Bill Blair

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Federal disaster aid for 2021 atmospheric river floods tops $1 billion

The mayor of Abbotsford says the British Columbia farming community has come a long way since devastating flooding in 2021 — but still has far to go with long-term recovery and repairing peace of mind for residents.

By Darryl Greer | News, Politics | February 24th 2023

B.C. flood recovery funding from Ottawa to be announced today

Canada's emergency preparedness minister is returning to the epicentre of flooding that devastated British Columbia's Fraser Valley in November 2021.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | February 23rd 2023

Provincial Liberal candidate Han Dong celebrates with supporters while taking part in a rally in Toronto on Thursday, May 22, 2014. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

As Trudeau fields questions on China interference, Liberal MP says he has become 'target'

Politicians including a Liberal MP and a senator say they fear allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 federal election will lead to anti-Asian racism.

By Dylan Robertson | News, Politics | December 23rd 2022

Damage from post-tropical storm Fiona at the wharf in Stanley Bridge, P.E.I. on Sunday, September 25, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Brian McInnis

Canada's climate adaptation strategy sets targets to fight heat, floods, fires

Canada is set to have a new national climate adaptation strategy, outlining the government's intention to eliminate deaths from heat and forest fires, protect homes and businesses at the highest risk of flooding and help get people forced to flee extreme weather back home faster.

By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | November 24th 2022

Former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly appears as a witness at the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Ottawa police failed to follow correct process to get help during 'Freedom Convoy': Blair

During dramatic testimony on Monday, October 31, 2022, former Ottawa police chief Peter Sloly called out his former boss Bill Blair, who now serves as a federal minister, over his assertions that local police didn't follow proper procedure to get help they needed during the "Freedom Convoy" protest last winter.

By Laura Osman & David Fraser | News, Politics | November 1st 2022

Police walk the line to remove all truckers and supporters after a court injunction gave police the power to enforce the law, in Windsor, Ont., on Feb. 13, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

RCMP withheld badge numbers, fearful that convoy supporters would dox officers

Internal documents show the RCMP refused to release the badge numbers of officers who cleared "Freedom Convoy" protesters from the Ambassador Bridge last winter, citing a risk of violence from their supporters.

By Stephanie Taylor | News, Politics | October 17th 2022

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey tour the damage cause by post-tropical storm Fiona in Port aux Basques, N.L. on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Presss/Frank Gunn

Trudeau visits N.L. post Fiona, promises Ottawa 'will be there' to help

Distraught residents of a southwestern Newfoundland town shared stories of survival with Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, as the prime minister got a close look at yet another coastal town shattered on the weekend by post-tropical storm Fiona.

By Holly McKenzie-Sutter | News, Politics | September 29th 2022

Homeowner George MacDonald describes the moment when several trees landed on his home in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia on Sunday, September 25, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Vaughan Merchant

Military en route to assist with Atlantic Canada storm recovery efforts

Residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec are coming to terms with the full scope of the damage left behind after post-tropical storm Fiona tore through the region over the weekend as one of the strongest storms Canada's East Coast has ever faced.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | September 26th 2022

Georgina Scott surveys the damage on her street in Halifax as post tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday, September 24, 2022. Photo by The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

Police confirm first fatality as Atlantic Canada mops up post storm

A day after post-tropical storm Fiona left a trail of destruction across Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec, residents of a devastated coastal town in western Newfoundland learned one of their own was its first confirmed fatality.

By Michael MacDonald | News, Politics | September 26th 2022

Smoke from a forest fire in central Newfoundland is shown in a Sunday, Aug.7, 2022 government handout photo. Handout photo by The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

Choppers deliver supplies to Newfoundland towns cut off by raging fires

Helicopters have begun bringing essential supplies to southern Newfoundland towns cut off from the rest of the island by two out−of−control forest fires.

By The Canadian Press | News | August 9th 2022

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