and he’s the only Ukrainian in the remote Newfoundland mining town of Baie Verte, a community of about 1,300 people surrounded by scrubby northern woods and towering rocky slopes. There are no hip cafés where the 29-year-old engineer might meet people. There ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High temperatures in B.C. pose ‘threat of new wildfires,’ wildfire service warns
By The Canadian Press on May 8th, 2023
Rain and cooler temperatures in northeastern British Columbia will help suppression efforts for two out-of-control wildfires, but high temperatures forecast for later this week may pose a new threat, says a BC Wildfire Service spokesman. Cliff Chapman, the director of wildfire operations, told a news conference Monday that the area has not received enough precipitation ... Read More »
1 response‘Challenging time’: Alberta wildfire evacuees to get financial aid, military to help
By The Canadian Press on May 8th, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta government promised financial aid Monday to people forced from their homes by wildfires that continue to threaten many areas of the province. The province also asked the federal government for help, and Premier Danielle Smith said military personnel would be deployed to prevent looting and maintain order in evacuated communities. “There ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. flood risk enters period of stabilization, but more snowmelt anticipated
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on May 8th, 2023
GRAND FORKS, B.C. – The flooding situation in British Columbia has entered a “period of stabilization” after at-risk regions received less rain than expected, but forecasters say warm weather will likely trigger further threats later this week. Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Monday that communities such as Grand Forks, about 520 kilometres east of ... Read More »
1 responseCanada’s long history of expelling diplomats
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on May 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s expulsion of a Chinese diplomat following allegations of a threat campaign against a Conservative MP marks the first time in five years a foreign representative is told to pack up and leave the country. It’s rare but not unheard of for Canada to expel diplomats. Declaring someone persona non grata – an ... Read More »
1 responseEby says he met CSIS regional boss over foreign election meddling in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on May 8th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby says he had a meeting with the regional director of Canada’s spy agency over allegations of foreign interference in the province’s elections. He says he was told he could not receive information because he’s not a “direct client” of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which he says he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TB screening planned for Nunavut hamlet battling outbreak since 2021
By The Canadian Press on May 8th, 2023
PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut – The Nunavut government and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, a group representing Inuit in the territory, are holding a community-wide screening clinic for tuberculosis in Pangnirtung later this year. The screening is to begin in September and continue through November. A tuberculosis outbreak was declared in the hamlet in November 2021. As of late ... Read More »
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