The Globe and Mailflipped into Canadian newsNowB.C. government shares Columbia River Treaty revenue with Indigenous groupsverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Nathan VanderKlippeBritish Columbia will give roughly $50-million a year in hydroelectricity revenues to three First Nations under a new sharing agreement concluded this week, more than six decades after the signing of a Columbia River treaty altered the province’s landscape and waterways. For years after dams were …
The Globe and Mailflipped into Canadian newsNowHappy to help Canada, but U.S. wildfire season is rapidly approaching, officials warnverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - James McCartenThe United States is happy to help Canada beat back the fearsome start of its wildfire season, officials say – but they are keeping one eye on the calendar, worried about when those resources might be needed closer to home. There are currently 345 federally co-ordinated firefighters and support …
The Globe and Mailflipped into Canadian newsNowNew Brunswick seafood processing plant shut down as putrid smell permeates townverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Lindsay JonesThe stink has stopped – at least for now. Residents of Richibucto, N.B., can now take a deep breath after the province temporarily shut down a putrid-smelling crustacean waste-processing plant that has sparked lawsuits and plagued the townspeople off and on for years. The province shuttered Coastal …
The Globe and Mailflipped into Canadian newsNowSchools become targets for backlash against LGBTQ rightsverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Caroline AlphonsoHundreds of people gathered near two schools in Ottawa’s west end on Friday to oppose a protest organized by an activist who claims educators are teaching “gender ideology” to children. A day earlier, in New Brunswick, Premier Blaine Higgs faced a caucus revolt over an announcement that educators …
The Globe and Mailflipped into Canadian newsNowAddressing Toronto’s homelessness crisis is urgent task of the city’s next mayorverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Molly HayesOne of the most urgent tasks awaiting Toronto’s next mayor will be to turn council’s recent declaration of a homelessness emergency into action. City council made the declaration in May in the face of the converging crises of housing unaffordability, mental health and addictions, which together have …
The Globe and Mailflipped into Canadian newsNowRCMP find woman’s remains three years after disappearanceverified_publisherThe Globe and Mail - Brittany HobsonMelinda Lynxleg’s family can finally bring the First Nations woman home after three excruciating years of searching. Manitoba RCMP recovered the remains of the 41-year-old this week at an abandoned residence in the rural area of San Clara, Man., near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan boundary. Police are …
