Source Feed: Global News - Canada
Author: Alessia Simona Maratta
Publication Date: August 21, 2026 - 20:46
Stay informed
Whale sanctuary project secures 20-year Nova Scotia lease despite ongoing opposition
August 21, 2026
An Arizona-based organization that plans to create a seaside refuge for whales retired from marine parks has signed a 20-year lease for Crown land and coastal waters on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, marking a major milestone for a project that has also faced criticism from some residents and animal-rights advocates. The Whale Sanctuary Project announced...
Unpublished Newswire
August 26, 2026 - 20:58 | | The Globe and Mail
Council today received an update on actions taken since the 2024 Rural Summit to improve services and quality of life in rural Ottawa.
The update reflects priorities identified through the summit, six community workshops attended by 450 residents, and a survey that collected more than 1,200 responses. Since the summit, the City has advanced work across six key areas:
Investing in infrastructure and roads and protecting the environment: The City has doubled annual ditch maintenance funding to $3.6 million and completed more than 86 kilometres of ditch maintenance since...
August 26, 2026 - 20:33 | City of Ottawa - Media Relations / Ville d'Ottawa - Relations avec les médias | City of Ottawa News Releases
With the 25th anniversary of 9/11 on the horizon, the CBC has circulated a memo to reporters and editors across all its news platforms reminding them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.” The missive from the broadcaster’s journalistic standards and practices office, a copy of which was obtained by National Post, includes a section of the “longstanding language guidance” on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks carried out by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. “Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks,” it...
August 26, 2026 - 20:16 | Kenn Oliver | National Post
Comments
Be the first to comment