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Canadians have the right to a healthy environment with passage of new law
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act enshrining the right to a healthy environment have passed into law. The federal government has been working on the legislation for several years, and introduced the latest version in the Senate in February. It also adds a sentence to the act guaranteeing that every Canadian has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Dances With Wolves’ actor facing additional charges in Alberta
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
TSUUT’INA FIRST NATION – Police in Alberta have issued warrants for Nathan Chasing Horse, a former actor in the movie “Dances With Wolves,” for nine charges including sexual exploitation, sexual assault and sexual interference of a person under 16 years old. Tsuut’ina Police Service say the investigation has spanned several years with one of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec father sexually assaulted by wife qualifies for victim compensation: tribunal
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
MONTREAL – A tribunal has found that a Quebec man who became a father after he was sexually assaulted by his wife qualifies for payments from the provincial fund for victims of crime. The province’s administrative tribunal was asked to rule whether the man should receive the compensation given to someone who supports a child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Improving transparency ‘not a priority’ for the Trudeau government: info watchdog
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal information watchdog says the government’s key transparency provision has steadily eroded to the point where it no longer serves its intended purpose. In her annual report to Parliament, information commissioner Caroline Maynard says chronic issues continue to plague the Access to Information system, with no solutions in sight. For a $5 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women gardening in Prince George, B.C., is bitten by coyote
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A woman is nursing minor injuries after being bitten by a coyote while she was doing some gardening in Prince George, B.C. A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officers Service says the coyote walked up to the woman from behind and bit her. The attack happened Monday in a residential area ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tories, Bloc discuss next steps on foreign interference as NDP pitches its own idea
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two opposition party leaders have now met to discuss the next steps for how the Liberal government should tackle the issue of foreign interference. A spokesman for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre confirms he met today with Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet. Their meeting comes after former governor general David Johnston informed the prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I wasn’t afraid of them’: Ukrainians build new lives, help others after invasion
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine – When Katerina Mischenko looks out the window of her 14th-floor apartment in an older, somewhat rundown neighbourhood in Kyiv, she doesn’t see the graffiti on buildings across the street or the old woman rummaging through a garbage bin below. Instead, she focuses on laughing children playing tag in a playground and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rain should help Quebec firefighting effort as more than 7,200 people still evacuated
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
MONTREAL – Rain in the forecast and the arrival of more foreign reinforcements are raising hopes that Quebec’s more than 7,000 fire evacuees will be able to return home in the coming days, the province’s public security minister said Tuesday. François Bonnardel told reporters that rain showers and cooler temperatures should be moving into northwestern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Storms forecast to bring rain, but also a risk of winds, lightning, as wildfires rage
By The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
Storms across the country could bring much-needed rain, but also the risk of powerful winds and lightning, as Canada experiences its worst wildfire season of the 21st century. Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced a grim milestone Monday, saying more than 47,000 square kilometres have burned so far this year, with 431 wildfires currently burning ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Changes cut wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent in N.W.T.
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories government is lauding changes to its health-care system that it says reduced wait times for mental health counselling by 79 per cent. The territory released a report Tuesday on its implementation of Stepped Care 2.0 in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada and Stepped Care Solutions. The model ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP confirms probe into Chong threats as ex-adviser to PM offers new details on memo
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on June 13th, 2023
OTTAWA – Acting RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme confirmed Tuesday that police have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that Conservative MP Michael Chong was targeted by Beijing. He said the RCMP is also working with elections officials to probe alleged foreign interference against two other members of Parliament – Conservative MP Erin O’Toole and NDP ... Read More »
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