Help on the way for central Newfoundland fire Premier says is largest since 1961:

“This is a dynamic, evolving situation as all fires are, but we can’t wait for the last minute we have to act now,” Furey said.

The fire has been burning for close to two weeks in central
Newfoundland and has prompted road closures, including the Bay d’Espoir
Highway is the only road connecting the communities of Harbour Breton,
Hermitage and Conne River to the Trans-Canada Highway, the main
thoroughfare across the province.

Coady said the wildfires will most likely continue to burn out of control due to the weather conditions.

“Over the past couple days, we’ve seen some extreme fire behaviour,” he
said at the news conference. “We expect to see that continue for today
and possibly for the next few days. This is due to the high winds and
low humidity.”

Help on the way for central Newfoundland fire Premier says is largest since 1961:
“This is a dynamic, evolving situation as all fires are, but we can’t wait for the last minute we have to act now,” Furey said.
The fire has been burning for close to two weeks in central
Newfoundland and has prompted road closures, including the Bay d’Espoir
Highway is the only road connecting the communities of Harbour Breton,
Hermitage and Conne River to the Trans-Canada Highway, the main
thoroughfare across the province.
Coady said the wildfires will most likely continue to burn out of control due to the weather conditions.
“Over the past couple days, we’ve seen some extreme fire behaviour,” he
said at the news conference. “We expect to see that continue for today
and possibly for the next few days. This is due to the high winds and
low humidity.”Read More

‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death:

Screams from soldiers being tortured, overflowing
cells, inhuman conditions, a regime of intimidation and murder. Inedible
gruel, no communication with the outside world, and days marked off
with a home-made calendar written on a box of tea.

This, according to a prisoner who was there, is what conditions are like inside Olenivka, the notorious detention centre outside Donetsk where dozens of Ukrainian soldiers burned to death in a horrific episode late last month while in Russian captivity.

Anna Vorosheva – a 45-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur – gave a harrowing account to the Observer
of her time inside the jail. She spent 100 days in Olenivka after being
detained in mid-March at a checkpoint run by the pro-Russian Donetsk
People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine.

‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death: Screams from soldiers being tortured, overflowing
cells, inhuman conditions, a regime of intimidation and murder. Inedible
gruel, no communication with the outside world, and days marked off
with a home-made calendar written on a box of tea.This, according to a prisoner who was there, is what conditions are like inside Olenivka, the notorious detention centre outside Donetsk where dozens of Ukrainian soldiers burned to death in a horrific episode late last month while in Russian captivity.Anna Vorosheva – a 45-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur – gave a harrowing account to the Observer
of her time inside the jail. She spent 100 days in Olenivka after being
detained in mid-March at a checkpoint run by the pro-Russian Donetsk
People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine.Read More

The Alberta government is ripping apart legal aid:

Last month Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
wrote the Alberta government warning of a looming justice system
disaster and requested an urgent meeting to discuss adequate funding for
Legal Aid Alberta.

This situation is no chicken little; the sky is falling, and it will crush fairness in Alberta’s courts.

Legal Aid Alberta has been so underfunded and choked of resources
that the province risks sliding into a model of frontier justice, where
the innocent are convicted, and only the rich and powerful can defend
themselves in court.

The Alberta government is ripping apart legal aid: Last month Alberta’s Criminal Trial Lawyers Association
wrote the Alberta government warning of a looming justice system
disaster and requested an urgent meeting to discuss adequate funding for
Legal Aid Alberta.This situation is no chicken little; the sky is falling, and it will crush fairness in Alberta’s courts.Legal Aid Alberta has been so underfunded and choked of resources
that the province risks sliding into a model of frontier justice, where
the innocent are convicted, and only the rich and powerful can defend
themselves in court.Read More

New poll shows voters still expect a credible climate plan:

The poll, completed in May-June 2022, found that a majority (54%) of
Canadian voters say they can’t vote for a federal party that doesn’t
have a strong climate plan. On this point, young people and Quebecers
feel the most strongly: nearly two thirds (65%) of Canadian voters aged
18 to 34 agreed with this viewpoint, as did 59% of voters in Quebec.

What’s more, 70% of voters support the federal government’s goal of
achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. About the same number (69%)
support the climate measures in the government’s Emissions Reduction
Plan (ERP). The ERP includes objectives like reducing emissions 40-45%
by 2030, achieving a non-emitting electricity grid by 2035, and
implementing a 100% zero-emission sales mandate for passenger vehicles
by 2035.

New poll shows voters still expect a credible climate plan: The poll, completed in May-June 2022, found that a majority (54%) of
Canadian voters say they can’t vote for a federal party that doesn’t
have a strong climate plan. On this point, young people and Quebecers
feel the most strongly: nearly two thirds (65%) of Canadian voters aged
18 to 34 agreed with this viewpoint, as did 59% of voters in Quebec.What’s more, 70% of voters support the federal government’s goal of
achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. About the same number (69%)
support the climate measures in the government’s Emissions Reduction
Plan (ERP). The ERP includes objectives like reducing emissions 40-45%
by 2030, achieving a non-emitting electricity grid by 2035, and
implementing a 100% zero-emission sales mandate for passenger vehicles
by 2035.Read More

‘Very profound’: Hundreds of residential school photos found in Rome archives:

Raymond Frogner says when he found images of residential school
students in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate archives in Rome,
he knew he was looking at something important.

“It did have a very historic feeling to it, very profound,” the head
archivist for the Winnipeg-based Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.

Few archivists are able to explore the religious order’s private
records in the Italian city, Frogner said. But he spent five days early
last month looking through the archives at the Oblate General House,
where photos, personnel files and manuscripts describe the group’s
actions around the world since its founding in 1816.

That legacy includes a significant presence in Canada.

‘Very profound’: Hundreds of residential school photos found in Rome archives: Raymond Frogner says when he found images of residential school
students in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate archives in Rome,
he knew he was looking at something important.“It did have a very historic feeling to it, very profound,” the head
archivist for the Winnipeg-based Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.Few archivists are able to explore the religious order’s private
records in the Italian city, Frogner said. But he spent five days early
last month looking through the archives at the Oblate General House,
where photos, personnel files and manuscripts describe the group’s
actions around the world since its founding in 1816.That legacy includes a significant presence in Canada.Read More