The majority of fraud cases in Ontario have ended with charges being stayed or withdrawn since 2020 because of COVID-19-related backlogs, the growing complexity of frauds, and a lack of resources in the province’s criminal justice system, according to the Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association. “When there aren’t enough resources, Crowns …
Read More »Teck Resources says it will stay Canadian despite $70B U.K. merger
Vancouver-based Teck Resources says it will remain Canadian, even as it plans to merge with British multinational Anglo American in a $70-billion deal that would create a new company called Anglo Teck. “Without a doubt, you know, this is absolutely going to be a Canadian company,” Teck CEO Jonathan Price told The Canadian Press Tuesday. “We …
Read More »Vancouver mining firm Teck Resources agrees to merge with Anglo American
Vancouver-based mining company Teck Resources has agreed to merge with British mining multinational Anglo American in one of the sector’s largest-ever acquisitions. The companies said Tuesday the “merger of equals” will create a company called Anglo Teck, a global critical minerals champion and one of the world’s largest producers of copper. The merged …
Read More »Ukraine, U.S. officials sign natural resources deal
Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine’s reconstruction, and a draft of the document said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals. The two countries signed the accord in Washington after months of …
Read More »Trump targets Alaska’s oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight
President Donald Trump’s expansive executive order aimed at boosting oil and gas drilling, mining and logging in Alaska is being cheered by state political leaders who see new fossil fuel development as critical to Alaska’s economic future and criticized by environmental groups that see the proposals as worrying in the …
Read More »RCMP protection of MPs placing ‘significant strain’ on resources, memo warns – National
The demands of protecting parliamentarians and other public figures are placing “significant strain” on RCMP personnel and taking resources from other federal policing priorities, warns an internal briefing note. The national police force is “forced to walk a delicate balance” in providing protective services in response to threats flagged by …
Read More »RCMP protection of MPs placing ‘significant strain’ on resources, memo warns – National
The demands of protecting parliamentarians and other public figures are placing “significant strain” on RCMP personnel and taking resources from other federal policing priorities, warns an internal briefing note. The national police force is “forced to walk a delicate balance” in providing protective services in response to threats flagged by …
Read More »Strathcona Resources and Canada Growth Fund to partner on carbon capture project
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 11, 2024 12:31 pm Updated July 11, 2024 12:32 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Canada Growth Fund is partnering with Strathcona Resources Ltd. on a carbon capture and sequestration project, with each group contributing up …
Read More »Experts say more resources and training needed to de-escalate mental health crises – Winnipeg
In 2021, Shared Health and the Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) announced the Alternative Response to Citizens in Crisis (ARCC) pilot project, which saw mental health clinicians and plainclothes officers attend to mental health crises. The goal was to decrease the use of emergency services for those types of calls, and …
Read More »‘We can do it today’: Manitoba has resources to address shocking child poverty rate, advocates say – Winnipeg
More than 20 per cent of Manitoban children live in poverty, according to a new report, but stakeholders and opposition leaders argue the province has the resources to combat this. The report, called Poverty, the Pandemic and the Province, shows Manitoba’s child poverty rate is 20.68 per cent, more than …
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