The London, Ont., police service was the one Canadian power to take part. Two U.S. police forces, the New York Police Department and the San Antonio Police Department, additionally despatched delegations.
Participants additionally included the Akhmat unit from the Russian republic of Chechnya, a bunch that has been accused of committing atrocities within the battle with Ukraine.
How grocers determine what will get donated to meals banks
On a cool-but-sunny February day in Toronto’s west finish, a temperature-controlled truck pulls up on the rear of a Metro grocery retailer, the place pallets of meals about to succeed in their sell-by date sit ready. It’s time for the Daily Bread meals financial institution’s weekly pickup.
Each package deal of meat, loaf of bread and deli merchandise has been fastidiously inspected earlier than ending up on the loading dock.
For grocers, promoting perishable objects means making continuous decisions about each merchandise on show — particularly those nearing the tip of their shelf life. For people who don’t promote in time, most shops attempt to donate them to meals banks relatively than throw them away.
Metro’s pointers are easy. Two days forward of their best-before dates, packaged objects are discounted at 30 per cent. If nonetheless unsold the evening earlier than, an worker pulls the objects off the shelf and freezes them within the backroom storage for donations to native meals banks.
Investigation continues in Quebec stabbings
Quebec provincial police proceed to analyze after a stabbing attack west of Montreal that left two girls lifeless and a 3rd critically injured.
Police haven’t launched the ages of the ladies who have been killed on Thursday in a rental tower in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.
Sgt. Catherine Bernard says a 70-year-old lady was despatched to hospital with life-threatening accidents.
Bernard says a 44-year-old man was arrested and despatched to hospital.
She says the suspect is thought to police, however wouldn’t say if he was related to the victims.
2 Billion Trees: Quebec needs to chop some down
The federal authorities dedicated to planting two billion bushes throughout the nation to revive pure habitats and battle local weather change, and now Quebec needs to reap a few of them.
The provincial authorities is asking Ottawa to permit the native forestry trade to cut down bushes in areas of the province hardest hit by final yr’s forest fires.
Ottawa has dedicated greater than $3 billion to assist provinces, territories and organizations plant a complete of two billion bushes by the tip of 2031 as a part of a nationwide effort to cut back greenhouse gases.
However, the two Billion Trees program doesn’t fund bushes designated for industrial use.
But Quebec Natural Resources and Forests Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina says the record-setting 2023 hearth season has had super financial impacts in rural areas that depend upon the forestry trade.
Saskatchewan lecturers to cease lunch supervision
Saskatchewan lecturers have been anticipated to cease noon-hour supervision to get the federal government to handle their calls for.
The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says instructors plan to depart throughout lunch after which return, because it’s a job they do on a voluntary foundation.
This is the latest job motion after contract negotiations broke down and lecturers went on one-day strikes.
The union says it understands households will probably be inconvenienced by not providing noon-hour supervision, however that it appreciates the help it has obtained.
It says it needs the province to barter on smaller classroom sizes and extra helps for college students with excessive wants.
Prince Harry and Meghan in Vancouver
Prince Harry and his spouse, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are in Vancouver as we speak to fulfill with Invictus Games athletes at a neighborhood curling rink, one yr forward of the competitors.
The pair spent the previous two days at an Invictus Games coaching camp in Whistler, the place Harry, who based the Games for wounded, injured or sick service personnel and veterans a couple of decade in the past, tried out sit-skiing and skeleton sledding alongside opponents.
Rasmus Penno is an Invictus Games athlete and a bilateral leg amputee from Estonia who beforehand competed within the 2018 Games in Australia in rowing.
He says participating within the Games has been “awesome” and has allowed him to attach with different navy service personnel who’ve had comparable life experiences.
He says he met and skied with Prince Harry on Wednesday, and that the Duke and Duchess had requested him about his coaching.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Feb. 16, 2024
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