BCMar 04, 2020
TSB: Undetected cracks responsible for an Enbridge natural gas pipeline explosion
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says undetected cracks were responsible for an Enbridge natural gas pipeline rupture that resulted in an explosion and fire northeast of Prince George, B.C. in October 2018. No one was injured in the incident but 125 people had to be evacuated and the outage led to province wide natural gas shortages. Safety board lead investigator Jennifer Philopoulos says Enbridge subsidiary Westcoast Energy, the pipeline operator, was aware of the risk but its plan to manage that risk turned out to be insufficient.
BCMar 04, 2020
New Westminster Police release new footage of missing woman Nirla Sharma
Police in New Westminster have released new video surveillance footage of a woman who has been missing for more than a week.A news release says 44 year old Nirla Sharma was recorded in the Queensborough Landing business area in the early hours of February 24th, the morning of her disappearance.Police say images circulated widely last week were actually of a different person, not Sharma.They are asking anyone with dash cam footage who was driving in the area to come forward.
CanadaMar 04, 2020
PM creates COVID-19 cabinet committee to deal with novel coronavirus
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has created a new cabinet committee to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, which began in China but now has spread around the world.The COVID-19 cabinet committee will complement the work being done by the government's incident response group.Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland will chair the group, while Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos will be vice-chair.The other members will include Industry Minister Navdeep Bains, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, Health Minister Patty Hajdu, Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly, Finance Minister Bi
BCMar 04, 2020
3 more cases of the novel coronavirus in B.C.
Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total of people infected to 12 in the province. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the two women and one man are linked to travel to Iran. She says one of the women is in her 30s and was infected in a household linked to the eighth case in BC, which involved travel to Iran. Henry says the most important advice she can offer is for people to wash their hands to prevent infection as COVID-19 spreads around the world. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the first five cases in BC were l
IndiaMar 04, 2020
Arvind Kejriwal meets PM Modi, discusses Delhi violence, coronavirus
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the Parliament on March 03. Both leaders met for the first time after Delhi Assembly elections, and discussed the deadly violence of Northeast and coronavirus situation in Delhi. After meeting, CM Kejriwal said, "It was a courtesy meeting with PM Modi. After winning Delhi elections, I asked for his time and today, I got the chance to meet him. I asked for his help for the development of Delhi and he assured me that he will fully support us for development of Delhi. We also discussed violence of Northeast Delhi a
CanadaMar 04, 2020
CN Rail calling back workers laid off due to rail blockades
CN Rail is starting to call back workers laid off because of rail blockades tied to an Indigenous pipeline protest in B.C. Via Rail trains are moving once again from Ottawa to Toronto and between Toronto and Montreal. But the Mohawks in Kahnawake Quebec are maintaining a rail blockade south of Montreal. The community is trying to determine what to do next since an arrangement was forged on the weekend with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in B.C. and cabinet ministers.
CanadaMar 04, 2020
PM Trudeau: people are impatient over the disputed natural gas pipeline in B.C.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows people are impatient over the disputed natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Trudeau says the opposition of some Wet'suwet'en leaders to the Coastal GasLink pipeline has led to difficult times for many Canadians over the past few weeks. He says his government has been focused on trying to find a solution, but added that current tensions stem from Canada's dark history of mistreatment of Indigenous peoples.
WorldMar 03, 2020
Brett Kissel: Tornado narrowly missed his condo in Nashville
Canadian country music star Brett Kissel says a tornado narrowly missed his condo in Nashville early this morning. He says much of the surrounding area in his neighbourhood is in ruins. Kissel, who is from Flat Lake, Alberta, says the twister got so close to his building that cars in its parking lot had smashed windows. Tornadoes killed at least 22 people across Tennessee and shredded at least 140 buildings.
WorldMar 03, 2020
Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. has climbed to nine, with tensions rising over how to contain the outbreak. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are expressing doubts about the government's ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve has announced the biggest interest-rate cut in over a decade to try to fend off damage to the economy. And health officials are trying to ease shortages of face masks by giving the OK to medical workers to use industrial-grade ones.
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