Daily Archives: September 28, 2022

Surrey sign saga continues as municipal election draws near, with some residents reporting missing signs

Several Surrey residents say election signs they had displayed on their front lawns were recently removed by city bylaw officers. Robert Winston says he put up two signs in front of his home in Crescent Beach in early September: one supporting a campaign for councillor and another for a potential mayor. When he …

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As the East Coast picks up the pieces post-Fiona, MPs ask themselves what an army is for

While members of the Canadian military hacked and chainsawed their way through the tangled wreckage of a storm-ravaged East Coast on Tuesday, members of a House of Commons committee gathered in Ottawa to ask themselves whether storm cleanup is actually a job for soldiers. Their answers were — perhaps predictably …

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N.S. gunman’s frequent trips abroad put him on a border watch list. They found nothing

A newly released document shows the Canada Border Services Agency had grown suspicious about Gabriel Wortman before he murdered 22 people in April 2020. The document is part of a trove of material released by the Mass Casualty Commission last week as it wrapped up its public hearings into the killings and their aftermath. Wortman and …

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Russia denies any role in possible sabotage of pipelines in Baltic Sea

The European Union suspects that damage to two underwater natural gas pipelines was sabotage and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday. “All available information indicates those leaks are the result of a deliberate act,” Borrell said in …

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Toronto city council could help save this former soy sauce factory with a heritage designation

Toronto city council is scheduled Wednesday to decide if a building with special significance to the Chinese community should be made a heritage property —  a designation that could prevent it from being torn down to make way for an apartment complex. The two-storey structure at Queen Street East and Leslie Street was once home to Lee Food Products, …

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Lower diploma exam weighting brings student relief, but could affect motivation, teachers say

Keelin Clarke was relieved and ecstatic when they saw a text message from a friend on Monday saying the weighting of diploma exams was dropping. Clarke has three diploma exams to write this school year — math first, then social studies and English next semester. The Grade 12 student at Victoria School of …

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3 mayoral candidates want to lead Lytton out of the ashes

Every morning Denise O’Connor looks out from her home in Lytton at the burned-out remains of the village. She’s just one of a limited number of the village’s estimated 210 residents who have returned to the community following a wildfire that burned the community in the summer of 2021.  O’Connor …

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Trudeau to visit Port aux Basques for first-hand look at Fiona damage

Homes that stood for more than 80 years in Port aux Basques were destroyed in a matter of hours by a storm surge from post-tropical storm Fiona. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the community Wednesday to tour the damage. (Ashley Brauweiler/CBC) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Port …

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Waterloo councillors can now expense home security systems amid heated political landscape

The City of Waterloo passed a motion Monday that would provide future council members with funding for security systems, with some pointing to a more hostile political climate as a reason for why the initiative was needed.  Members of council for the Ontario city could receive up to $100 per …

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ਬੇਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰ ਈਟੀਟੀ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੁਲੀਸ ਵਿਚਾਲੇ ਝੜਪ

ਗੁਰਦੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਲਾਲੀ ਸੰਗਰੂਰ, 28 ਸਤੰਬਰ ਇੱਥੇ ਅੱਜ ਮੁੱਖ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਭਗਵੰਤ ਮਾਨ ਦੀ ਕੋਠੀ ਦਾ ਘਿਰਾਓ ਕਰਨ ਪੁੱਜੇ ਸੈਂਕੜੇ ਬੇਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰ ਈਟੀਟੀ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੁਲੀਸ ਵਿਚਾਲੇ ਝੜਪ ਹੋ ਗਈ। ਇਸ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਨਾਕੇ ਤੋੜ ਕੇ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਬੇਰੁਜ਼ਗਾਰ ਅਧਿਆਪਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਰੋਕਣ ਲਈ ਪੁਲੀਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਾਫੀ ਜੱਦੋ-ਜਹਿਦ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ। …

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