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Fire burned through memories, pieces of history, says owner of Nova Scotia daycare
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
The owner of a Nova Scotia daycare destroyed as recent wildfires ripped through the province says the flames consumed both her livelihood and a physical piece of twentieth-century history. Among the many memories and treasured family heirlooms lost in the fire that raced through suburban Halifax was a piece of the Berlin Wall belonging to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watchdog’s relations with spy community ‘particularly strained’ over last year
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Newly released documents say the intelligence community’s relationship with its key watchdog has been particularly strained over the last year due to a “level of resistance” to scrutiny. The assessment appears in briefing materials prepared for Canada’s top public servant in advance of a late January meeting with the chair of the National ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What about Kristen, Leslie’s rights, asks lawyer for Bernardo victims after transfer
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Paul Bernardo should be returned to a maximum-security prison, the lawyer representing the families of his young murder victims said as he called on the Correctional Service of Canada to be more transparent about what led to his transfer to a medium-security facility in the first place. Tim Danson represents the relatives of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union gives failing grade to companies handling veterans rehabilitation contract
By The Canadian Press on June 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – A union representing workers at Veterans Affairs Canada says a deal to privatize rehabilitation services has been a failure. The $570-million contract with Lifemark Health Group and WCG International Consultants was supposed to take the strain off case managers and help veterans access services. But the Union of Veterans’ Affairs Employees has given ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire tally tops 150 as thousands more evacuate northwestern Quebec
By Christopher Reynolds and Coralie Laplante, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – Wildfires in northwestern Quebec prompted thousands to evacuate the area over the weekend, as the number of blazes pushed past 150 and firefighters and the military poured into parts of the province to fight the encroaching flames – even as that threat eased slightly Sunday on the North Shore. Some 5,500 residents of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec town devastated by fishing accident that killed local man, four children
By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
Residents of a small northeastern Quebec village are devastated by the news that a local man and two of his children were among five people killed in a weekend fishing mishap, one of the man’s relatives said Sunday. Keven Girard, 37, and four children died early on Saturday when they were caught in the shifting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police identify man found in Quebec fishing tragedy in which 4 children also died
By The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
PORTNEUF-SUR-MER – Police have identified the adult who was among a group of five people killed in a fishing accident in northeastern Quebec on Saturday. Provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville says divers found the body of Keven Girard, 37, in the St. Lawrence river on Saturday night, and he was pronounced dead in hospital. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire tally tops 140 as thousands more evacuate northwestern Quebec
By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – Wildfires in northwestern Quebec prompted thousands to evacuate the area over the weekend, as the number of blazes pushed past 140 and the military geared up to fight the encroaching flames – even as that threat eased slightly Sunday on the North Shore. Some 5,500 residents of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, which borders Ontario, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Uncertainty remains for Halifax-area evacuees as wildfire 100 per cent contained
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
HALIFAX – In the days since he lost his home in the wildfires that swept through his Halifax-area subdivision, Dwayne Melnick has had a mission to focus on: find a place to stay. Speak to insurance companies and contractors. Begin making a list of belongings for insurance purposes. Focusing, he said, helps him keep moving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfires in western Quebec prompt thousands more evacuees to relocate
By The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – Wildfires in western Quebec have prompted thousands to evacuate the area over the weekend, while the threat of encroaching flames eased slightly on the North Shore as Canadian Armed Forces geared up to fight the threat. Public Security Minister François Bonnardel says some 5,500 residents of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, which borders Ontario, have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halifax-area wildfire 100 per cent contained, but Shelburne fire still out of control
By The Canadian Press on June 4th, 2023
HALIFAX – A wildfire that tore through homes and businesses in the Halifax area is 100 per cent contained, but a historic fire in southwestern Nova Scotia remains out of control. The province’s natural resources department says the Tantallon fire northwest of the capital’s city’s downtown is now under control, meaning it is not expected ... Read More »
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