Canadians still mail munitions in Canada Post batches
Collectible grenades and other suspicious munitions continue to appear at mail-processing centres months after a ban. Eight evacuations this year highlight danger and cost to the postal system as Canada Post tightens rules on inert ordinance and mock munitions.
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John Daines
United States
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Germany
Mississauga
Ont
Peel
Museums await funding for promised federal support
Canadian museums say they await a new policy as they struggle with a 4.62 million dollar cut to the Museums Assistance Program over two years. Executives report canceled or late funded exhibits, with promised funds arriving too late to pay staff and suppliers. Monique Brandt of the Association of Manitoba Museums cites disruptions across the sector.
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Harper
Monique Brandt
Association of Manitoba Museums
Brandt
Monument Unveiled Honoring Sgt Tommy Prince in Winnipeg
A memorial in Winnipeg Sunday honors Sgt Tommy Prince, Canada’s most decorated aboriginal soldier. His son Tommy Prince Junior stands beside the reflective monument as the ceremony marks Prince’s Military Medal and Silver Star decorations for gallantry in action awarded by King George VI.
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Winnipeg
Canada
King George VI
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Saskatchewan questions U S offshore talks over Nova Scotia accord
Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert accuses Ottawa of negotiating a side deal with Nova Scotia on the Atlantic Accord while Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says there are no side deals. The 2005 accord shields against royalty clawbacks but a budget change presses provinces to sacrifice part of equalization for more funds. Calvert likens the talks to a duck and says negotiations are underway.
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Jim Flaherty
Canada flood threat eases in British Columbia
Flood conditions in British Columbia are easing with river levels falling on the upper Fraser North Thompson and Skeena, while the lower Fraser remains steady east of Vancouver. Over 1,100 homes on evacuation alerts and more than 80 homes in several hotspots remain affected. Terrace residents appear to beat back the Skeena flood despite an emergency sewage discharge triggering a boil-water advisory downstream from Terrace.
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