Union says CFIA staff facing intimidation and threats over planned B.C. ostrich cull
May 26, 2025
The president of the union representing staff of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it’s increasingly concerned about “intimidation and threats” against workers over a planned cull of ostriches at a farm in British Columbia.Milton Dyck of the Agriculture Union says workers have been receiving threats online over the planned cull that was ordered after an outbreak of avian flu, and protesters have gathered at the property at Edgewood, B.C., to try to block it from happening.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed civilians in a seven minute speech made public in the early hours of the morning.
Speaking in English on a
YouTube link
shared via the Prime Minister’s Office, he said: “Moments ago, Israel launched ‘Operation Rising Lion’,
a targeted military operation
to roll back the...
June 12, 2025 - 22:57 | Special to National Post | National Post
Quebec Senator Larry Smith has joined the chamber’s Conservative caucus, making him the third person to cross the Senate floor since the beginning of June and boosting the opposition caucus to 14 members.It’s a return to the past for Mr. Smith, who was the Conservative opposition leader in the Senate from 2017 to 2019. In 2022, he joined the Canadian Senators Group, which has no party affiliation, but remained a Conservative Party member.
June 12, 2025 - 22:07 | Emily Haws | The Globe and Mail
Before she had to flee her Sandy Lake First Nation home, Elizabeth Fiddler put a sign in her living-room window: “CAT INSIDE. His name is Louie!”She took a photo of the sign, with Louie, a black and white cat wearing an orange bow tie with a bell attached, sitting below, and posted it to a Facebook group called “Sandy Lake Fire 2025 – Pet Rescue.”
June 12, 2025 - 21:56 | Willow Fiddler | The Globe and Mail
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