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Natasha Bulowski
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News, Politics
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June 2nd 2023
Canada’s changing climate has rendered a crucial ice bridge to a small municipality near Montreal unreliable, and even studying possible fixes is costly for the small community, the mayor says.
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Even as wildfires burned in the province, the Alberta election showed there is widespread support for political parties that choose to ignore the problem of climate change.
Rob Miller
Opinion
| June 2nd 2023
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The funding, earmarked in Budget 2022, promises $28 million over five years to train 1,000 new community-based firefighters. The pilot involves nine Indigenous organizations and communities.
Matteo Cimellaro
News, Urban Indigenous Communities in Ottawa
| June 2nd 2023
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State Farm also cites the inflation of construction costs in a statement that comes after increasing wildfires in the state.
Gloria Oladipo
News, US News
| June 2nd 2023
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Mike Mercredi, a volunteer firefighter from Fort Chipewyan, Alta., says he is among a group of community members on standby who have been setting up sprinklers on neighbourhood streets as crews work to contain the flames north of the hamlet.
Canadian Press
News
| June 1st 2023
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In all, there were four wildfires in the province burning out of control on Thursday, including the massive Barrington Lake fire in Shelburne County, which grew to more than 200 square kilometres despite a constant bombardment of water and fire retardant from a fleet of water bombers and air tankers.
Michael MacDonald, Keith Doucette
News
| June 1st 2023
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Discrimination and racism disproportionately affect Indigenous Peoples in health-care settings, according to an investigation by Surviving Hate, a multi-year probe into how these allegations are playing out across the country.
Danielle Orr, Martha Troian, Janice Saji
Investigations
| June 2nd 2023
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The lack of transparency about who owns or controls commercial fishing licences, quota and vessels in Canada makes B.C. fisheries attractive targets for criminals looking to launder money, former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German cautioned a federal fisheries committee.
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| June 2nd 2023
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From the archives
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David Suzuki
Analysis, Entertainment
| April 15th 2016
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