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CP NewsAlert: Wildfire triggers evacuation order for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
VANCOUVER – An immediate evacuation order has been issued for residents of the British Columbia District of Tumbler Ridge, a community of 2,400 people in northeastern B.C, due to the threat posed by an encroaching wildfire. More to come... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporters of Hassan Diab say extradition must not be ‘instrument of persecution’
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government’s representative in the Senate says he misspoke earlier this spring when he suggested that France had requested the extradition of Ottawa sociology professor Hassan Diab. In a new letter to Justin Trudeau, over 130 members of the Canadian legal community referred to the April 27 remarks by Sen. Marc Gold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newfoundland police issue Amber Alert for 14-year-old girl said to be abducted
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Police in Newfoundland and Labrador have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since last week. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary say Melissa Morrell was abducted by an unidentified suspect whom they believe she knows. The force says “an unauthorized adult” is believed to be providing guidance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec fires: situation ‘stable’ for coming days; evacuees stuck until next week
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s precarious wildfire situation is expected to remain stable over the next 48 hours but residents displaced by the raging forest fires likely won’t be able to return home until early next week, Premier François Legault said Thursday. “We have (as of) today, 13,500 people that have been evacuated, we think that it’ll ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why is the federal government looking to create a national emergency agency?
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is looking at creating some kind of national disaster response agency in the face of an unusually intense and destructive start to the wildfire season across the country. At the moment, federal departments including Emergency Preparedness, Public Safety and National Defence co-ordinate when there is a request for help from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Newfoundland police issue Amber Alert for missing 14-year-old girl
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Police in Newfoundland and Labrador have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since last week. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says Melissa Morrell has been abducted. The force says it believes she knows her abductor, but the suspect is not known to police. Morrell is described ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau Foundation board chair says donation from Chinese company has been returned
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s board says the organization has returned a $140,000 donation to Millennium Golden Eagle International. Edward Johnson was speaking to a House committee that’s investigating allegations that Beijing orchestrated donations to the charity in an attempt to influence the prime minister. Those allegations came from a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal budget bill passes in House of Commons after Conservative filibuster attempt
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – The House of Commons passed the Liberal government’s budget bill today, which seeks to roll out vast new incentives for clean energy and expending dental care subsidies – despite a Conservative attempt to hold it up. The bill passed 177 to 146 with the support of Liberals and New Democrats, while the Tories ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Unmitigated gall’: Senator rejects minister’s call to pass Liberal guns bill quickly
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – A battle appears to be brewing between senators and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, as he tries to see the Liberals’ controversial gun legislation passed swiftly into law. His office sent a letter to leaders of the different Senate groups and the chair of a committee, saying the minister is “eager” answer senators’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fresh D.C. breeze eases atmospheric angst as Canadian smoke chokes U.S. capital
By The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
WASHINGTON – Tourists in the U.S. capital are taking Canada’s prodigious wildfire smoke in stride. Air quality alerts in Washington, D.C., reached “code purple” status today, one notch below the “maroon” levels in neighbouring Baltimore. But while the grey haze made making out the Washington Monument and the Capitol difficult from a distance, it was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India angered by apparent Sikh parade float in Canada portraying assassination
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on June 8th, 2023
OTTAWA – India’s foreign minister is condemning images of a parade said to have occurred in Brampton, Ont., which seemed to portray the 1984 assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi by her two Sikh bodyguards. The Canadian Press has not verified the source of a short video that appears to show a parade float on ... Read More »
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