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<div>Canadian shippers and consumers could soon be feeling the ripple effect of attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea. This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Galaxy Leader ship anchored offshore of As Salif, Yemen, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, Maxar Technologies, Satellite image ©2023</div>

Red Sea attacks could have ripple effect on shippers — and consumers — in Canada

Global shipping firms are turning away from the trade corridor after militants stepped up attacks

<div>Canadian shippers and consumers could soon be feeling the ripple effect of attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea. This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Galaxy Leader ship anchored offshore of As Salif, Yemen, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-HO, Maxar Technologies, Satellite image ©2023</div>
A polar bear mother and her two cubs walk along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. in this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 photo Scientists fear Canadian polar bears may be threatened by the spread of avian flu after officials confirmed the disease killed a bear in Alaska. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Avian flu feared in Canadian polar bears after disease kills bear in Alaska

The virus first showed up in Yukon more than a year ago in a red fox

A polar bear mother and her two cubs walk along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. in this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 photo Scientists fear Canadian polar bears may be threatened by the spread of avian flu after officials confirmed the disease killed a bear in Alaska. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
The charity with the highest-paid executives was Ducks Unlimited Canada, based in Manitoba. Its 2023 declaration indicates that two people earned more than $350,000, three others received between $250,000 and $300,000, and four received compensation between $200,000 and $250,000. (Photo courtesy of Ducks Unlimited)

Heads of 17 Canadian environmental charities collecting major compensation packages

At Vanouver’s David Suzuki Foundation, one manager received compensation of between $250K and $300K

The charity with the highest-paid executives was Ducks Unlimited Canada, based in Manitoba. Its 2023 declaration indicates that two people earned more than $350,000, three others received between $250,000 and $300,000, and four received compensation between $200,000 and $250,000. (Photo courtesy of Ducks Unlimited)
Canada’s Caitlin Kraemer, foreground right celebrates scoring with teammates from left, Ava Murphy, Piper Grober, Emma Pais and Alex Law after scoring the opening goal during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden at the Ostersund Arena, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Per Danielsson/TT News Agency via AP

Canada routs Germany 11-0 at women’s U18 world championship

The Canadians were 2-for-4 on the power play and Germany couldn’t connect on its 3 power plays

Canada’s Caitlin Kraemer, foreground right celebrates scoring with teammates from left, Ava Murphy, Piper Grober, Emma Pais and Alex Law after scoring the opening goal during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden at the Ostersund Arena, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Per Danielsson/TT News Agency via AP
Helen Poon, 2020 BC Liberal candidate, Mid Island Pacific Rim. (FILE PHOTO)

Former Port Alberni city councillor dies after car crash overseas

World renowned car enthusiast Helen Poon was touring New Zealand’s North Island

Helen Poon, 2020 BC Liberal candidate, Mid Island Pacific Rim. (FILE PHOTO)
A still image from the film “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” is shown in this handout photo. A Canadian horror director is riding a wave of viral buzz for turning Disney’s most famous character into a gruesome slasher flick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jamie Bailey **MANDATORY CREDIT **

Canadian director of Mickey Mouse horror film: ‘We kind of shook the world’

The film was shot in eight days at Funhaven, an amusement centre in Ottawa

A still image from the film “Mickey’s Mouse Trap” is shown in this handout photo. A Canadian horror director is riding a wave of viral buzz for turning Disney’s most famous character into a gruesome slasher flick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jamie Bailey **MANDATORY CREDIT **
Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates at sunrise, March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Canadian airlines say they’re unaffected by Boeing 737-9 Max jetliner incident

Airlines including Air Canada, WestJet, Flair Airlines and Lynx Air all say they fly the 737-8 Max jetliner

Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates at sunrise, March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine ended their protest after reaching an agreement with the government that met their demands, Poland’s state news agency PAP reported Jan. 6, 2023. Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine ended their protest after reaching an agreement with the government that met their demands, Poland’s state news agency PAP reported Jan. 6, 2023. Ukrainian truck drivers wait to cross from Poland back into Ukraine in Korczowa, Poland, on Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Karl Ritter)
Joint Rescue Coordination Center helicopter at the Revelstoke airport. (Myles Williamson/Revelstoke Review)

Crews search for helicopter that crashed east of Revelstoke

The helicopter was on its way to Sicamous from Calgary

Joint Rescue Coordination Center helicopter at the Revelstoke airport. (Myles Williamson/Revelstoke Review)
Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard falls to the ice after being checked by New Jersey Devils defenseman Brendan Smith (2) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Vancouver’s Bedard suffers broken jaw; placed on Blackhawks’ injured reserve

Bedard and the Blackhawks play in his hometown of Vancouver on Jan. 22

Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard falls to the ice after being checked by New Jersey Devils defenseman Brendan Smith (2) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
Playwright Christopher Morris performs during a production of his play, “The Runner” a Human Cargo Production at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in this undated handout photo. Set and sostume designer, Gillian Gallow, lighting designer, Bonnie Beecher. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Dylan Hewlett *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Show goes on in Vancouver after Gaza tensions scrap play’s Victoria run

PuSh Festival has staged controversial productions in the past and faced criticism

Playwright Christopher Morris performs during a production of his play, “The Runner” a Human Cargo Production at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in this undated handout photo. Set and sostume designer, Gillian Gallow, lighting designer, Bonnie Beecher. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Dylan Hewlett *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Canada’s Caitlin Kraemer, foreground right celebrates scoring with teammates from left, Ava Murphy, Piper Grober, Emma Pais and Alex Law after scoring the opening goal during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden at the Ostersund Arena, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TT News Agency, Per Danielsson

Canada chases 3-peat at women’s world under-18 hockey championship

Canada last won three straight women’s world under-18 titles between 2012 and 2014

Canada’s Caitlin Kraemer, foreground right celebrates scoring with teammates from left, Ava Murphy, Piper Grober, Emma Pais and Alex Law after scoring the opening goal during the Women’s U18 Ice Hockey World Championship match between Canada and Sweden at the Ostersund Arena, in Ostersund, Sweden, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-TT News Agency, Per Danielsson
In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russian shelling kills 11 in Donetsk region; Ukraine claims it hit a Crimean air base

5 children were among the dead and 8 further people were wounded in the attack

In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, Su-25 ground attack jets fire rockets during a Russian air force mission in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Authorities in New York state are seeking the extradition of a Colombian man living in Quebec in connection with the death of a pregnant Mexican migrant woman who was found in a river after she attempted to walk across the Canada-U.S. border illegally in December. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Quebec man sought by U.S. after pregnant Mexican migrant dies crossing border

Jhader Aguusto Uribe-Tobar, 35, is charged with conspiracy to commit alien smuggling

Authorities in New York state are seeking the extradition of a Colombian man living in Quebec in connection with the death of a pregnant Mexican migrant woman who was found in a river after she attempted to walk across the Canada-U.S. border illegally in December. The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
<div>Canada’s first conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, Mary Dawson, has died. Dawson waits to appear before the House of Commons Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics committee in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>

Mary Dawson, Canada’s 1st conflict of interest and ethics commissioner dies at 81

A lawyer by trade, Dawson entered the federal public service as a researcher in 1967

<div>Canada’s first conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, Mary Dawson, has died. Dawson waits to appear before the House of Commons Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics committee in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</div>
An Israeli soldier weeps at the marker for a loved one kidnapped on Oct. 7 in a cross-border attack by Hamas at the Nova music festival, after a press conference at the site in Re’im, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in response to killing of top Hamas leader

The Israeli military said about 40 rockets were fired toward Meron and that a base was targeted

An Israeli soldier weeps at the marker for a loved one kidnapped on Oct. 7 in a cross-border attack by Hamas at the Nova music festival, after a press conference at the site in Re’im, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
This still image from WTEN-TV video shows emergency response personnel at the site of a roll over bus accident on the Adirondack Northway, in the town of Lake George, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Multiple people were injured when a tour bus carrying passengers rolled over Friday on a highway in the southern Adirondacks, New York State Police said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/WTEN-TV via AP

Fatal New York bus crash: Officials say most people on board were Canadian

New York State Police say 1 person is dead and 11 others were injured

This still image from WTEN-TV video shows emergency response personnel at the site of a roll over bus accident on the Adirondack Northway, in the town of Lake George, N.Y., Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. Multiple people were injured when a tour bus carrying passengers rolled over Friday on a highway in the southern Adirondacks, New York State Police said. THE CANADIAN PRESS/WTEN-TV via AP
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves as he steps off a plane, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at CFB Bagotville in Saguenay, Que. The plane that flew Trudeau to Jamaica for a family vacation broke down earlier this week, prompting the Canadian military to send a second aircraft with a repair crew to the Caribbean island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Military sends 2nd aircraft after Trudeau’s plane breaks down in Jamaica

This was the second time in a matter of months that plane problems grounded Trudeau in another country

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waves as he steps off a plane, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at CFB Bagotville in Saguenay, Que. The plane that flew Trudeau to Jamaica for a family vacation broke down earlier this week, prompting the Canadian military to send a second aircraft with a repair crew to the Caribbean island. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
FILE - Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates at sunrise, March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Alaska Airlines grounds 737-9 aircraft after window blows out mid-air

The airline said the plane landed safely with 174 passengers and 6 crew members

FILE - Alaska Airlines planes are shown parked at gates at sunrise, March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, after a window and chunk of its fuselage blew out in mid-air, media reports said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
One of the many signs calling for justice and change at a walk for Roxanne Louie, who was murdered in 2015. Her murderer was recently granted day parole, to the frustration and anger of Louie’s family and the Indigenous communities of the South Okanagan. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)

‘Enough is enough’: Okanagan Indigenous community push back on murderer’s parole

Grace Robotti received day parole seven years into her life sentence

One of the many signs calling for justice and change at a walk for Roxanne Louie, who was murdered in 2015. Her murderer was recently granted day parole, to the frustration and anger of Louie’s family and the Indigenous communities of the South Okanagan. (Brennan Phillips - Western News)