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Vancouver Chinatown gets $2.2-million grant to revitalize historic neighbourhood
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
Vancouver’s Chinatown is getting a $2.2-million provincial grant to revitalize the historic neighbourhood. The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation says the funding will go toward renewing historic storefronts, as well as adding infrastructure and lighting throughout the neighbourhood. The funding will also help the Chinese Cultural Centre upgrade its facade. Chinatown has been the focus of a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Investigators comb through Ontario village a day after shooting kills OPP officer
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BOURGET, Ont. – Investigators combed through a property in a small village east of Ottawa on Friday as police looked to gather more information on a shooting that left one officer dead and two others injured a day earlier. Sgt. Eric Mueller, of Ontario Provincial Police, died in hospital following the early Thursday shooting at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal blue collars want local union probe after VP resigns over racist posts
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
MONTREAL – Some Montreal blue collar workers are calling for their union to be investigated for alleged racial bias. The workers are asking the provincial branch of the Canadian Union of Public Employees to investigate its Montreal local, after one of the local’s vice-presidents recently resigned over racist social media posts. On May 9 union ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The devil’: Métis settlement looks to rebuild from wildfire as hot weather to return
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
A Métis settlement devastated by an out-of-control blaze remains at risk as hot and dry conditions in Alberta’s forecast threaten to worsen an already intense wildfire season. “That fire, I call it the devil. I’ve never seen a fire like that in my life,” said Raymond Supernault, chair of the East Prairie Métis Settlement. “I ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ng announces India trade mission, pledges a limited deal within months
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Trade Minister Mary Ng says it is “not going to be years” before Canada and India sign some form of trade agreement, more than a decade after negotiations began. Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal visited Ottawa and Toronto this week, where he told media that New Delhi wants to vastly increase its trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier aims to run in Manitoba byelection
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Maxime Bernier says he will run in what he predicts will be a “two-horse race” for a federal seat in a coming byelection in rural Manitoba. The People’s Party of Canada leader says the vote in Portage-Lisgar will be a choice between him or what he called a fake conservative. The seat was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BC Hydro predicting record-breaking power usage as heat descends on the province
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BC Hydro is expecting potentially record-breaking demand on the power system as British Columbia and Alberta enter what’s forecast to be a blistering heat wave. The company says if Monday’s forecast holds, peak hourly demand could go as high as 7,800 megawatt hours, about 1,300 more than is typical for May. It says historically the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for May 12 : Investigation continues into deadly OPP ambush
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 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 12 … What we are watching in Canada … One Ontario Provincial Police officer remains in hospital as the investigation continues into an ambush ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ambush in Bourget, Ont., leaves one OPP officer dead and two injured
By The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
BOURGET, Ont. – One Ontario Provincial Police officer remains in hospital as the investigation continues into an ambush that left one officer dead and two injured. Officials say Sgt. Eric Mueller was fatally shot Thursday when he and the two other officers responded to a disturbance call at a home in Bourget, Ont., east of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation did not prove Aboriginal title for entire claim area: B.C. Supreme Court
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruling on a First Nations land title lawsuit says it did not prove it had rights to its entire claim area, although he suggested it may be time for the provincial government to rethink its current test for such titles. The Nuchatlaht First Nation, a community on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Study finds search for women’s remains at landfill could take years, cost up to $184M
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on May 12th, 2023
WINNIPEG – A search for the remains of two First Nations women at a Winnipeg-area landfill could take up to three years and cost $184 million, says a study examining whether a successful search is possible. The study, obtained by The Canadian Press, looked at the various scenarios and challenges that come with searching a ... Read More »
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