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In The News for March 6 : Worker shortages plague vital airlines in the North

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Mar 06, 2023

Climate change threatens Canadian security, prosperity, warns stark spy agency brief

OTTAWA - Canada's spy service warns that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity, including the possible loss of parts of British Columbia and the Atlantic ...

Mar 05, 2023

Canadian environmental groups praise UN accord to protect marine life on high seas

OTTAWA - Praise poured in from Canadian environmental groups on Sunday for a newly signed treaty that will help protect biodiversity in the high seas, where conservation efforts across vast stretches ...

Mar 05, 2023

TikTok to remain sponsor at Broadbent Institute conference despite security concerns

OTTAWA - The Broadbent Institute is keeping TikTok as a sponsor during their upcoming conference, despite rising national security concerns from the government of Canada regarding the popular app. Jen...

Mar 05, 2023

B.C. logging firm wants to avoid cutting old growth, but province said it must pay

A British Columbia company that wants to avoid logging sections of at-risk old growth was told by the Crown corporation that manages B.C.'s public forests to cut the trees down or pay to leave them st...

Mar 05, 2023

Canadian Press newscaster Geri Smith, on air for nearly 35 years, dead at 60

TORONTO - Geraldine "Geri" Smith, a long-time Canadian Press newscaster whose voice became familiar to listeners across the country during her nearly 35 years with the national wire service, has died....

Mar 04, 2023

RCMP officer accused of on-duty assault in Nunavut facing criminal charges

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut RCMP say an officer is facing three criminal charges after an alleged assault while he was on duty. Const. Luke Tomkinson has been charged with assault with a weapon, pointi...

Mar 03, 2023

N.W.T. says lack of notice on oilsands tailings spill goes against deal with Alberta

Alberta didn't live up to the terms of a deal it has with the Northwest Territories to inform it about threats to its shared watershed after two major oilsands tailings spills, the territory's environ...

Mar 03, 2023

Two former employees of Algerian Consulate in Montreal sue for workplace harassment

MONTREAL - Two former cleaning employees of the Algerian Consulate in Montreal are suing the government of Algeria and its Foreign Affairs Department for about $450,000 in damages and unpaid wages. Ma...

Mar 03, 2023

Up to the gills in goldfish: Large invasive fish a problem in B.C. waters: expert

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A researcher says pet owners who dump their unwanted goldfish into British Columbia's waterways are putting native fish populations at risk. Brian Heise, an associate professor in the...

Mar 03, 2023