PoliticsThe Canadian PressAlaska governor lays out optimistic vision in annual speech
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy laid out an optimistic vision of the state's future Tuesday during an election year address to lawmakers that comes amid a period of higher oil prices and follows a year marked by drawn-out, bruising legislative sessions. The Republican, giving his fourth State of the State speech since taking office in late 2018, said he envisioned a state that is a leader in renewable energy, with energy costs among the lowest in the U.S. He also wants Alaska to
HealthCBCCOVID-19 exposure warnings for 2 N.W.T. shelters, and 1 youth centre
Two shelters that support vulnerable and under-housed people in the N.W.T. were added to a list of exposure locations by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (OCPHO). The Jan. 25 update to the territorial government's exposure notification list includes the warming shelter in Fort Simpson as an outbreak site. Anyone who was there since Jan. 25 is being asked to self monitor for symptoms, and get tested — at home or at a clinic — if symptoms develop. The update also included an exposure
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City of Prince Rupert receives $800,000 payment from CityWest
CityWest grew its workforce by 33 per cent, last year, and made an $800,000 distribution payment to the City of Prince Rupert, the telecoms company announced on Jan. 25. The city’s yearly payment saw an increase of $100,000 from the year before, and $200,000 from 2019, while the increase in staff is in preparation for growth in existing and new markets along the B.C. coast, the company stated. “Our amazing staff overcame myriad challenges last year and they worked hard to ensure 2021 was yet ano
NewsCBCWinnipeg burn barrels a positive approach to harm reduction, says Main Street Project
Burn barrels are being dropped off in Winnipeg encampments this week to help those living outside stay safe and warm. On Tuesday, Shawn Sousa, outreach services manager with Main Street Project, and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service fire prevention officer Steve Antle provided information on the pilot project's launch. Fifteen 200-litre steel barrels with holes drilled in the bottom were purchased by the fire service. "When it gets really cold, there's not a lot of protection from the elements and
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Beltrán brings his own baggage to next year's Hall ballot
With Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling off the ballot, next year's Hall of Fame vote figures to be a bit less contentious. Then again, the top newcomer arrives with his own recent baggage. Forget about steroids for a minute, it's time to talk about sign stealing. Carlos Beltrán is eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2023, and although the sweet-swinging outfielder had a distinguished career at the plate and in the field, he was also implicated in the Houston Astros' sign-stealing scanda
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California city approves 1st US insurance law for gun owners
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California city voted Tuesday night to require gun owners to carry liability insurance in what’s believed to be the first measure of its kind in the United States. The San Jose City Council overwhelmingly approved the measure despite opposition from some gun owners who said it would violate their Second Amendment rights. The council also voted to require thousands of gun owners in the city to pay a small fee, which would be used for firearm safety education and services
NewsThe Canadian PressNational Guard sees troops reupping despite COVID, hard year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Army Spc. Javzailia Pineiro joined New York’s National Guard in late 2019, and started work as a truck driver just as the pandemic was starting to hit. For months she drove around the state, spending long days delivering masks, water, food and other supplies. It was grueling work. Yet she has already signed up for four more years — taking advantage of a $10,000 reenlistment bonus and the opportunity to use her military benefit to go to college. Pineiro’s decision to stay on is
NewsCBCMan charged after attack on Muslim woman outside northeast Edmonton Mosque
Edmonton police have charged a 34-year-old man after a Muslim woman was attacked in front of her children outside of a mosque on New Year's Day. Police said the man was arrested and charged after he allegedly attacked a woman in northeast Edmonton, near the Al Ameen Mosque at 54th Street and 122nd Avenue. The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said in a release that the attacker targeted a Black Muslim woman, who was in a vehicle with her three children. The NCCM said the man punched an
NewsThe Canadian PressIndonesia's capital is sinking, polluted and now moving
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving, and moving the country's capital to the island of Borneo. President Joko Widodo envisions the construction of a new capital as a panacea for the problems plaguing Jakarta, reducing its population while allowing the country to start fresh with a “sustainable city” that has good public transportation, is integrated with its natural environment and is
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Portugal election: the rise of the far-right
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SportsThe Canadian PressEXPLAINER: What's at stake as World Cup qualifying resumes
The eight stadiums are ready in Qatar and World Cup tickets have been on sale for a week. Now the mission to snap up remaining tournament slots resumes. With qualifying disrupted by the pandemic, fixtures have been squeezed in over the next week or so for teams in the Americas and Asia. It means Europe's top leagues having to take a mid-season break even though the continent's national teams aren't playing next until March, when the World Cup playoffs are staged as scheduled. Then attention will
ScienceThe Canadian PressMeet Methuselah, the oldest living aquarium fish
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Meet Methuselah, the fish that likes to eat fresh figs, get belly rubs and is believed to be the oldest living aquarium fish in the world. In the Bible, Methuselah was Noah’s grandfather and was said to have lived to be 969 years old. Methuselah the fish is not quite that ancient, but biologists at the California Academy of Sciences believe it is about 90 years old, with no known living peers. Methuselah is a 4-foot-long (1.2-meter), 40-pound (18.1-kilogram) Australian lungf
NewsReutersHong Kong risks exodus over extended COVID isolation, Euro chamber says
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong may not reopen until early 2024 because of its strict COVID-19 policies, which could trigger an exodus of foreign firms and staff and jeopardise the city's role as a financial hub, its European Chamber of Commerce said in a draft report. The limited effectiveness of locally developed vaccines has forced mainland China to maintain tight restrictions on travel, the chamber said in the draft, which was reviewed by Reuters but has not been made public. The European Chamber of Commerce declined to comment on the report.
NewsThe Canadian PressIndia's Republic Day parade curtailed amid COVID-19
NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of people braved a morning chill Wednesday on a ceremonial boulevard in India's capital to watch a display of the country’s military power and cultural diversity, but the colorful annual Republic Day spectacle was curtailed amid COVID-19. Nearly 500 schoolchildren, folk dancers, police and military battalions, floats and stunt performers on motorbikes paraded from the presidential palace down the refurbished tree-lined boulevard of Rajpath. President Ram Nath Kovind re
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Senate and House pass medical pot bills, collision looms
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's Senate on Tuesday passed a spate of bills to put lawmakers' mark on the state's new voter-passed medical marijuana law. Several of the bills approved by the Senate would ease access to medical pot for some patients, but House Republican lawmakers are moving in the opposite direction. On Monday, they passed a proposal that would bar patients from growing cannabis plants at home, setting up a potential collision as the Senate seeks to cap the number of homegrown
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Manitoba Indigenous leader pleased with charges in Sagkeeng man's death in custody, still angry over his treatment
The Chief of the Sagkeeng First Nation says although he was pleased to learn last week that a corrections officer has been arrested and charged in the death of a Sagkeeng man, he and other Indigenous leaders are also angry about the man’s death, and about his supposed treatment while behind bars. “To this day, I am deeply saddened and angered about how my community member was treated, and ultimately how he died,” Sagkeeng First Nation Chief Derrick Henderson said in a Monday media release reacti
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Manitoba First Nation taking province, logging company to court
A Manitoba First Nation has announced they will take both the province and a logging company to court, as the community’s chief alleges they have not received proper consultation about logging operations taking place on traditional lands for more than a decade. In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday the Minegoziibe Anishinabe First Nation, which is also commonly referred to as the Pine Creek First Nation (PCFN) alleged it has not been directly consulted in more than 15 years by the province or by the Lou
NewsCBCCree and Innu sign agreement over caribou harvest in Cree territory
Cree and Innu leaders in northern Quebec have signed a nation to nation agreement allowing Innu hunters to harvest 300 caribou this winter on Cree traditional territory east of Chisasibi. The agreement is called Maamuu nisituhtimuwin/ Matinueu-mashinaikan atiku e uauinakanit, which translates to "mutual understanding" and was signed during a virtual ceremony Monday afternoon. "[It] is an historic event for both nations, because it really signals for the first time in history, indigenous groups g
EntertainmentThe Canadian Press'Ontario is closed for business:' Concert, theatre organizers face new COVID hurdles
TORONTO — Advocates in Ontario's live music industry say upcoming shows big and small hang in the balance as they face provincial restrictions that are tougher on concert and live theatre venues than other entertainment spaces. Many in the province's live music and performing arts industries say they're being treated unfairly as new rules that go into effect on Jan. 31 hold many of their venues at 50-per cent capacity until at least mid-March. Meanwhile, other entertainment spaces including cine
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Skier recounts harrowing dog attack on Clear Lake north of Peterborough
A Selwyn Township woman says she’s lucky to be alive after a vicious dog attack north of Youngs Point left her bloodied, bruised and traumatized. On the afternoon of Jan. 16, Cheryl Gow was cross-country skiing on Clear Lake, near Freeburn Lane, when she encountered three dogs — unleashed and without collars — near their owner, who was outside her residence. “They were posturing at me; they were nipping at me and I did my best to get them to stay down but one came around to the back of me so I w
NewsThe Canadian PressBritish Columbia developing plan to protect drinking water, ecosystems
VICTORIA — Severe drought, wildfires, flooding and landslides in British Columbia last year show that responding to climate change requires focusing on water and strengthening natural defences provided by healthy watersheds, an expert says. "We've all learned that climate crisis is a water crisis," said Oliver Brandes, co-director of the University of Victoria's POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. "Our best hedge against these challenges is to ensure the security of our watersheds and improv
NewsThe Canadian PressPeople are 'fed up': Quebec follows Ontario's lead and loosens COVID-19 restrictions
The Quebec government announced the loosening of some COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday, following the lead of Ontario and other provinces amid indications the Omicron surge may be peaking in some areas. Quebec Premier François Legault said the province would adopt a go-slow approach, which will see gathering limits raised on Monday for private functions, as well as the reopening of restaurants at 50 per cent capacity and a resumption of some sports activities for those under 18. Other restrictions
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Meet Methuselah, likely oldest aquarium fish
An Australian lungfish, what biologists call an evolutionary link between fish and amphibians, living in a San Francisco museum is believed to be 90 years old. (Jan. 26)
