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Four kids found unresponsive after northern Quebec fishing mishap: provincial police
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
PORTNEUF-SUR-MER – A fishing trip in northern Quebec has turned tragic after the bodies of four unresponsive children were found on the shores of the St. Lawrence River earlier today. Quebec provincial police say early information suggests a group of people were fishing on the shore when they were caught by the tide in Portneuf-sur-Mer, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One northern Quebec town evacuated as wildfires spread; others allowed to return home
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
MONTREAL – Another northern Quebec town has been evacuated overnight due to an out of control wildfire as the federal government confirmed that Canadian Forces personnel will help deal with the situation in the province. About 2,000 residents of Lebel-sur-Quévillon, in northern Quebec, were the latest to receive a mandatory evacuation notice on Friday evening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inuit, environmental groups praise cruises for agreeing to avoid Eclipse Sound
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
POND INLET, Nunavut – A marine conservation charity and Inuit hunters are praising cruise operators for agreeing to avoid a Nunavut waterway where thousands of narwhal migrate each summer. The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators recently said its members’ ships would not travel through Eclipse Sound this summer and instead go through the Pond ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officials declare Halifax-area wildfire largely contained as rain brings relief
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
HALIFAX – A Halifax-area wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes over the past week is 85 per cent contained and no longer spreading, officials said Saturday morning. David Steeves, a technician of forest resources with Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, told reporters the fire was sitting at 9.5 square ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rain brings much-needed relief to firefighters battling Halifax-area wildfires
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
HALIFAX – Officials in Nova Scotia say the Halifax-area wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes over the past week is now considered held. David Steeves, a technician of forest resources with Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, says the fire is about 85 per cent contained, sits at 9.5 square ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian towns and cities try creative ways to recruit lifeguards amid shortage
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
Staff running pools across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says. Pool and beach staffing can be somewhat challenging at the best of times, since the job often appeals to high school students between 16 to 18 who then leave to go away for post-secondary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I will not bend’: MP Jenny Kwan says she won’t allow China to erase history
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The briefing with Canada’s spy agency, warning Jenny Kwan that she is a target of foreign interference by China, took roughly an hour. It took less than a second, she says, for her to decide that she wouldn’t let Beijing weaken her resolve. The Hong Kong-born member of Parliament has been outspoken against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rain could bring relief to firefighters battling Halifax-area wildfires
By The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
HALIFAX – There are hopes that heavy rain in the forecast could bring relief to Nova Scotia firefighters, who are struggling to bring a major Halifax-area wildfire under control. Halifax Deputy Fire Chief David Meldrum said that Friday was a “pretty good day” for the fire effort near the city, as higher humidity and cooler ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong’s silenced Tiananmen vigil
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on June 3rd, 2023
VANCOUVER – Some members of Canada’s Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong’s renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square falls silent. Sunday marks the 34th anniversary of China’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, in which tanks rolled into the heart of Beijing and hundreds, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to ‘significantly’ enhance military presence in Indo-Pacific region: Anand
By The Canadian Press on June 2nd, 2023
SINGAPORE – Defence Minister Anita Anand says Canada is committed to the support of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific, and is reinforcing its military presence in the region. Speaking in Singapore at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual intergovernmental security conference, Anand announced Canada will significantly enhance its military presence in the Indo-Pacific through Operation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Minister ‘shocked’ at reports of Paul Bernardo being moved to medium-security prison
By The Canadian Press on June 2nd, 2023
The federal public safety minister says reports of teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo being transferred to a medium-security prison are “shocking and incomprehensible.” Citing prison union officials and the lawyer for the victims’ families, multiple media outlets say Bernardo was quietly transferred earlier this week to the medium-security La Macaza Institution, about 190 ... Read More »
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