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Feds to release final version of national climate adaptation strategy today
By The Canadian Press on June 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s plan to make communities more resilient to climate change is coming today. The final version of the national adaptation strategy is expected to be similar to the draft published last fall, which included targets to shore up resistance to wildfires, extreme heat and major storms, such as hurricanes. That includes measures to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provinces with existing dental coverage got smaller share of federal kids’ benefit
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on June 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Provinces that already cover dental-care services for children have been given a smaller share of federal dollars from the Canada Dental Benefit, further driving concerns that governments will end that coverage as the federal program expands. Data provided to Parliament shows that provinces and territories with dental benefits for all children were given ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olivia Chow elected next mayor of Toronto, vows to bring change
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
TORONTO – Olivia Chow, a former NDP parliamentarian and longtime standard bearer for the progressive left, was elected mayor of Toronto on Monday, promising to bring change to a city grappling with housing unaffordability, public safety concerns and a massive budget shortfall. Chow, who beat out 101 other candidates, also became the first person of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Forest fire centre declares 2023 already worst year ever for Canadian wildfires
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
MONTREAL – Canada surpassed the record for area burned by wildfires in a single year Monday as hundreds of fires continued to blaze in almost every province and territory. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reported Monday afternoon that 76,129 square kilometres of forest and other land has burned since Jan. 1. That exceeds the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Johnston files final report on foreign meddling, done as special rapporteur
By The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – David Johnston has filed his final – and confidential – report on foreign interference to the prime minister, ending his controversial term as special rapporteur. Johnston had announced his plans to resign the role earlier this month, saying the atmosphere around his work had become too partisan. The former governor general was appointed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Johnston files final report on foreign meddling, done as rapporteur
By The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former governor general David Johnston has filed his final – and confidential – report on foreign interference to the prime minister, ending his controversial term as special rapporteur. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Groups decry ‘punitive,’ ‘coercive’ drug policies amid worsening overdose crisis
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A coalition of eight advocacy groups is decrying Canada’s “devastating” drug policy that advocates say is doing more harm than good in the country’s fight against the illicit drug overdose crisis. The groups sent a co-written letter to three federal ministers on Monday, criticizing the country’s drug policy as “punitive” and “coercive” and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau taking cautious reaction to revolt to avoid fuelling Russian propaganda
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND – Canada is monitoring the situation in Russia after a short-lived armed rebellion by a mercenary leader this weekend, Prime Minister Justin said Monday, adding a cautious approach is needed to avoid fuelling Russian propaganda. A revolt staged Saturday by Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary paramilitary organization known as the Wagner Group, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada considers Quebec woman with six children in Syria a security risk, lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer says Canada will not repatriate a Quebec woman being held in Syria with her six children because officials believe she poses a security risk. Lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, who has been working to bring the woman home, says he was advised of the decision recently by Global Affairs Canada. He says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.W.T. power corporation fined $200K following death of worker in 2021
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has been fined $200,000 for contravening the territory’s Safety Act after a worker died from injuries he sustained at a Yellowknife power plant in 2021. Michael Chinna, who was in the fourth year of his apprenticeship as a power systems electrician, was hit by falling ice outside an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations in B.C. call on minister to resign over horrific child abuse case
By The Canadian Press on June 26th, 2023
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – First Nations leaders in British Columbia are calling for the resignation of the children’s minister and an overhaul of the foster system after a horrific case involving torture, starvation and other abuse that culminated in the beating death of an 11-year-old boy. A provincial court judge in Chilliwack, B.C., earlier this month ... Read More »
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