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Foreign firefighters fight flames, fatigue and get ‘eaten alive’ by mosquitoes
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – Eighteen-year-old Hunter Sousa from Maine celebrated his high school graduation by hopping in a truck and heading to Nova Scotia to fight the biggest forest fire in the province’s history. Sousa works for the Maine forest service as an on-call firefighter, but had never before fought a fire. The call from his superior ... Read More »
1 responseAs LBGTQ community girds for battle, advocates say time and the law are on their side
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
WASHINGTON – Harleigh Walker is just an ordinary American high school kid, but with one important difference: how she’s spending her summer vacation. The self-described “very happy” straight-A student, debate-team veteran and unabashed Taylor Swift fan enjoys listening to records in her bedroom and going to concerts with friends in her Alabama town of Auburn. ... Read More »
1 responseMore threats mean more security at Pride. That plays out differently across Canada
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on June 23rd, 2023
For the first time in its decade-long history, the Pride festival in Timmins, Ont., had to budget for security this year. Previously, there had been no online threats, no reason to believe safety was any issue. But hateful anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has ramped up across the internet, and the northern Ontario city of 40,000 was not ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec wildfires: Northern city and Cree community ordered to evacuate
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – A northern Quebec city and a Cree community have ordered to residents to leave their homes as the areas face the threat of forest fires. The Cree community of Mistissini says residents need to evacuate the area by Friday, as heavy smoke is expected to make driving difficult by Sunday. The community, which ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. vineyards devastated by winter freeze, slashing wine output up to 56%: growers
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
KELOWNA, B.C. – Wine growers in British Columbia say a bitter cold snap last winter has devastated vineyards, causing irreparable damage to almost half of the province’s planted acreage that may force some producers out of business. The fallout from last December’s freeze, that saw temperatures in the Okanagan dip to minus 30 C, has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.W.T. RCMP warn against vigilante justice after assaults in Fort McPherson
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
FORT MCPHERSON, N.W.T. – Police in the Northwest Territories are warning residents not to take justice into their own hands after a group assaulted two men suspected of drug trafficking and stealing a vehicle in Fort McPherson. RCMP say they found a truck early Wednesday that had been reported stolen, but it refused to stop ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Titan submersible torn apart by catastrophic implosion, killing all five aboard
By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
A catastrophic implosion ripped apart the Titan submersible, killing all five people aboard as it was descending to the bottom of the North Atlantic during an expedition to the wreck of the Titanic, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday. Several pieces of the minivan-size craft, including parts of its carbon-fibre hull, were found in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec wildfires: Northern city Lebel-sur-Quévillon evacuated for second time
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – The northern Quebec city of Lebel-sur-Quévillon has been ordered to evacuate for the second time in less than three weeks as the community once again faces the threat of a forest fire. One of two routes connecting the community to the rest of the province has been blocked by fire, Mayor Guy Lafrenière ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP confident inquiry into interference will come, but details still being negotiated
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – New Democratic House leader Peter Julian says Canadians can be confident that a public inquiry on foreign interference is going to happen. Opposition parties wanted the government to announce the inquiry before the House of Commons rose for the summer break, but the sitting adjourned Wednesday night without any agreement. Still, Julian says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal justice minister orders new trial for two men convicted of murder in 1974
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Justice Minister David Lametti is ordering a new trial for two Indigenous men who were convicted of murder by an all-white jury nearly 50 years ago. Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were sentenced to life in prison for killing Ting Fong Chan, who was working at a Winnipeg restaurant when he was stabbed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police chief rejects street check moratorium despite racial profiling data
By The Canadian Press on June 22nd, 2023
Montreal’s police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice. Fady Dagher made the comments today after he released a report by university researchers recommending he temporarily suspend random police stops. Dagher says a moratorium would be purely ... Read More »
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