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Union in B.C. port dispute seeks judicial review of federal back-to-work order
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The union representing British Columbia port supervisors in a dispute with their employers has applied for a judicial review of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon’s decision last month to order them back to work. In an application dated Dec. 3, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514 says it is seeking to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Are they going to walk away?’: Charges 10 years after B.C.’s Mount Polley disaster
By Nono Shen and Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
Doug Watt won’t forget the sound of a tailings pond collapsing at the Mount Polley Mine more than 10 years ago, sending millions of cubic metres of waste into waterways in the British Columbia Interior. “I went outside, and you could hear the roar. It was like standing close to Niagara Falls,” the 74-year-old said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-minister cites ‘threat to security’ for denying emergency passport to Abdelrazik
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – Former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon says he denied an emergency passport to Abousfian Abdelrazik in 2009 because he considered the Montreal man a possible threat to national security. Cannon told a Federal Court hearing today he did not want Abdelrazik to return to Canada from Sudan and “put any Canadians in jeopardy.” The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives Nobel Prize in physics in proud moment for U of T
By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
TORONTO – When Geoffrey Hinton strode across the Stockholm Concert Hall stage Tuesday to receive his Nobel Prize for physics from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, he was beaming. It has taken decades for many beyond the science community to realize the British Canadian computer scientist’s life’s work was so significant it eventually formed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Summer wildfire that hit Jasper, Alta., tops Environment Canada 2024 weather list
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
A wildfire that left a third of a popular Rocky Mountain tourist town in ashes is Environment Canada’s most impactful weather story of 2024. The weather agency released Tuesday its annual top 10 list of the country’s most impactful weather stories, ranked by severity, human and economic impact, the extent of the area affected, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AFN says it’s not prepared to implement chiefs’ child welfare direction
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Assembly of First Nations is warning it’s not equipped to implement the direction it received from chiefs at two recent assemblies on child welfare reforms. Chiefs passed resolutions in October and December saying the AFN should no longer represent the interests of First Nations when it comes to issues relating to reforming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at Environment Canada’s top 10 weather events for 2024
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
Environment Canada has released its annual list of top 10 weather events. Here’s the list for 2024: – Arctic communities face unusual heat wave – Central Canada bears the brunt of the 2024 hurricane season – Billion-dollar hailstones: Calgary’s costliest weather disaster – Western Canada plunged into January deep freeze – Wildfires and evacuations in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jasper wildfire, flooding, hail among top weather events of 2024: Environment Canada
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
A wildfire that left a third of a popular Rocky Mountain tourist town in ashes, remnants of a hurricane season that led to record-breaking rainfall and a hailstorm that grounded airplanes are among the top weather-related events of 2024. Environment and Climate Change Canada released Tuesday its annual top 10 list of the country’s most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fifteen fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
VICTORIA – Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than a decade after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. A statement from the B.C. Conservation Officer Service says it worked with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Fisheries charges laid a decade after Mount Polley dam breached
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
VICTORIA – Fifteen charges under the federal Fisheries Act have been laid against Imperial Metals Corp. more than 10 years after a tailings pond collapsed the Mount Polley mine, spilling more than 20 million cubic metres of waste water into B.C. Interior waterways. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Catholic bishops in Quebec oppose premier’s suggestion to ban public prayer
By The Canadian Press on December 10th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Catholic bishops have come out against Premier François Legault’s desire to end prayer in parks and other public places. Martin Laliberté, president of the assembly of Catholic bishops of Quebec, says a ban on public prayer would target minority religious groups that are perceived by some as threatening to Quebec’s identity, and ... Read More »
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