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N.W.T. construction company fined $100K following worker's death

N.W.T. construction company fined $100K following worker's death

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. — A construction company in the Northwest Territories has been fined $100,000 after a worker was killed at a site outside Fort Simpson in 2020. Nogha Enterprises Ltd.
Yukon 'patiently waiting' on federal support to build flood mitigation infrastructure

Yukon 'patiently waiting' on federal support to build flood mitigation infrastructure

WHITEHORSE — Yukon is "patiently waiting" for federal funding that could come this fall to help build critically needed climate-mitigation infrastructure in the wake of recent severe flooding.
Fire damages Syrian tent home of detained Canadian mother and children: advocate

Fire damages Syrian tent home of detained Canadian mother and children: advocate

OTTAWA — A Canadian mother struggling to leave a Syrian detention camp with her six children was dealt another setback this week when a fire damaged their tent home, an advocacy group says.
'It's all new for us': Ukrainian newcomers celebrate their first Canada Day

'It's all new for us': Ukrainian newcomers celebrate their first Canada Day

OTTAWA — Tonya Barabash has a quintessentially Canadian plan for Saturday: she and her husband are making the most of the hot summer weather, taking their seven-year-old son swimming at a marina and going out for ice cream.
Conservative majority on U.S. Supreme Court flexes muscles on students, LGBTQ rights

Conservative majority on U.S. Supreme Court flexes muscles on students, LGBTQ rights

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court put its conservative slant — and its ever-more-combative liberal minority — on stark display Friday as it rejected federal plans to forgive student debt and backed businesses that refuse to serve same-sex couples.
Quebec wildfires: Evacuation orders being lifted, but poor air quality persists

Quebec wildfires: Evacuation orders being lifted, but poor air quality persists

MONTREAL — Evacuation orders were starting to lift on Friday for Quebec residents directly affected by wildfires, but the blazes were still causing poor air quality across much of the province.
B.C. must urgently change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report

B.C. must urgently change forest strategies or face more wildfire disasters: report

"We're obviously experiencing, maybe, our most severe year in front of us."
New Chinese Canadian Museum opens its doors in historic Vancouver Chinatown building

New Chinese Canadian Museum opens its doors in historic Vancouver Chinatown building

The museum hopes to tell the "full history."
Masai Ujiri, Dan Levy and Kent Monkman appointed to Order of Canada

Masai Ujiri, Dan Levy and Kent Monkman appointed to Order of Canada

OTTAWA — Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, actor and writer Dan Levy and Cree artist Kent Monkman are among the dozens of people newly named to Canada's highest civilian honour. Gov. Gen.
No need for 'double punishment' in mandatory sentence case, Supreme Court rules

No need for 'double punishment' in mandatory sentence case, Supreme Court rules

OTTAWA — A woman who was barred from driving for almost two years while awaiting sentencing would face "a kind of double punishment" if she were now handed an additional, mandatory one-year prohibition, Canada's top court has ruled.