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Smoky haze from active wildfires forecasted to worsen in B.C. Interior
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
Environment Canada says smoke from wildfires in the B.C. Interior is expected to worsen in the coming days, bringing poor air quality and associated health risks. In a special air quality statement, Environment Canada and the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy say several Interior communities are likely to see worsening wildfire smoke ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two shooting deaths within 12 hours in Montreal, eighth and ninth homicides of year
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
Montreal police are investigating two shooting deaths that occurred within less than twelve hours of each other. Police responded to a call around 3 a.m. about a 28-year-old man shot dead behind an apartment building in the north-end borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The man’s killing occurred less than 12 hours after the brazen daytime shooting of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Enbridge punches back on Line 5 challenge: ‘Nothing but counter-factual speculation’
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
WASHINGTON – Alberta-based Enbridge Inc. is pushing back hard against an Indigenous band’s efforts to shut down the cross-border Line 5 pipeline. The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa wants a federal judge in Wisconsin to order the pipeline closed, fearing a rupture on its territory due to spring flooding. But in new ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former senior judges to have last word on disclosure of sensitive laboratory records
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – Three former senior judges will have the final say on the public disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada’s highest-security laboratory. The Liberal government says former Supreme Court justices Ian Binnie and Marshall Rothstein, along with Eleanor Dawson, who sat on the Federal Court of Appeal, will assist ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, South Korea agree to work together on clean-energy supply chains
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Canada and South Korea have signed a memorandum of understanding on supply chains for critical minerals and the transition to clean energy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reached the agreement with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during an official visit to Seoul today, where they also announced a new youth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau in South Korea warns of growing authoritarianism : In The News for May 17
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 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 17 … What we are watching in Canada … Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says authoritarianism is gaining ground in an address to South Korean ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air quality statements remain in place across Western Canada as wildfires rage
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
Air quality statements continue to blanket much of British Columbia and the Prairie provinces as scores of wildfires rage. As of Tuesday evening, more than 19,500 people in Alberta have been forced out of their homes with 91 active wildfires burning in the province, 27 of which are considered out of control. Meanwhile, the northeast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Authoritarianism gaining ground, Trudeau tells South Korea’s National Assembly
By The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says authoritarianism is gaining ground in an address to South Korean National Assembly Wednesday morning. The prime minister is in Seoul for his first official visit to South Korea and as Canada vies to strengthen ties between the two countries, and become “the best of friends.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals downgrade Africa strategy to framework, but insist continent is a priority
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on May 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has downgraded its long-delayed plan for relations with Africa from a strategy to a framework, saying this better reflects the original intent of the policy – despite criticism the Liberals are not taking the region seriously. For at least a year, the Liberals have promised an Africa strategy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MP Michael Chong decries ‘systemic failure’ to notify him of China’s alleged threats
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on May 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s spy agency has now been formally directed to investigate and disclose any foreign threats against parliamentarians or their families, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said Tuesday, while the Conservative MP targeted by Beijing urged his colleagues to go further. Conservative MP Michael Chong was invited to testify before the House affairs committee ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds of B.C. firefighters dig in for Fort St. John battle amid weather reprieve
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on May 16th, 2023
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Hundreds of firefighters are taking advantage of a weather break to prepare for a potential worsening of conditions near the wildfire-threatened city of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, as the community of 21,000 remains on evacuation alert. Hannah Swift, an information officer with the BC Wildfire Service, said ... Read More »
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