Weather maps hang on the walls and precipitation reports flash across screens in the Winnipeg office where major decisions about Canada’s battle against an unprecedented wildfire season are made.
Mike Mercredi, a volunteer firefighter from Fort Chipewyan, Alta., says he is among a group of community members on standby who have been setting up sprinklers on neighbourhood streets as crews work to contain the flames north of the hamlet.
The First Nation, which straddles the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary, filed its statement of claim in the Court of King's Bench in Saskatoon this week, saying the Saskatchewan First Act infringes on treaty rights.
The Supreme Court of Canada this week will examine whether the federal law that evaluates the impacts of proposed resource projects is unconstitutional.
Saskatchewan’s justice minister, while promoting a bill she touts as giving the province more autonomy, says Ottawa’s actions have a larger effect on investor confidence than pushback on the legislation from Indigenous and environmental groups.
Not every day do we have guests who go by Quick Dick McDick on our show, but when we do, we talk about farming, the federal costs associated with it, and finding local food.