Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Hannah Alberga
Publication Date: January 15, 2025 - 15:39
B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak
January 15, 2025
British Columbia ostrich farmers ordered to cull a herd of 400 due to an avian flu outbreak are holding onto hope that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will change its mind before their kill date in just over two weeks.The federal agency sent Universal Ostrich Farms Inc. a notice on Dec. 31 instructing their ostriches to be destroyed and disposed of by Feb. 1, but the owners are asking for more time to prove their farm should be spared.
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The Victoria Police Department has released race-based data showing an “overrepresentation” of Indigenous people in cases involving police use of force over a six-year period.But the force says the overrepresentation is also reflected in the “justice system overall,” and the data doesn’t mean officers are choosing to use force “on one specific ethnicity over another.”The data was released Wednesday in response to an order in November from the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner for the force to share the statistics.
January 15, 2025 - 20:54 | Darryl Greer | The Globe and Mail
An 18-year-old man from Brampton has been identified as a suspect in a shooting that occurred outside southwestern Ontario's largest emergency department in December, London police said.
January 15, 2025 - 20:02 | | CBC News - Canada
It’s official: Football won’t be returning to Simon Fraser University.The Burnaby, B.C., school announced Wednesday that football, discontinued in 2023 after the Texas-based Lone Star Conference chose not to renew its affiliation, will not return.
January 15, 2025 - 19:52 | | The Globe and Mail
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