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Canada’s lawmakers are urging the government to implement a recently adopted law against foreign interference following reports by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, CBC News and other media partners that the Chinese government has targeted dozens of Chinese dissidents living in Canada and other countries over the last decade.

Jenny Kwan, a member of the left-leaning New Democratic Party who herself is an “evergreen” target of the Chinese government according to Canda’s intelligence agency, told ICIJ media partner CBC News that countering transnational repression has become an urgent matter.

“In light of the CBC investigation and the reports that have now come out, you would think that this would be a priority for the government,” Kwan, who was born in Hong Kong, said in an interview. “But so far, I have yet to hear the prime minister say foreign interference, transnational repression is a top priority for them.”

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China Targets, an ICIJ-led investigation in collaboration with 42 media partners worldwide, exposed how Chinese authorities as well as Chinese Communist Party supporters and other government-backed individuals and organizations use surveillance, pressure on family members, hacking and other tactics to target regime critics living overseas.

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As part of the $30-million deal, Canadian Tire will take ownership of not only the Hudson's Bay stripes, but also its company names and other trademarks, such as its historic coat of arms symbol.

As wildfires continue to rage in Western Canada, communities in affected areas and surrounding provinces have been blanketed by thick plumes of smoke, prompting air quality alerts extending into parts of the United States this week.

Smoke conditions in some parts of the U.S. Midwest have become so bad that the air quality has been categorized as "hazardous."

Exposure to wildfire smoke has been found to cause early death and respiratory issues, says a 2024 report from Health Canada.

**FYI - the smoke map is updated regularly on the website.

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Social conservative activist groups provided Alberta government officials with lists of books now facing prohibition under new content guidelines for school libraries.

Last week Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced the province is bringing in new rules for school libraries after investigations by his office found materials containing depictions of sexual acts, nudity, drug and alcohol use, profanity and other mature content on the shelves in Alberta K-12 schools.

Alberta currently has voluntary guidelines for library books, but school boards follow their own processes for selecting age-appropriate and relevant materials for students.

Nicolaides said that because of inconsistent standards between school divisions, “sexually explicit material has made their way onto school library shelves.” Public, separate, francophone, charter and independent schools will be required to follow provincewide guidelines starting in the 2025-26 school year, he said.

Pimicikamak Cree Nation leaders are still working to get the final few community members to safety as emergency crews fight an out-of-control wildfire, and Chief David Monias is exasperated with residents who've refused to leave.

"They want to bunker down and think that they can survive it, but if those fire embers come in … they don't understand the dynamics of what the fire does and how it behaves. They feel like they're saving their homes."

"We saw the fire and it was just rolling over on top of the trees. It's going to roll over towards the other escape route, which would cut us off altogether, even to Norway House," he said.

Some can be reasoned with, but there are others who have said they are absolutely not going — even though they have young children, he said.

"They said, 'You're not going to come and get me,' but we are," Monias said. "We'll be rounding those people up with RCMP and security and safety officers, going around to make sure they get on a plane [on Tuesday]."

Mountain top removal coal mines in the historic Crowsnest Pass present a clear and present danger to downstream fish populations even decades after their closure, according to a new scientific paper funded by the government of Alberta.

The study, which examined the biological impact on fish from historic coal mining on Tent Mountain, found the legacy of open-pit mining “can persist long after mining operations end,” resulting in devastating losses for fish containing some of the highest levels for selenium ever recorded in the province.

The researchers also concluded that high selenium pollution recorded in fish netted from Crowsnest Lake strongly suggest that “any further coal mine development may well push the Crowsnest fishery beyond sustainability.” In other words, more development may well finish off the region’s distinct biological diversity.

That scientific warning contradicts the pro-coal policies of Premier Danielle Smith. Her government actively supports new coal mining projects in the Rockies, including reviving the controversial open-pit Grassy Mountain project even though a majority of Alberta’s population remains steadfastly opposed to endangering the province’s water security.

Ten years since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s final report, more students are marking Orange Shirt Day each September. Also known as Canada's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, many spend at least part of the day learning about residential schools, where Indigenous children were forced into government-funded, church-run schools to strip away their culture.

"Can we do it for the other 364 days?" he said from Yellowknife.

Sinclair believes many areas with a high Indigenous population — across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Northwestern Ontario, for instance — absolutely understand working together to achieve the TRC's recommendations, which spell out ways to address the legacy of residential schools.

Yet "in many corners of the country, we're still having a conversation about the why, not about the how," said Sinclair, whose father was the late Murray Sinclair, the judge and senator who chaired the commission.

After menopause, urinary tract infections (UTIs) can be more frequent, yet most Canadian women (82 per cent in a recent survey) don’t realize the two are associated.

Authors

• Erin A. Brennand - Gynecologist & Associate Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
• Jayna Holroyd-Leduc - Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, University of Calgary
• Pauline McDonagh Hull - PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

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