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First Nations youth say they’re ‘starting a movement’ against major projects bills
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — First Nations youth leaders are warning Canadians can expect a long, tense summer of protests as governments push forward with plans to fast-track major projects — and young people will be leading the charge. “You will see us in your cities, your city’s hubs,” said Ramon Kataquapit, a youth councillor with the Chiefs ... Read More »
4 responsesOttawa considering ‘combination of approaches’ to 20% military pay hike
By Canadian Press on June 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office says it’s considering a “combination of approaches” to boosting pay for armed service members, including introducing retention bonuses for “stress trades.” “This investment represents an almost 20 per cent increase to the overall CAF compensation envelope,” McGuinty’s spokesperson Laurent de Casanove said in an email statement to The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Transport Minister Freeland ‘dismayed’ by BC Ferries deal with Chinese company
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
VICTORIA — Canada’s transport minister says she is “dismayed” BC Ferries contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical context that includes “unjustified” tariffs on Canada. Chrystia Freeland, in a letter to her B.C. counterpart Mike Farnworth, said she expects BC Ferries to inform her of all measures it ... Read More »
1 responseFederal Transport Minister Freeland ‘dismayed’ about choice of Chinese shipyard
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
VICTORIA — Federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is “dismayed” that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical context that includes “unjustified” tariffs on Canada. Freeland says in a letter sent to provincial Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth that she expects BC Ferries to inform ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Transportation Minister Freeland ‘dismayed’ about choice of Chinese shipyard
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
VICTORIA — Federal Transportation Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is “dismayed” that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical context that includes “unjustified” tariffs on Canada. Freeland says in a letter sent to provincial Transport Minister Mike Farnworth that she expects BC Ferries to inform ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Randomness and chaos’: The invisible, unpredictable forces behind fatal rockfall
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Scientist Daniel Shugar says images of the aftermath of Thursday’s deadly rockslide in Banff National Park provide evidence of its cause — water flowing through the interior of the mountain. “You can actually see some springs coming out of the cliff and actually coming out exactly from the scar itself,” said the University of Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Randomness and chaos’: Predicting deadly rockfall impossible, say scientists
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Scientist Daniel Shugar says images of the aftermath of Thursday’s deadly rockslide in Banff National Park provide evidence of its cause — water flowing through the interior of the mountain. “You can actually see some springs coming out of the cliff and actually coming out exactly from the scar itself,” said the University of Calgary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending appeal
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
A flock of nearly 400 British Columbia ostriches that gained international fame after they were ordered killed due to an avian flu outbreak have been given a stay of execution — at least for now. The Federal Court of Appeal has granted the stay that pauses the potential cull at Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parks Canada says fatal Banff rockfall not foreseeable or preventable
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Parks Canada says there was nothing foreseeable or preventable about the rockfall that killed two hikers and injured three more in Banff National Park. Francois Masse, the Parks Canada superintendent for the area, says tests at Bow Glacier Falls indicate the rock slide was the result of geological forces common in mountain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Parks Canada says fatal Banff rockfall not foreseeable or preventable
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Parks Canada says there was nothing foreseeable or preventable about the rockfall that killed two hikers and injured three more in Banff National Park on Thursday. Francois Masse, the Parks Canada superintendent for the area, says tests at Bow Glacier Falls indicate the rock slide was the result of geological forces common ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
CHILLIWACK — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Canada in more than 50 years. The establishment of the primary control zones in the Fraser Valley means that birds, byproducts and items that have ... Read More »
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