
Friday, 31 May 2019
Alberta premier says carbon taxes won't help stop forest fire threat

Inquiry deems missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada a 'genocide'

Canada should ban garbage exports after Philippine embarrassment, experts say

N.S. man files human rights complaint over alleged discrimination at Legion

The National

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via CBC | Top Stories NewsQuebec woman faked being a nurse for 20 years

A woman who worked as a nurse at the Jonquière hospital for 20 years has turned out not to be a nurse at all, according to Quebec's Order of Nurses.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsMultiple stabbings lead to night of bloodshed in northern Manitoba

Alberta evacuee numbers nearly double in last 24 hours to 10,000 due to wildfires

Another 4,500 people were forced from their homes over the previous 24-hour period due to smoke from fires in northern Alberta, government officials said Thursday.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsFirst Nations artifacts dating back 3,000 years unearthed at Calgary park

Ontario forest firefighters focus on pushing blaze away from Pikangikum First Nation
Wildfire officials in northern Ontario say fire crews are focusing on the western flank of a 3,000-hectare blaze that has caused a state of emergency on Pikangikum First Nation.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCAFA ceremony celebrates Canadian fashion's fresh faces and veterans

At this year's Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards in Toronto last night, wins from Tasha Tilberg, Krow Kian and Aurora James showcase how the design landscape is changing.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsScripps spelling bee ends in 8-way championship tie

The Scripps National Spelling Bee was broken Thursday night, brought to its knees by eight spellers who were too poised, too prepared and too savvy for any word thrown their way.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsChina tells Canada of 'consequences' of helping U.S. with Huawei case

China says Canada needs to be aware of the consequences of aiding the United States in a case involving the Chinese tech giant Huawei that is believed to have sparked the detentions of two Canadians in China.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsSentencing hearing to continue for Calgary couple convicted in son's death

Canada partly to blame for trash fracas with Philippines, say environmentalists

The federal government says it’s pursuing all legal options against the now-defunct company that shipped tons of garbage to the Philippines, but experts say Canada bears part of the blame.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsPostcards from Juno Beach dispatched 75 years later in memory of fallen Canadian soldiers
Residents across Canada have been receiving some unusual postcards stamped with a bit of personal history of the veterans who once shared an address with the recipients. Its part of an initiative commemorating the hundreds of Canadians killed in the Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsCanadian brands winning over Chinese consumers despite Canada-China spat

While Canada and China are in the midst of tense diplomacy over the apprehension of a Huawei executive, Canadian brands like Tim Hortons and Canada Goose have captured the imagination of Chinese consumers, Saša Petricic writes.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsThis is not your father's gay blood ban era. We're overdue for a comprehensive reassessment

Discrimination to protect the health of blood recipients is fair only if it is based in legitimate protections, rather than biased assumptions.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsWhy the Canadian economy seems divorced from traditional signals: Don Pittis

Boosted by fossil fuels and a housing market on fire, Canada rode out the depths of the U.S. recesssion. So as those two decline, why is the economy still strong?
via CBC | Top Stories NewsPlanting more trees 'one of the best things we can do' to reduce carbon in the air

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we examine the climate strikes happening around the world, trees as a carbon capture "technology" and reader suggestions on sustainable living.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNew tools, stiffer penalties needed to police big tech companies, says competition watchdog

The federal government should boost the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour to more effectively regulate tech giants and the digital economy, says Canada's competition watchdog.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsWhat's happening to Jupiter's Great Red Spot? Astronomers see unravelling of 400-year-old storm

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is dying. Over the past week, amateur astronomers around the world have seen some unusual activity around the solar system's largest and longest-lasting storm.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsThursday, 30 May 2019
Raptors relish home court in historic Game 1 win

The Toronto Raptors didn’t look like a team appearing in its first-ever NBA Finals game on Thursday night. Toronto picked apart the back-to-back defending champion Golden State Warriors to take Game 1 by a final score of 118-109.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsThe National for May 30, 2019

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via CBC | Top Stories NewsRaptors put a bow on historic Finals opener with impressive win over Warriors

The Toronto Raptors stunned the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 118-109 in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNova Scotia gold mine proposal threatens pristine wilderness area: Nature Trust

Trump threatens tariffs on Mexico if it does not stem flow of migrants into the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will slap a five per cent tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to crack down on the surge of Central American migrants trying to cross the border.
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via CBC | Top Stories NewsCanadian garbage will soon be on its way from Philippines to Vancouver

Sixty-nine shipping containers of fetid Canadian trash are being loaded onto a container ship in the Philippine port of Subic. They are expected to arrive in B.C. in a month.
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