Alberta, Ottawa spending $7 million to fund six new urban wildfire teams
May 23, 2025
Nearly $7 million in provincial and federal spending will create six teams of urban wildfire crews, Alberta’s public safety minister announced Friday.Speaking in Strathmore, Alta., Mike Ellis told a news conference that having six more teams means Alberta will have up to eight specialized crews that can respond to fires threatening communities.
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Canadian and American border agencies have worked with the RCMP to arrest a Vancouver man who was allegedly importing illegal firearms from the United States while sending small shipments of fentanyl to New York State.On Friday, B.C.’s specialized gang unit announced Jordan Tanner Dakota Treleaven, 32, was arrested the day before in Edmonton as part of an investigation it started in February with the Canada Border Services Agency into alleged importation of guns.
May 23, 2025 - 21:34 | Mike Hager | The Globe and Mail
Doctors who work in the Emergency Room (ER) at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) are in disbelief the entire pediatric unit will be shutting down for at least six weeks.
May 23, 2025 - 21:04 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
Harvard University won a temporary injunction Friday to block a Trump administration decision to revoke its ability to enroll international students, a move the university said is retaliation for its refusal to surrender its academic independence.The temporary injunction, granted by a U.S. district court judge, is a reprieve for as many as 7,000 international students at Harvard, including hundreds of Canadians, who will now be closely watching as the matter is argued in court.
May 23, 2025 - 20:56 | Joe Friesen | The Globe and Mail
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