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What La Niña could mean for Canada’s upcoming summer
Folks along the East Coast should prepare for a long hurricane season ahead
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Severe geomagnetic storm may spark widespread auroras over Canada on Friday
Fingers crossed for clear conditions Friday night as the potential grows for widespread auroras across Canada
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VideoStrong solar storm could disrupt communications and produce northern lights in US
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. and potentially disrupt power and communications this weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a rare severe geomagnetic storm warning Friday.
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Canadian Blood Services apologizes to LGBTQ+ groups for donation ban
OTTAWA — Canadian Blood Services says it has apologized to LGBTQ+ groups for a past policy that banned gay and bisexual men from donating blood. The ban was in place until 2022, when it was replaced by new rules under which all donors are asked the same questions about their sexual behaviour. The blood-donor service said CEO Graham Sher apologized to LGBTQ+ community members in person at an event in Ottawa Friday morning. Sher said in a release the group regrets that the policy contributed to di
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B.C. Finance Minister Katrine Conroy won't seek re-election
Katrine Conroy, B.C.'s minister of finance, will not be running in the next provincial election.On Friday, she shared the news from Castlegar, B.C., a community in her riding of Kootenay West, about 150 kilometres southeast of Kelowna.Conroy was first elected as MLA for West Kootenay-Boundary in 2005. She became the minister of children and family development in 2017, took over the Ministry of Forests in 2020 and in 2022, Conroy was appointed minister of finance. Conroy, 66, said she wants to sp
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Video‘Difficult’ conversations need to be had with industry on temporary foreign workers: Miller
Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Friday, following a meeting of provincial and territorial ministers, that “difficult” conversations need to be had with industry when it comes to reducing the number of temporary foreign workers. He suggested that Canadian businesses may have become “addicted” to foreign workers.
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Major geomagnetic storm associated with solar flares hitting all of Canada
OTTAWA — Canada's space weather agency is warning of a "major geomagnetic storm" that is hitting the country and could have severe impacts on power systems and other infrastructure. Space Weather Canada says the storm that is associated with massive solar flares was striking all of Canada Friday afternoon. The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued its first geomagnetic storm watch since 2005 and says the storm is a "potentially historic event." A spokesman for electri
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