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Environment minister announces new methane emissions rules
Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin holds a news conference in Burnaby, B.C. about new measures to curb methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Source link
Chilliwack, B.C., mother killed by falling tree in park amid gale-force winds
Police say there is no indication the incident was anything other than a tragic and unforeseen event that occurred during severe and unpredictable weather. Source link
Boy endured years of ‘torture’ while in care of Burlington, Ont., couple, Crown tells murder trial
The 12-year-old boy Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber were trying to adopt was “dangerously” thin for over a year leading up to his 2022 death, Superior Court in Milton, Ont., heard. Source link
Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff, critical of several White House officials in interviews
Susie Wiles, U.S. President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defended the president’s aggressive second administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday in Vanity Fair. Source link
‘Shattering’ family says of 10-year-old killed in Sydney shooting
‘She’ll be so badly missed, she was just a ray of sunshine in her family,’ Daniel Collins, the uncle of 10-year-old Matilda, said. Matilda was one of 15 people killed after two shooters fired into a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s most popular beach on Sunday. Source link
Activist Jimmy Lai's family in Canada 'not surprised' but saddened by Hong Kong conviction
Judges in a Hong Kong court found pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai guilty of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious material on Monday. His family in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., and the U.K say they’re saddened, but not surprised by the decision. Source link
N.L. finance minister calls projected deficit of $948M 'deeply troubling'
Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Craig Pardy says there is no “sugarcoating” the numbers, but there is economic optimism for the province. Source link
Avatar: Fire and Ash is big, goofy and forgettable
Avatar: Fire and Ash — James Cameron’s newest entry in his wildly successful franchise — has exciting action, beautiful effects and little to remember. Source link
Unsanctioned roadway barriers installed in the dark of night on Gabriola Island, B.C.
Just a few weeks after residents pleaded with local government to take action on “traffic chaos” at Descanso Bay Ferry Terminal on Gabriola Island, someone has gone rogue and installed delineators along the road in an attempt to help make pedestrians feel safer. Source link
Canadian teen describes moments after shots rang out in deadly attack in Australia
Canadian Finn Foster, 18, was planning to watch the sunset at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, when he heard shots ring out. At least 15 people were killed and 38 wounded during the Hanukkah celebration in what the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism. Source link