Emergency Management BC encouraged residents in the affected regions to prepare emergency grab-and-go bags, make evacuation plans and monitor local authorities for the latest updates.
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B.C. helps fund searches for Indigenous remains
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it will provide immediate funding to 21 First Nation communities to help with searches for human remains at former residential schools or hospitals. Murray Rankin, the minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, said on Tuesday that each community can receive up to $475,000 as it carries out searches, planning,...
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Black public servant files complaint over alleged ‘slaves’ comment in the workplace
Jul 19th, 2021, OTTAWA — Monica Agard says she was chatting with a colleague about her workload and looming deadlines when a supervisor passing by cut into their conversation. “We should go back to the good old days when we had slaves,” Agard, a Black woman who works at the Immigration and Refugee Board, recalled...
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Wildfires prompt evacuation orders, alerts in B.C.
Last Modified: Fri, Jul 16th, 2021 12:04:15 AM A lack of resources is forcing officials in British Columbia to triage the wildfire fight to focus on the blazes that threaten lives and safety. Relentless heat has parched the province, fuelling more than 300 fires, which have forced residents in more than 2,800 properties to evacuate...
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First Nation still investigating former residential school site in British Columbia
CHEMAINUS, B.C. — A First Nation community on Vancouver Island says it is continuing its investigations after a newsletter circulating online said it had found more than 160 unmarked and undocumented graves at a former residential school site. In a statement, the Penelakut Tribe says the newsletter wasn’t an “official” news release but was intended...
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Atlantic provinces dispose of thousands of doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccine
Prince Edward Island announced this week it had disposed of 3,200 expired AstraZeneca doses, and Newfoundland and Labrador confirmed Thursday it has nearly 2,900 doses that will go to waste. Health officials in New Brunswick said they had 960 doses of AstraZeneca expire at the end of June, with another 10,300 doses set to expire at the end of August and 200 at the end of October.
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Aiming to allow vaccinated Americans into Canada by mid-August: PM to premiers
The prime minister noted that, if our current positive path of vaccination rate and public health conditions continue, Canada would be in a position to welcome fully vaccinated travellers from all countries by early September.
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A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
Published: Fri, Jul 16th, 2021 4:00:00 AM As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each jurisdiction reaching vaccination targets at certain dates, while also keeping the number of...
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Clean-up begins after tornado destroys home, injures people in Barrie, Ont.
Mayor Jeff Lehman says the community has already started coming together to support those who lost the most to the tornado, donating food and supplies.
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Trudeau hits road for green announcement in campaign-style appearance
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back on the road, announcing hundreds of millions of dollars in climate spending from his Liberal government Monday in what would not have looked out of place on the campaign trail. Seeing the prime minister, his shave and haircut still fresh from last week, behind a podium for...