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Universities Should Be Mandated to Disclose Research Ties With Foreign Actors, Government Committee Hears

Witnesses testifying before a government committee Tuesday said universities across Canada have partnered with Chinese agencies and will continue to do so unless Parliament mandates educational institutes to disclose these relationships. Lawyer James Hinton, associate professor at Western University and senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, appeared as a witness at the…


Universities Should Be Mandated to Disclose Research Ties With Foreign Actors, House Committee Hears

Witnesses testifying before a government committee Tuesday said universities across Canada have partnered with Chinese agencies and will continue to do so unless Parliament mandates educational institutes to disclose these relationships. Lawyer James Hinton, associate professor at Western University and senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, appeared as a witness at the…


24 Injured in Explosion in Paris

PARIS—A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital’s monuments and prompting an evacuation of other properties, authorities said. Police were investigating suspicions that a gas leak caused the blast. The facade of the building in…


Dozens Injured in Explosion in Paris

PARIS—A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital’s monuments and prompting an evacuation of other properties, authorities said. Police were investigating suspicions that a gas leak caused the blast. The facade of the building in…


Tackling BC’s Largest Ever Wildfire Means Letting Some of It Burn, Province Says

Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia. “I never saw either end of the fire,” says Healey, who’s in the middle of a two-week stint managing what is B.C.’s largest…


UK Returns to Coal Power After Solar Panels Fail in Hot Weather

The United Kingdom has resorted to restarting a coal-fired power plant to meet demand for air conditioning after the nation was hit by a major heatwave. Temperatures in Britain hit 86 degrees Fahrenheit two weekends ago for the first time this year, pushing up demand for power as households and businesses faced unusually brutal heat….


Pentagon Leak Suspect Jack Teixeira Pleads Not Guilty

Accused Pentagon top secret document leaker Jack Teixeira has pleaded not guilty to multiple federal charges that a conviction on could send the former Air National Guard member to prison for many years. Teixeira, 21, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to national defense….


Canada’s Access to Information System ‘Continues to Have Flaws’: Federal Report

In an effort to prevent federal censorship of public records, the Commons access to information committee is requesting Ottawa to conduct a system overhaul so that Canadians can obtain the information they need to hold the government to account. As first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, the committee says Canada’s access to information system “continues to…


Illegal Drugs Now Leading Cause of Death in BC for Ages 10 to 59: Coroner

More than 1,000 people have died in British Columbia from street drug overdoses, mostly caused by fentanyl, in the first five months of 2023, according to the BC Coroners Service. Drug toxicity from illegal drugs, which the Coroner refers to as “unregulated drugs,” is now the leading cause of death in the province in people…


Canada Bread Agrees to Pay $50 Million for Role in Bread Price Fixing

Canada Bread has agreed to pay $50 million after admitting to colluding with competitors in Canada’s bakery industry to fix bread prices. “Fixing the price of bread—a food staple of Canadian households—was a serious criminal offence,” said Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell in a June 21 release. “Our continuing investigation remains a top priority. We are doing everything in…