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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 »
Be the first to comment!Liberals, Conservatives pass major projects legislation in House of Commons
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal and Conservative members of Parliament voted to pass the government’s major projects legislation this evening. After the second of two votes, Prime Minister Mark Carney crossed the floor to shake hands with Opposition House leader Andrew Scheer and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman. Two votes were held instead of one after the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: House of Commons passes Liberals’ major projects legislation
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Most MPs have voted in favour of the second part of the Liberals’ one Canadian economy act, which grants the government sweeping powers to approve major projects that are deemed to be in the national interest. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Internal trade part of Bill C-5 passes in House of Commons
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — MPs have voted in favour of the first part of the Liberal government’s Bill C-5, known as the one Canadian economy act, which aims to tackle internal trade barriers. A second vote is set to happen shortly on the remainder of the bill, which would grant the government sweeping powers to approve major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending review
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
The Federal Court of Appeal has granted a stay that pauses the potential cull of nearly 400 ostriches at a B.C. farm. Court records show that a motion to pause plans for the cull, pending an appeal, was granted this afternoon in Ottawa. The owners of Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., have been fighting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending review
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has granted a stay, pausing the potential cull of nearly 400 ostriches at a B.C. farm. Court records show that a motion to pause plans for the cull, pending an appeal, was granted this afternoon in Ottawa. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Predicting deadly rockfall would have been impossible, say geologists
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Geologists say it would have been impossible for Parks Canada to predict or prevent the massive rockfall that killed two people in Banff National Park on Thursday, with pressure building over many years released as hikers were below. University of Calgary Prof. Daniel Shugar says water from a lake above the cliff at Bow Glacier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Banff National Park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary. The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator in the department of occupational therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. She retired last summer. Her body ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Banff park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — The University of Alberta confirms one of the two people killed in the rockfall in Banff National Park was retired educator Jutta Hinrichs, who was a leader in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Parks Canada officials say she was 70 years-old and lived in Calgary. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
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