A new report from Public Policy Forum, an Ottawa-based think-tank, says the relatively shallow waters off the coast of Nova Scotia’s Sable Island are a prime location for offshore wind development. ‘We are talking here not of something incremental, but monumental.’ Atlantic Canada is poised to harness the area’s offshore …
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Former refugees arrive in Nova Scotia to be health-care workers
Health-care workers who gained experience in the refugee camp where they also lived are about to be continuing care assistants at a new nursing home in Nova Scotia. They’ve come to Canada through a federal program that seeks to bridge the gap between displaced people and a labour shortage in …
Read More »Most Canadians don’t have a plan for a natural disaster. Here’s how you can prepare yourself
In an unprecedented season of climate disasters, CBC’s Marketplace has collected everything you should be thinking about in times of peace, so you can stay calm in an emergency. CBC’s Marketplace got tips from across the country on what you should do in an emergency. From record flooding in Nova …
Read More »Why Canada is becoming the focus of India’s concerns about the Sikh separatist movement
The history of tensions surrounding Sikh separatism in India and abroad goes back decades, but experts say Canada is seen as the country where the movement is the strongest. As a result, it’s drawn sharp criticism from India, especially in the face of Justin Trudeau’s recent allegations about India’s involvement …
Read More »Ottawa fighting to avoid paying $80M in First Nations child welfare legal fees
Ottawa is opposing more than $80 million in legal fees requested by class action lawyers for their work on a historic, multi-billion dollar proposed settlement for First Nations child welfare, CBC News has learned. Federal government calls proposed legal bill ‘excessive,’ while class action lawyers defend request. Ottawa is opposing …
Read More »Professor stands by attending controversial Russian conference
A University of Manitoba professor is under fire for attending an event organized by a Russian think-tank on Canada’s sanctions list for spreading disinformation — during which, critics say, she helped Moscow’s propaganda efforts against Ukraine. But Radhika Desai says she’s done nothing wrong. ‘If I thought it was wrong …
Read More »A ‘historically strong’ El Niño is possible heading into winter
El Niño is here to stay through the winter months, forecasters announced this week, and there’s a decent chance that it’ll stick around to influence our weather straight into next spring. Not only will we head into the cold season with this pattern of above-normal water temperatures in the eastern …
Read More »His dealership told him to remove an anti-theft device. Now, his car’s been stolen — again
Months after a North York man’s dealership told him to remove the after-market anti-theft device from his new Lexus, the $75,000 vehicle was stolen from a TTC parking lot on Oct. 3. The theft marks the second time in nine months that Mitchell Levine and his wife Stacie Korn have …
Read More »Drunk birds found dead after eating fermented berries and flying into Vancouver house’s window
A B.C. man says he was shocked to discover several dead birds outside a friend’s house in Vancouver last week, after they had flown into the house’s window. “It’s one of the worst things I’ve seen,” said Bruce Hunt. “I’ve seen lots of birds fly into windows and stuff like …
Read More »How the Supreme Court dealt a blow to Trudeau’s climate ambitions and what comes next
Experts say Friday’s court ruling against the Impact Assessment Act is a setback, but not a critical blow to the federal government’s environmental agenda, although it could have broader implications for other climate policies Ottawa is developing. Court’s ruling on environmental impact law clips federal government’s wings on climate change, …
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