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A British Columbia First Nation says it has lost faith in federal plans to remove open net-pens from the province’s ocean salmon farms and is reluctantly relaunching legal action it had on hold that challenges Fisheries Department aquaculture policy.The court route is a last resort, but the Namgis First Nation on northern Vancouver Island must take on the Fisheries Department to protect wild salmon off B.C.’s coast, Chief Victor Isaac said Wednesday.The First Nation has served notice to the fisheries minister that it will reactivate a 2019 judicial review application over Fisheries...
May 15, 2024 - 20:18 | Dirk Meissner | The Globe and Mail
After hearing from just two witnesses, the Crown has finished calling evidence in their case against a former Ottawa firefighter accused of assaulting and choking a non-binary colleague, and their captain who's accused of trying to prevent the complainant from reporting the incident.
May 15, 2024 - 20:13 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Early Wednesday morning, Winnipeg police called animal services to a home in the Richmond West neighborhood, where 68 dogs were rescued from reportedly horrific conditions.
May 15, 2024 - 19:59 | Daisy Woelk | Global News - Canada
Penticton Area Overdose Prevention Society announced earlier this week that their bus is in need of some costly repairs.
May 15, 2024 - 19:53 | Taya Fast | Global News - Canada
A fourth man accused in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar will next appear at provincial court on May 21, the same day the other three accused are scheduled for a hearing.The BC Prosecution Service says 22-year-old Amandeep Singh appeared via video link for his first appearance in a Surrey, B.C., court on Wednesday, and the matter has been put forward to next week.The three other men accused in Nijjar’s murder – Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh – will all appear in Surrey court on the same date.
May 15, 2024 - 19:47 | | The Globe and Mail
“My son and I are about to embark on the longest and toughest classic car rally in the world,” said Tom Kinahan.
May 15, 2024 - 19:35 | Doyle Potenteau | Global News - Canada
