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The Port of Prince Rupert is just one of two in Canada to provide shore power to container vessels at berth reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the local environment. (Photo: supplied)

Union for 7,000-plus terminal cargo workers in B.C. ports to hold strike vote

The union’s negotiating committee has authorized a strike vote that will take place June 9 and 10

The Port of Prince Rupert is just one of two in Canada to provide shore power to container vessels at berth reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the local environment. (Photo: supplied)
A bluntnose sixgill shark is seen illuminated by divers in the waters near Port Alberni, B.C., in an undated still image made from handout video footage. A group of British Columbia scuba divers on Vancouver Island spotted the shark on a recent dive in Alberni Inlet, capturing what they say is rare footage of the animal in shallow waters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Uncharted Odyssey, Garrett Clement

Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting

Divers were exploring around a shipwreck when they saw the 2-metre-long shark

A bluntnose sixgill shark is seen illuminated by divers in the waters near Port Alberni, B.C., in an undated still image made from handout video footage. A group of British Columbia scuba divers on Vancouver Island spotted the shark on a recent dive in Alberni Inlet, capturing what they say is rare footage of the animal in shallow waters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Uncharted Odyssey, Garrett Clement
British Columbia’s provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Job action at Capilano University, as contracts inked with staff at 5 other schools

A statement on the university’s website says classes are suspended at its main campus

British Columbia’s provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, appears as a witness at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

David Johnston expected to begin public meetings on foreign interference next month

Johnston is appearing before a parliamentary committee for a marathon 3 hours of testimony

David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, appears as a witness at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. A Yukon First Nations community has begun its search for unmarked graves at a former residential school site with a ceremony that triggered strong emotions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Launch of search for graves at former Yukon residential school triggers raw emotions

A community report on the results is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer

The Yukon provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Monday July 6, 2020. A Yukon First Nations community has begun its search for unmarked graves at a former residential school site with a ceremony that triggered strong emotions. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry looks on as chief coroner Lisa Lapointe discusses details about the province’s application for decriminalization in the next step to reduce toxic drug deaths during a news conference in the press gallery at the legislature in Victoria, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. officials push back against safe supply critics and their ‘polarizing rhetoric’

Officials seek to rebut claims that drugs prescribed through the B.C.’s safe supply program are being re-sold to young people

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry looks on as chief coroner Lisa Lapointe discusses details about the province’s application for decriminalization in the next step to reduce toxic drug deaths during a news conference in the press gallery at the legislature in Victoria, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Marci Ien, delivers remarks during an announcement to support a national Indigenous women’s and LGBTQ organization at the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in Gatineau, Que., Monday, June 5, 2023. The Trudeau government is earmarking $1.5 million for LGBTQ community organizations to boost security measures at Pride parades and other events this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Ottawa offers $1.5 million for security at Pride parades after rise in hate crimes

Organizations have ramped up security after a documented rise in hate crimes targeting LGBTQ people

Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth, Marci Ien, delivers remarks during an announcement to support a national Indigenous women’s and LGBTQ organization at the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) in Gatineau, Que., Monday, June 5, 2023. The Trudeau government is earmarking $1.5 million for LGBTQ community organizations to boost security measures at Pride parades and other events this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
PSAC workers and supporters picket in front of President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier’s office in Ottawa on Friday, April 21, 2023. The federal government has given an updated deal to a public service union that signed its collective agreement in the fall in order to match the deals reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
PSAC workers and supporters picket in front of President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier’s office in Ottawa on Friday, April 21, 2023. The federal government has given an updated deal to a public service union that signed its collective agreement in the fall in order to match the deals reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada this spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters as he arrives for a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters as he arrives for a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Flanked by Conservative Finance and Middle Class Prosperity critic Jasraj Singh Hallan and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and other members of Parliament, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, June 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Liberals accuse Tories of ‘hijacking’ Parliament after threatening to filibuster

But Liberal House leader Mark Holland says the federal government won’t cower over the Tory threats

Flanked by Conservative Finance and Middle Class Prosperity critic Jasraj Singh Hallan and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and other members of Parliament, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, June 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Aerial view of the Donnie Creek Wildfire is shown in this handout image provided by the BC Wildfire Service. The Donnie Creek fire is one of 83 fires burning in British Columbia, and one of 413 active blazes across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service

Northeast wildfire now the second largest in B.C.’s history: Wildfire Service

The fire, which is burning north of Fort St. John, is estimated at more than 2,400 square kilometres in size

Aerial view of the Donnie Creek Wildfire is shown in this handout image provided by the BC Wildfire Service. The Donnie Creek fire is one of 83 fires burning in British Columbia, and one of 413 active blazes across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-BC Wildfire Service
Paul Bernardo sits in the back of a police cruiser as he leaves a hearing in St. Catharines, Ont., April 5, 1994. The lawyer for the families of Paul Bernardo’s victims says the killer and serial rapist should be returned to his maximum-security prison and transparency be provided around what led to his transfer to a medium-security facility in the first place.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Prison service to review decision to transfer killer Bernardo to medium security

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he raised concerns about the transfer directly to federal corrections commissioner Anne Kelly

Paul Bernardo sits in the back of a police cruiser as he leaves a hearing in St. Catharines, Ont., April 5, 1994. The lawyer for the families of Paul Bernardo’s victims says the killer and serial rapist should be returned to his maximum-security prison and transparency be provided around what led to his transfer to a medium-security facility in the first place.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
People board a bus to leave Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, June 3, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo

Sudan crisis: Canada to match $5 million in donations

The United Nations says the conflict has displaced more than 1.3 million people

People board a bus to leave Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, June 3, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese Army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces intensified. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP Photo
Flanked by Conservative Finance and Middle Class Prosperity critic Jasraj Singh Hallan and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and other members of Parliament, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, June 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Poilievre threatens to filibuster budget bill if Liberals don’t meet demands

If the government does not meet these demands, we will use all procedural tools at our disposal

Flanked by Conservative Finance and Middle Class Prosperity critic Jasraj Singh Hallan and Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman and other members of Parliament, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons, Monday, June 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
This February 2012 photo, provided by National Geographic, shows explorer and filmmaker James Cameron emerging from the hatch of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER during testing of the submersible in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, Australia. (National Geographic, Mark Thiessen)
This February 2012 photo, provided by National Geographic, shows explorer and filmmaker James Cameron emerging from the hatch of DEEPSEA CHALLENGER during testing of the submersible in Jervis Bay, south of Sydney, Australia. (National Geographic, Mark Thiessen)
Calgary police say a father and his son have been arrested and charged after multiple teenage girls were sexually exploited, assaulted and extorted for several months. A Calgary Police Service officer is seen in Calgary on April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Father and son charged with sexual exploitation, assault of teenage girls in Calgary

Police say they found a 13-year-old girl in April who had previously been reported missing

Calgary police say a father and his son have been arrested and charged after multiple teenage girls were sexually exploited, assaulted and extorted for several months. A Calgary Police Service officer is seen in Calgary on April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Firefighters arrive at a command centre within the evacuated zone while taking a break from battling the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S. outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Fighting wildfires in forested areas is a different exercise than battling blazes in urban dwellings, although experts say more places are seeing a crossover as people build houses on the fringes of wooded zones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Urban sprawl on wooded lands presents unique challenges when fires spread: experts

A fast-moving wildfire near Halifax destroyed an estimated 150 homes, forced about 16,000 people from their homes in subdivisions

Firefighters arrive at a command centre within the evacuated zone while taking a break from battling the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S. outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Fighting wildfires in forested areas is a different exercise than battling blazes in urban dwellings, although experts say more places are seeing a crossover as people build houses on the fringes of wooded zones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Lifeguards work at Brittany Beach on the Ottawa River in Ottawa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Staff running pools and beaches across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canadian towns and cities try creative ways to recruit lifeguards amid shortage

Pool and beach staffing can be somewhat challenging at the best of times

Lifeguards work at Brittany Beach on the Ottawa River in Ottawa on Friday, June 24, 2022. Staff running pools and beaches across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Narwhals swim between sea ice floating in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in this July 22, 2017, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
Narwhals swim between sea ice floating in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in this July 22, 2017, file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-David Goldman
A worker sprays water on Victoria Park in Hong Kong, as government closed parts of traditional venue of the city’s annual Tiananmen crackdown vigil for “maintenance works”, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Louise Delmotte

Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong’s silenced Tiananmen vigil

June 4 marks the 34th anniversary of China’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters

A worker sprays water on Victoria Park in Hong Kong, as government closed parts of traditional venue of the city’s annual Tiananmen crackdown vigil for “maintenance works”, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Louise Delmotte