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Evacuees can return in Sept-ÃŽles, but more than 160 wildfires still burning in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – One Quebec city that had been threatened by approaching wildfires has lifted an evacuation order, but other parts of the province continue to deal with out-of-control blazes that are taxing firefighting resources. About 6,000 residents of Sept-ÃŽles, Que., and the nearby Innu community of Mani-Utenam had been under an evacuation order since Friday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre calls on Liberals to make killers like Bernardo stay in max-security prison
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should see to it that mass murderers serve their entire sentences in maximum-security prison. The call comes as Trudeau’s government deals with the fallout from a Correctional Service of Canada decision to transfer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security institution in Quebec. Anne Kelly, commissioner ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Research advances date for likely summer ice-free Arctic by a decade
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
New research has moved up the time by which the Arctic Ocean is predicted to be free of summer ice. A paper published Tuesday in the journal Nature has concluded that those northern waters could be open for months at a time as early as 2030, even if humanity manages to drastically scale back its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Internal docs suggest Trudeau wants China blocked from Pacific Rim trade deal
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – An internal document suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants China kept out of a Pacific Rim trade bloc, despite the Liberals publicly insisting it would welcome anyone who meets the trade deal’s standards. China has been trying since 2019 to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade bloc that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative filibuster threatens potential citizenship for children born abroad
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Advocates for would-be Canadians born abroad say Conservative efforts to filibuster amendments to the Citizenship Act are threatening their hopes of passing their nationality on to their children and grandchildren. As it stands, Canadian parents who were born abroad cannot pass their citizenship down to their child unless the child was born in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!David Johnston expected to begin public meetings on foreign interference next month
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former governor general David Johnston says he will begin holding public meetings next month on foreign interference attempts in Canada’s elections. Johnston, whom Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed to investigate the issue, is appearing before a parliamentary committee today for a marathon three hours of testimony. Johnston released a report last month that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for June 6 : Feds say Canada on track to have worst wildfire season ever
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 6 … What we are watching in Canada … Canada’s emergency preparedness minister says images of wildfires burning across the country are some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds warn 2023 on track to be the worst fire season ever seen in Canada
By The Canadian Press on June 6th, 2023
Canada’s emergency preparedness minister says images of wildfires burning across the country are some of the most severe ever witnessed in Canada and the current forecast for the next few months indicates the potential for continued higher-than-normal fire activity. Bill Blair and six other federal cabinet ministers provided an update Monday on Canada’s wildfire situation, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their ‘polarizing rhetoric’
By The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia officials have sought to rebut claims that drugs prescribed through the province’s safe supply program aimed at curbing overdoses are being re-sold to young people, helping fuel the deadly drug toxicity crisis. B.C.’s representative for children and youth, Jennifer Charlesworth, said her office reviews injury and death reports involving young people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. officials push back on safe supply critics, seeing ‘no sign’ drugs are diverted
By The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia officials have rebutted claims that drugs prescribed through the province’s safe supply program aimed at curbing overdoses are being re-sold to young people, helping fuel the deadly opioid crisis. B.C.’s representative for children and youth, Jennifer Charlesworth, says her office hasn’t seen any indication that youth are using drugs “diverted” from ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa offers $1.5 million for security at Pride parades after rise in hate crimes
By The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is earmarking $1.5 million for LGBTQ community organizations to boost security measures at Pride parades and other events this summer. The money matches a request by a national umbrella group, Fierté Canada Pride, which will distribute it to local committees that apply. The funding can be used for expenses such ... Read More »
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