Tour touting Hudson Bay ’Stonehenge’ site disregards cultural, ecological importance, critics say
Enlarge image (new window) Hubbart Point in northern Manitoba is home to an ancient Inuit hunting camp and features artifacts that include tent rings. Photo: Aaron Janzen/Oceans NorthDebicki said the tour appears to offer to bring people to stay in a houseboat-like vessel or outpost, which Lazy Bear's website says is moored at Hubbart Point. Enlarge image (new window) Conservation group Oceans North says it wants the province to take action to protect Hubbart Point and the surrounding areas. However, those discussions are confidential, and the spokesperson said they could not comment further or provide further details about whether Hubbart Point is part of those conversations. Enlarge image (new window) Hubbart Point is home to many artifacts, including meat caches.
Source:CBC News
August 02, 2024 05:46 UTC
One year after news ban, Canadian journalism is suffering — but Meta isn’t budging
Before C-18, the River Valley Sun — which distributes 6,000 free newspapers monthly — relied on Facebook to share content, instead of having its own website. No Meta deal in sightThe Online News Act sought to force web giants like Meta to compensate media outlets for the journalism shared on their platforms. And so that's part of a larger trend, said Aengus Bridgman, MEO's director and project lead on the Meta news ban. Neither MEO nor the Canadian Association of Journalists has tracked how many outlets have shut down following the Meta news ban. Blackburn said small, local outlets like hers that do the unglamorous work of covering local courts, town council meetings and events like parades are hurting out here.
Source:CBC News
August 02, 2024 04:55 UTC
Mother violated international abduction treaty, but can keep daughter in Canada due to Ukraine war, court rules
Unlike many, she took the girl across borders — ending up in Canada — without the father’s permission. Kosenkova violated an international abduction treaty when she did so, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled recently in an intriguing child-custody case. But Justice Ross Macfarlane said the girl can nevertheless stay in Windsor, Ont., in part because of the danger she’d face if returned to her father in Ukraine. “There is a grave risk that returning Mariia to her habitual residence in Ukraine would expose her to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place her in an intolerable situation,” said Macfarlane. “There is an additional intolerable risk of psychological harm associated with uprooting Mariia from the care of her mother, who has been her primary caregiver for her entire life and has expressed no intention to return to Ukraine.”FULL STORY: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/mother-violated-international-abduction-treaty-canada-ukraine
Source:National Post
August 02, 2024 01:05 UTC
Dunfee gets Canada started in Paris
Dunfee gets Canada started in Paris by Athletics Canada View All NewsAs the athletics program at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games gets started, Evan Dunfee solidified his spot among the world’s best, finishing 5th in the men’s 20 km race walk in a time of 1:19:16. I’m really proud of the effort. Qualifying also begins in the women’s 100 metres, 800 metres and 5000 metres, as well as the men’s 1500 metres. Go to our Paris 2024 Homepage, bookmark it, comeback every day and you will be ahead of the Games. CBC/Radio-Canada’s comprehensive coverage of Paris 2024 will feature live broadcasts from every venue and include every Canadian medal-winning moment, with 22 hours of live television coverage each day and totalling more than 3000 hours of live content available on CBC and partner networks TSN and Sportsnet, CBC Gem, CBC’s Paris 2024 website (cbc.ca/paris2024) and the CBC Paris 2024 app for Android and iOS devices.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 23:31 UTC
Paris 2024 Opening draws 13.3M Canadian viewers
CBC/Radio-Canada says Friday’s Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony was watched, at least in part, by one in three Canadians on its platforms. Total video hours streamed are triple that of the opening of Tokyo 2020, with 775,000 hours streamed. The series is available to Crave audiences in English and French, with the English version featuring narration by Canadian media personality George Stroumboulopoulos. The series is co-produced by Montreal’s C3 Media (part of Cineflix Media group). Canadian Film Centre (CFC) has announced the return of the Black Excellence Speaker Series, which will feature costume designer Antoinette Messam.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 17:30 UTC
Lao police seize nearly 1.5 tonnes of drugs
Police in Laos' Bolikhamxay province have arrested three suspects in connection with a big drug trafficking ring involving nearly 1.5 tonnes of narcotics. Lao police seize nearly 1.5 tonnes of drugs (Photo: thestar.com)Vientiane (VNA) – Police in Laos' Bolikhamxay province have arrested three suspects in connection with a big drug trafficking ring involving nearly 1.5 tonnes of narcotics. According to the police, an investigation began in early July 2024 after they received reports about a group selling and transporting large quantities of drugs from the capital city of Vientiane, via National Route 13, to Khamkeut town in Bolikhamxay province,. The drugs were planned to be shipped to neighbouring countries. Lao authorities are expanding the investigation to track down other individuals involved in this large-scale drug trafficking network./.
Source:thestar
August 01, 2024 15:44 UTC
Canadian-born Paul Whelan, U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich released in Russia prisoner swap
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August 01, 2024 15:28 UTC
Fake letter leaves Nigerian international student without status, asked to leave Canada
A few weeks before graduation, the international student from Nigeria received a letter from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). WATCH | A devastating discovery:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget. In response to questions about Akinlade's case and why IRCC believes she knew about the fake letter, IRCC pointed back to its officer's decision based on the balance of probabilities.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 14:29 UTC
CrowdStrike hit by class action lawsuit from shareholders over massive outage
They said CrowdStrike's share price fell 32 per cent over the next 12 days, wiping out $25 billion US of market value. The complaint cites statements, including from a March 5 conference call where Kurtz characterized CrowdStrike's software as validated, tested and certified. The lawsuit led by the Plymouth County Retirement Association of Plymouth, Mass., seeks unspecified damages for holders of CrowdStrike Class A shares between Nov. 29, 2023 and July 29, 2024. Shareholders often sue companies after unexpected negative news causes stock prices to fall, and CrowdStrike could face more lawsuits. CrowdStrike shares closed at $231.96 on Wednesday.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 14:29 UTC
How to watch Olympics track and field in Canada: Full TV schedule for 2024 on CBC channels, live streams
How to watch Olympics track and field in Canada: TV channels, live streamsTV channels: CBC | TSN | SportsnetCBC | TSN | Sportsnet Live streams: CBC.ca | CBC Gem | CBC Paris app | FuboCBC, TSN and Sportsnet will offer daily coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Triple Jump Women's Round 1 12:55 p.m. Discus Throw Women's Round 1 1:10 p.m. 4x400m Relay Mixed Round 1 1:45 p.m. 800m Women's Round 1 1:50 p.m. Pole Vault Men's Round 1 4:35 a.m. 100m Men's Prelim 5:10 a.m. 800m Men's Repechage 5:45 a.m. 100m Men's Round 1 1:45 p.m. Pole Vault Women's Round 1 4:50 a.m. 400m Hurdles Women's Repechage 5:20 a.m. 400m Men's Repechage 5:55 a.m. 400m Women's Round 1 6:50 a.m. 200m Women's Repechage 1:05 p.m. Shot Put Women's Final 2 p.m. 400m Women's Final 2:10 p.m.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 07:31 UTC
Manufacturing sector drove growth as Canada’s economy grew 0.2% in May
Canada's economy grew 0.2 per cent in May, Statistics Canada said on Wednesday, a tick higher than what economists were expecting. The manufacturing sector drove growth in May for the second consecutive month, Statistics Canada said, while the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extracting sector contracted by 0.6 per cent. However, the retail sector was the largest drag on economic growth in May. It has also forecast that annualized GDP growth in the second quarter will come out to 2.2 per cent, well beyond the 1.5 per cent growth estimated by the Bank of Canada during its July interest rate meeting. DiCapua had written in an early morning note that high interest rates were pinching the economy, particularly impacting the retail sector.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 03:52 UTC
Ilya Kharun receives historical Olympic bronze medal for Canada
Ilya Kharun receives historical Olympic bronze medal for CanadaSportsDuration 0:36Ilya Kharun became the first ever Canadian man to claim an Olympic medal in the 200-metre butterfly, as the Montreal native finished in the bronze position at Paris 2024.
Source:CBC News
August 01, 2024 02:58 UTC
Video Essay: Gender equity but no right to play
Video Essay: Gender equity but no right to playSportsDuration 1:29Paris 2024 is the first Olympic Games to reach gender parity with equal numbers of men and women athletes, but France has banned its own hijab-wearing women athletes in defence of secularism. CBC Sports' senior contributor Shireen Ahmed explores how excluding Muslim women from sport, because they choose to cover, is against the principles of freedom that the IOC claims to uphold.
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July 31, 2024 21:35 UTC
Dieppe naming trails after women who helped shape its heritage
Dieppe naming trails after women who helped shape its heritageNewsDuration 1:39Dieppe's heritage sector is asking the public to submit names of women and people who identified as women who contributed to the city's history or heritage in some way. The chosen names will be announced in June 2025 and will be part of a heritage tour across eight of the city's trails.
Source:CBC News
July 31, 2024 20:58 UTC
Arctic glaciers serve as namesake for 2 future coast guard vessels
A ceremonial good-luck coin has been welded into the keel of one of the Canadian Coast Guard's two future Arctic and offshore patrol ships — both of which will be named after glaciers. The names of the CCGS Donjek Glacier and the CCGS Sermilik Glacier were announced Wednesday at Halifax's Irving Shipbuilding, where the keel of the Donjek Glacier is already complete. The Donjek Glacier is named after a glacier in Yukon's Kluane National Park. The contract was first announced in May 2019 and construction of the Donjek Glacier began in August 2023. The ships will replace two of five similar patrol vessels in the Canadian Coast Guard's fleet.
Source:CBC News
July 31, 2024 19:37 UTC