National News
Air Canada failing to provide full services in both official languages: report
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – The official languages commissioner says Canadian travellers – particularly francophones – are struggling to get service in their official language of choice from Air Canada. Raymond Théberge says his assessment also applies to the Canada Border Services Agency and major airport authorities. His new report highlights the way federal institutions are failing meeting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!O’Toole says CSIS told him he was focus of Chinese misinformation, suppression effort
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Conservative MP Erin O’Toole says Canada’s spy agency has told him he was the target of Chinese interference intended to to discredit him and promote false narratives about his policies while party leader. Rising in the House of Commons on a question of privilege today, O’Toole says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service briefing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Afghan advisers take government to court over alleged discrimination
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Two Canadians who served the military in Afghanistan are suing the federal government over alleged discrimination for failing to rescue their family members from the Taliban. The federal government recently created a program to ensure the families of Canadians who served as language and cultural advisers in Afghanistan are brought to safety. But ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals still have faith in David Johnston’s work on foreign meddling: House leader
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Government House leader Mark Holland says the federal Liberals still have faith in the man they appointed to investigate the issue of foreign interference in Canadian elections. But Holland would not confirm whether the government could fire David Johnston if an NDP motion calling for his ouster passes in the House of Commons ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland says Liberal government respects Alberta electing Danielle Smith as premier
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
OTTAWA – Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the Liberal government respects the choice the people of Alberta have made at the ballot box. She made the comment on her way into the federal Liberals’ weekly cabinet meeting, hours after UCP Leader Danielle Smith was declared victorious over the NDP’s Rachel Notley in Monday’s provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halifax wildfire: Officials worry high winds will cause ‘reburn’ in subdivisions
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
HALIFAX – Fire officials in Nova Scotia say the uncontained wildfire in suburban Halifax has remained stable, but they warn the return of dry, windy conditions Tuesday could lead to a “reburn” in evacuated subdivisions. “We are expecting a bit of a weather shift,” David Steeves, a forest resources technician with Nova Scotia’s Department of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Halifax wildfire: Officials worry that high winds will cause ‘reburn’ in subdivisions
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
HALIFAX – Fire officials in Nova Scotia say the uncontained wildfire in suburban Halifax remained stable overnight, but they warned the return of dry, windy conditions today could lead to a “reburn” in evacuated subdivisions. Halifax deputy fire Chief David Meldrum told a news conference that firefighters spent the night extinguishing hot spots in neighbourhoods ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 30 : Alberta UCP wins majority government
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 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 May 30 … What we are watching in Canada … Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s time to put personal and political attacks in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Municipality says early estimate is 200 homes or structures damaged in N.S. fire
By The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
HALIFAX – The Halifax Regional Municipality says preliminary estimates indicate approximately 200 homes or structures have been damaged by a wildfire that’s been burning in suburban Halifax. The municipality released the estimate in a statement last night, saying it was based on initial visual inspections by first responders and that a full assessment of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lone tenant in a $400-a-month apartment could hold up major Montreal condo project
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
MONTREAL – As Carla White looks out the window of her yellow-and-pink, plant-filled apartment in the heart of downtown Montreal, she wonders where she’s going to live next. “I look out there and say, where am I going now?” she says, gesturing at the highrises that tower above the building where she lives. The apartment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Crushing consequences’: experts see growing risk as wildfires crash into communities
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on May 30th, 2023
The fire department in Slave Lake, Alta., had a long-standing plan for tackling wildfire encroaching on the community, but in May 2011, flames from a nearby forest blewover suppression effortsand destroyed several hundred homes and other buildings. “I think that was the most shocking time of my entire career and maybe of my life, where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!
