Happy middle of April! There’s a chance of snow next week in almost every Canadian province. It’s a tough reality check this time of year. April carries spring on its breezes, after all. Flower petals float through the sky as a blanket of pollen turns everything a sneezy shade of …
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B.C. communities raise concerns as applications for climate-related emergency funding spike
Cities, towns and villages in British Columbia have been busy since 2017 applying for and spending money under a provincial fund meant to shore up dikes, stabilize slopes and plant trees, but the municipal federation that administers the fund says more is needed. Municipal federation says sustained provincial funding required …
Read More »NDP, Green Party call for new law to fix problems with Indigenous class action lawsuit settlements
The federal NDP and Green Party are calling on the federal government to introduce a new law similar to one used by the U.S. for 9/11 victims to address problems with six Indigenous class action lawsuit settlement agreements. Proposal comes after CBC News reports on claims that day school survivors …
Read More »Council of Canadian Muslims calls for anti-hate bill to be revived as killer of London family plans appeal
Tabled in response to the 2021 attack that left four members of a Muslim family in Ontario dead and a young boy injured, the Our London Family Act was meant to bring legislative change to fight Islamophobia. Two years later, the bill’s goals remain unrealized. More than 2 years after …
Read More »Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore
Local health authorities are investigating, after Normand Meunier, who has been paralyzed in both arms and legs since 2022, sought a medically assisted death after developing a huge bedsore while lying on a stretcher in the ER of the Saint-Jérôme, Que., hospital. ‘Whole story is a crying shame,’ says advocate. …
Read More »Their parents died within hours of each other. Now N.S. sisters are warning about deadly form of strep
Two sisters in southwest Nova Scotia want people to know about the danger of invasive group A strep — a rare but deadly bacterial infection — after losing both their parents within a couple of hours. Family didn’t know about rising number of invasive group A strep cases. Two sisters …
Read More »B.C. woman accused of defrauding her employer of over $1.8M
A B.C. woman is facing multiple criminal charges, accused of diverting over $1.8 million from her employer to her personal bank accounts to buy an expensive car, gold and a property, according to court documents obtained by CBC News. Galyna Kulykova worked as a bookkeeper for the Alacrity Foundation of …
Read More »Not a Starship not afloat: Once stuck-in-ice vessel is now on bottom of St. John River
The owner of a sailboat that sank in the St. John River has until the end of the month to get it out of the water, according to a deadline set by Transport Canada. Owner has until end of month to remove it, previous owner heartbroken over demise. The owner …
Read More »It’s a shame we didn’t have Trudeau’s testimony on foreign interference earlier. Much earlier
A half-hour into his appearance before the public inquiry into foreign interference, Justin Trudeau arrived at a dramatic moment, from 2019, that would reverberate three and a half years later when Canadian journalists began reporting on a series of intelligence leaks. Doubt about the democratic process thrives without clarity and …
Read More »‘Hundreds of thousands’ of seniors will get subsidized dental care next month, health minister vows
Canada’s health minister is promising “hundreds of thousands” of seniors will receive subsidized dental work next month under the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), despite low sign-up rates among the dentists who are expected to provide that care. Mark Holland says Ottawa working to make it easier for dentists to …
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