She lives in a trailer on her father’s land. But now the district has ordered her out | CBC News
Look how passive we’e become. How did we ever elect a government and give them this much power over us?
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LESSONS FROM AN EPIC SNOWSTORM
Friday, January 17, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020 was exceptional, as it marked the single most intense storm ever recorded in the province. Upwards of 90 centimetres of snow was dumped on Eastern Newfoundland, accompanied by winds gusting, at times, to 160 kilometres an hour. A state of emergency (SOE) was declared by the Mayor of St. John’s, the first in over 35 years. It essentially shut everything down. Neighbouring communities followed suit, and life as we knew it was transformed for eight days. The silence was deafening at first — no planes, no ferries, no traffic — and then the cleanup started.
As much as $200M needed to improve N.L. waste management: report | CBC News
“Since 2002, 72 per cent of waste disposal sites closed and 85
per cent of open burning and incineration activity ceased,” says the
review’s executive advisor, Ann Marie Hann, in the written report.
per cent of open burning and incineration activity ceased,” says the
review’s executive advisor, Ann Marie Hann, in the written report.
“Over
83 per cent of the population on the island portion of the province has
access to new waste-management services, including waste-diversion
programs and modern-day waste-disposal facilities. A new regional
landfill in Labrador West is also now in operation.”
Liberals left $105M meant for veterans unspent in last fiscal year
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has broken a promise made to veterans by allowing $105 million earmarked for Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) to go unspent in the 2018-19 fiscal year.
The money was left unused by VAC and sent back to the government’s general “fiscal framework,” according to documents obtained by Global News.
National security officials struggling to define and address right-wing extremism, documents show
CSIS, which has spent much of the last two decades investigating jihadi-inspired terrorism, said last year it was increasingly preoccupied by those looking to support or engage in violence that is racially motivated, ethno-nationalist, anti-government or misogynist in nature.