Canada seeks special climate role at G8 summit
Prime Minister Stephen Harper will press G8 leaders to recognize Canada's unique climate challenges including its growing economy population and oil sector as Ottawa signals it may reject Europe US carbon targets and favor a Canada US carbon market with intensity based cuts.
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John Baird
Federal rejects Ontario call for handgun ban
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day dismissed Ontario’s push to ban handguns after talks in Ottawa. He argued that crime with firearms declines with aggressive policing and illegal-firearm enforcement, not bans. Ontario officials cited the shooting death of 15 year old Jordan Manners in Toronto’s Jane Finch area as justification, while Day pointed to gun-crime trends in the UK and Ireland.
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Jordan Manners
C.W Jefferys Collegiate Institute
Jane Finch
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United Kingdom
Ireland
Ipperwash land return urged by Dudley George’s brother
Sam George called on Ontario to return 109 acres of Ipperwash Provincial Park to the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation as a step to restore peace after the Dudley George killing. Premier McGuinty said a decision on land return is premature.
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Ipperwash
Dudley George
Sam George
Ontario
Kettle
Stony Point
Award sends teen to Arctic for environmental work
Saskatchewan teen B J Bodnar 17 won a national award from David Suzuki at Toronto Earth Day Gala for environmental education and lobbying. He will travel in August to the Arctic to conduct research with scientists and youth from around the world on the Students on Ice tour from northern Manitoba to Iqaluit Nunavut. He praised Canada’s government for recognizing climate and environmental importance across parties.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
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B.J. Bodnar
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Bodnar
United Nations
Arctic
Manitoba
Iqaluit
Nunavut
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