Canada’s top 10 weather events of 2024 ranked by severity
Environment Canada names the Jasper wildfire that devastated a quarter of Jasper Alberta and displaced about 30,000 people, plus record rainfall and a costly hailstorm, among the year’s most impactful weather events. The list highlights climate change linked extremes across the country with multiple regions hit by fires, floods, and Arctic heat.
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Rocky Mountain
Jasper
Alta
Canada
The
Weather Agency
Jennifer Smith
Ontario
Quebec
Smith
MPs approve 21.6 billion in supplementary spending
Parliament approved 21.6 billion in supplementary estimates for the 2024 budget amid a stalled privilege debate. The package funds First Nations child services, dental care and asylum seeker support, with Conservatives opposing the total and Bloc Quebecois resisting a 1.1 million line item. The vote also includes 561 million for National Defence to advance up to 16 P-8A Poseidon aircraft under a US deal.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Quebec
Conservative
Bloc Québécois
Canada
NDP
Jagmeet Singh
Treasury Board
Anita Anand
Liberals
Anand
Greg Fergus
United States
U.S
Department of National Defence
Defence Department
Montreal suburb coach sex abuse settlement reaches 10.25 million
The Quebec Superior Court approved a class action settlement allowing victims of former Greenfield Park hockey coach Francois Lamarre to receive up to 600000 dollars each. The City of Longueuil pays most, Lamarre’s estate contributes 8300 dollars. total could reach 10.25 million across eligible victims.
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Montreal
Quebec Superior Court
Francois Lamarre
Greenfield Park
Longueuil
Lamarre
Suzanne Courchesne
John Cormier
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Batiscan
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B.C
Arctic Air
Cape Breton
Labrador
Arctic
Calgary
Calgary International Airport
WestJet
Flair Airlines
Thunder Bay
Nutcracker
Kegmice
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
TBCA
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