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It means that for at least the next two decades, greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are set to increase. But the electricity system operator says Ontario is already using hydro to its max, while solar and wind power rely on the weather, and natural gas generation can provide the reliability and flexibility needed to support green initiatives and an ensuing increase in electricity demand, such as from electric vehicles and electric arc furnaces in steelmaking....

CBC News has learned the government is processing the last of 18,000 applications filled out by Afghans hoping to come here through the special immigration program. Refugee advocates say the decision to end the program abandons Afghans desperate to come to this country. The program was created nearly a year ago, just weeks before Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021 and before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government promised to bring 40,000 Afghans to safety here....

“[…] Nous savons que nous devons regagner leur confiance et, dans un premier temps, nous accorderons un crédit égal à cinq jours de service à nos clients », a indiqué l’entreprise dans un communiqué obtenu par TVA Nouvelles. Lundi, le PDG de Rogers, Tony Staffieri, a déclaré dans une interview à Global News lundi que le crédit serait appliqué directement aux comptes des clients. Par conséquent, aucune action n’est requise pour l’obtenir....

Monday’s house session was delayed as police entered the chamber with water-absorbing blankets, a protective cover was draped over the center table and several buckets were placed around the green benches to catch falling water. A message on the Parliament’s monitors read: “Today’s meeting is delayed due to a water leak in the chamber. A revised meeting time will be announced.” Commons vice-chairman Nigel Evans said: “Someone has just told me this is a leak where we don’t need an investigation....

Heathrow-Chef John Holland-Kaye hat die Fluggesellschaften aufgefordert, die Kapazitäten weiter zu reduzieren, um lange Warteschlangen, Gepäckverspätungen und Flugausfälle zu vermeiden. Wie andere Flughäfen in Europa leidet auch der Flughafen London unter Personalmangel, während die Nachfrage nach Flugreisen nach der CoV-Krise wieder steigt. Im Juli und August 2019 fertigte Heathrow täglich zwischen 110.000 und 125.000 abfliegende Passagiere ab. Jetzt könne der Flughafen nur noch 100.000 pro Tag reibungslos abfertigen, sagte Heathrow....

Representatives of the heirs of the last Muslim sultan of Sulu, who claimed to own land in what is now the oil-rich Malaysian state of Sabah, said bailiffs in Luxembourg seized the holding companies on behalf of their clients on Monday. Luxembourg-registered subsidiaries Petronas Azerbaijan (Shah Deniz) and Petronas South Caucasus managed the state energy company’s interests in Azerbaijan and could be worth more than $2 billion. The move, which is being reported for the first time, is part of legal efforts launched in 2017 by Sulu heirs to win compensation for land in Sabah they said their ancestor leased to a British trading company in 1878, before the discovery of vast natural resources in the area....

In five hours on Monday, police believe the same man attacked six different 7-Eleven stores. The date was 7/11, so the company has its anniversary events. The masked man wearing a black and green hoodie first ambushed a store in Ontario around midnight. 45 minutes later, he robbed an Upland store, and an hour later, the gunman showed up at a Riverside 7-Eleven. Another shooting occurred around 3:20 a.m. in Santa Ana....

An RCMP spokesperson confirmed with CHEK News that the incident that occurred in an area in front of the Service Canada Center building on Jubilee Street was a homicide. The spokesman declined to provide more information but said there was no danger to the public. On Saturday morning, many police officers were seen in the area and had blocked off parts of Jubilee Street and Kenneth Street near Government Street....

Police believe all the attacks, which took place over the course of a week, are linked. They have released images of a man they hope to question on Monday night and asked for help identifying him. The first attack took place on July 5. The victim, a 34-year-old man, was lying on a bench in the Hudson River Park walkway near West 11th Street about 3 a.m. when an assailant pointed a sharp object and stabbed him once....

We don’t have to look far to see what’s coming for us in the UK. Temperatures in Western Europe have exceeded 40°C, sparking wildfires and forcing farmers like the one pictured in Boa Vista, Portugal, to take drastic measures to save their livestock. The warm air that has pushed across Portugal and Spain is set to spread north and east over the next few days. This is behind the extreme weather warnings the UK is currently under....

Biden will speak Friday morning “about protecting access to reproductive health care services,” the sources said. The actions he was expected to outline are intended to try to mitigate some of the potential penalties women seeking abortions may face after the ruling, but are limited in their ability to ensure access to abortion nationwide. Biden is expected to formalize directives to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to push efforts to limit women’s ability to access federally approved abortion drugs or travel across state lines to access abortion clinics....

Prince Harry is apparently unavailable to visit the Queen during her summer stay at Balmoral, the insider says. The Duke of Sussex, who is supposed to be invited with his wife for the summer holidays, is “too busy” to see the monarch. Royal expert Neil Sean on his YouTube channel said: “According to this good source, even the glamor of Balmoral with all that great air, mountains, delicacies and of course spending time with his most interesting wife people, in my opinion, they seem to be very busy....

Publié à 20h18 Le pourcentage d’enfants ayant reçu les trois doses du vaccin contre la diphtérie, le tétanos et la poliomyélite (DTC) est passé de 86 % en 2019 à seulement 81 % en 2021. Ce vaccin est utilisé comme indicateur clé de la couverture vaccinale dans le monde. Cette baisse enregistrée en 2020 et 2021 fait suite à une décennie d’améliorations. “C’est une alerte rouge pour la santé des enfants....

Emergency crews responded to a crash near the intersection of highways 43 and 33 in Lac Ste. Anne County, just northwest of Onoway, Alta., before 7 p.m According to Mounties, one motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, while two occupants of a car were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. An RCMP collision analyst is on scene to assist the investigation, police said. As of press time, the intersection was blocked, with westbound traffic limited to one lane and eastbound lanes unaffected....

Police have now obtained a photo from local surveillance video of the suspect vehicle and are asking the public to help identify who it belongs to. On Friday, the RCMP released an image of the vehicle. The RCMP said a cyclist — a 45-year-old woman — was struck and killed by a vehicle that then fled the scene. Trending Stories It happened July 6, south of 40 Avenue at McKenzie Road....

In a written statement, Mounties said they pulled over a vehicle during a traffic stop in the early morning hours of June 30 and found a one-month-old fawn in the back seat. Police said after arresting the occupants of the car for possession of wildlife, they searched it and found drugs, but did not say what kind or in what quantity. It is a criminal offense to possess wild animals in BC, live or dead, without a license or permit issued by the provincial chief veterinarian....

Prepared for the United Nations over four years by 85 experts from 33 countries, the report is the most comprehensive look at pathways to sustainable use of wildlife, or in ways that do not lead to long-term depletion of these resources and ensure their availability for future generations. It is based on thousands of scientific studies and other references, including a body of indigenous and local knowledge. Indigenous and poor communities are among the most directly affected by overexploitation of wild species, the report said....

A ce jour, l’identité de la victime présumée reste inconnue. Le frère du chanteur a cependant révélé mercredi dernier que le plaignant n’était autre que Dennis Yadiel Sanchez, le neveu et ex-mari de Ricky Martin. L’inceste étant fermement condamné à Porto Rico, l’accusé risque de recevoir une lourde peine. Selon TMZ, si l’inceste est avéré, l’artiste pourrait être condamné à jusqu’à 50 ans de prison. C’est ce que sont les lois sur l’inceste de Porto Rico....