18 January - Pale Moon START Page - MSM Canada News

• As rescue costs soar, Parks Canada sets new rules for climbing Canada's highest peak 2 days ago  –  Parks Canada has announced new rules for climbers attempting to tackle Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, after it had to perform several dangerous and expensive rescue missions in recent years.
• Australia firefighters save world's only rare dinosaur trees
• Ukraine opens probe into possible surveillance of U.S. ambassador
• Canadian military resumes some operations in Iraq following Iran scare
• Canada calls for an independent criminal investigation into Flight PS752 crash
• Giuliani associate Lev Parnas says Trump had knowledge of Ukraine pressure

• B.C. appoints special prosecutor to probe Crown conduct in decade-old child murder case 2 days ago  –  The office of B.C.'s attorney general has appointed one of the country's top defence lawyers to probe the conduct of prosecutors involved in a second-degree murder charge laid against a babysitter in 2011.
• China's economic growth sinks to lowest level in decades
• Alberta chief medical examiner Dr. Elizabeth Brooks-Lim resigns
• 6 ways the Conservatives could shake things up to widen their political appeal
• Supreme Court dismisses B.C.'s bid to save bill blocking Trans Mountain project
• Man found not criminally responsible for killing wife gets her life insurance
• BMO president apologizes for treatment of 12-year-old Indigenous girl and grandfather who were handcuffed
• U.S. Senators sworn in as impeachment procedures against Trump begin
• Former Manitoba reservist linked to neo-Nazi group arrested in U.S.
• Ford slams teachers' union leaders, says province will not back off wage cap
• Putin's political gambit suggests plan to rule Russia forever

• Trump responds to Iran's supreme leader, says he should be 'very careful with his words' 2 days ago  –  U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be very careful about what he says after Khamenei harshly criticized the United States in a Friday prayers sermon in Tehran.
• When donors cross the line: Charitable sector grapples with sexual harassment
• Hidden cameras capture misinformation, fundraising tactics used by anti-vaxx movement
• Vancouver's drug-dispensing machine: Why it exists and how it works

    2 days ago  –  Health advocates say a safe supply of opioids is critical to help stop people from overdosing on tainted street drugs. Now, a pilot project in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside provides some high-risk users with access to an automated machine that dispenses opioids prescribed by a doctor.
• Hustle or slow walk? Timing of new NAFTA now up to Canada
• What are Canada's most miserable weather days? Check out this map and bundle up
• 'I'm appalled': Lawyers alarmed as Ottawa gives more powers to U.S. border officers at Canadian airports
• How to reduce the carbon emissions from home heating
• Canada's Ebola vaccine almost didn't happen, new study reveals
• Nearly half of Canadians are concerned about vaccine safety. Here's why.
• State of emergency declared in St. John's region; raging blizzard brings eas

• Canadian scientists trace 2nd strange radio signal to nearby galaxy 15 hours ago  –  A team of Canadian astronomers have played a key role in locating a second fast radio burst, a crucial step in identifying what causes these mysterious signals from outside Earth's galaxy.
• Did a killer walk free after this man's autopsy?
• Harry and Meghan get their freedom, but at what cost?
• FBI arrests reveal shocking details in case against former Canadian reservist Patrik Mathews
• Federal government approves N.L. premier's request for assistance following massive blizzard
• Iran plane crash victim's family struggles with aftermath
• 40 days of strikes show French fondness for revolution over reform
• Portrait found in gallery walls verified as missing Klimt masterpiece
• Civil rights groups challenging Quebec's religious symbols ban file appeal to Canada's top court
• Canada offers $25K to families of Canadian victims on Flight PS752
• How Twitch viewers helped police narrow down location of possible child abu

• Trump, Democrats offer duelling arguments ahead of Senate impeachment trial an hour ago  –  Donald Trump's Saturday answer to the Senate's formal impeachment summons calls the two articles of impeachment passed by the House last month "a dangerous attack on the right of the American people to freely choose their president."
• More than 150 injured after police, protesters clash in Lebanon's capital

  More than 150 injured after police, protesters clash in Lebanon's capital 5 hours ago  –  Riot police fired tear gas and sprayed water cannons near parliament in Lebanon's capital Saturday to disperse thousands of protesters after riots broke out during a march against the ruling elite amid a severe economic crisis.
• 'The Grey Cup is safe': Trophy rescued from fire at Ontario hotel
• Prince Harry and Meghan will give up royal titles, public funding
• Protests close Louvre museum in Paris amid pension strikes
• Auditor General reviewing federal government's handling of student loans program
• Iran sending black boxes of downed plane to Ukraine, report says
• China reports 4 more cases of new strain of coronavirus
• Multi-purpose room turned '50s diner a blast from the past for Regina seniors
• 3 misconceptions about retirement in Canada
• Why flu season could make it harder for doctors to diagnose vaping-related