Yellowknife metropolis supervisor Sheila Bassi-Kellett says staff in grocery shops, pharmacies, home-heating suppliers, and even some taxi drivers and daycare suppliers are on their manner again to town upfront of tomorrow.
Trudeau arrives in Jakarta, kicking off tour
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau landed in Jakarta in the present day the place he’s kicking off a six-day tour of the Indo-Pacific area.
Trudeau and his son Xavier have been greeted with Indonesian dancers, with the prime minister being gifted a standard scarf.
Trudeau is ready to spend two days in Jakarta the place he’ll meet with President Joko Widodo this night.
Here’s what else we’re watching …
‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers’ trial set to begin
The felony trial of “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber begins in the present day, as they reply prices associated to their position within the protest that threw Canada’s capital metropolis into chaos final yr.
Lich and Barber have been a part of the unique group that mobilized a convoy of massive rigs and different vans and vehicles to drive to Ottawa in winter 2022 to protest COVID-19 public well being restrictions and the Liberal authorities.
The protest impressed related demonstrations at a number of worldwide border crossings and precipitated the primary invocation of the federal Emergencies Act because the laws was created in 1988.
Trial of accused London attacker to begin in the present day
The trial of a person going through terror-related homicide prices within the deaths of 4 members of a Muslim household in London, Ont., in 2021 is ready to begin in the present day.
Jury choice will begin this morning for the trial of Nathaniel Veltman who’s accused of intentionally hitting the Afzaal members of the family together with his truck as they have been out for a walk on the night of June 6, 2021.
Superior Court Justice Renee Pomerance dominated final yr {that a} change of venue is warranted within the case, transferring the trial from London to Windsor, Ont.
Invasive species report has recommendation for governments
An worldwide organization has produced a report on alien invasive species which says the worldwide drawback prices billions of {dollars} yearly and is, in some circumstances, being worsened by local weather change.
The govt abstract of the report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services was permitted over the weekend in Bonn, Germany, by the organization’s 143 member states.
It mentioned that whereas 80 per cent of nations have targets associated to managing invasive alien species of their nationwide biodiversity plans, solely 17 per cent have nationwide legal guidelines or rules particularly addressing these points and about 45 per cent of all international locations don’t spend money on the administration of organic invasions.
Progress in Blood Tribe battle towards trafficking
A southern Alberta First Nation’s life-and-death battle with drug traffickers is beginning to repay.
The Blood Tribe introduced in April it was organising a particular police workforce and cleansing up and renovating many deserted homes so as to shut down drug operations.
Opioid use has been a significant challenge on the reserve of 10,000 folks about 200 kilometres south of Calgary.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Sept. fifth, 2023.
The Canadian Press
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Yellowknife residents are crossing their fingers that tomorrow’s scheduled lifting of a normal evacuation order will go forward as deliberate and so they’ll be allowed to return home. People with out autos lineup to register for a flight to Calgary, Alta., in Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Braden
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