Jodie Ashini said her own experience working in archaeology inspired her new children's book. (John Gaudi/CBC - image credit)John Gaudi/CBCAn Innu cultural guardian relied on her passion for preserving history while creating a new children's book about the wonder of archaeology. Jodie Ashini, who co-wrote Uapikun and the Tshiashinnuat with Hugh Wheeler, said her own experience as an archaeologist inspired the story. Guarding historyAshini said her father, Indigenous rights advocate and former Innu Nation president Daniel Ashini, inspired her passion for archaeology. Ashini said though she was just seven years old at the time, the incident made her determined to protect Innu culture.

It says an estimated 107,440 Russian soldiers have been killed, while it claims to have destroyed 283 aircraft and more than 3,000 Russian tanks. [43] A Russian milblogger also claimed that Russian forces attempted an attack on Ploshchanka but did not specify an outcome. [50] Cherevaty stated that Russian forces prioritize shelling the Bakhmut and Avdiivka frontline over other areas of the front. The attack on New Year's Day hit a building in the city of Makiivka, where Russian forces were stationed. Russian soldiers can now claim stolen Ukraine plunder as "charitable gifts".

“Pharmacies are trying to do a lot with limited resources,” said Danielle Paes, chief pharmacist officer at the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Like many health professionals, pharmacists have faced burnout and labour shortages since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Ontario also expanded pharmacists’ prescriptive powers to include medications for minor ailments as of Jan. 1. “As a national association, we’ve heard time and time again from pharmacists that they want to practise to their full scope. Margaret Wing, CEO of the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association, said that being empowered to operate closer to their full potential actually made the job easier when pressures mounted.

© Evan Mitsui/CBC The intent of the new law is to prevent foreign investors from buying Canadian homes and contributing to higher prices. Nova Scotia realtors say a new federal law that bans non-Canadian citizens from buying a home will only slow down an already-slow housing market in this province. But it's a move that sales representative Angela Cowan of Exit Real Estate Professionals in Halifax says will only make a cold Nova Scotia market even cooler. "I don't think it's going to have any impact but a negative impact for Nova Scotia," Cowan said. For now, the Nova Scotia Association of Realtors (NSAR) is advising its members about how to deal with the new law.

Fees for public daycare in Newfoundland and Labrador are now $10 a day, but one advocate says more spaces are needed. The federal-provincial agreement for affordable daycare fees was signed in 2021 and became a reality for many parents across the province on Jan. 2. Gillian Pearson, a child-care researcher and advocate, says the drop in fees is "a timely reduction" as families and their budgets grapple with prolonged inflation. "That's really where the bottleneck is for expanding these spaces," Pearson said. Henrike Wilhelm/CBCThe provincial government announced the latest agreement for affordable daycare in 2021, when daycare fees were as high as $75 to $80 a day.

Rain, fog and warm weather have shuttered ski hills across Quebec — prompting concern that mild weather will dampen ski hill operators' hopes of a snowy season. Ski lifts were largely empty at Mont Saint-Bruno on Sunday after rain and warm weather settled in over Quebec. The warm weather that has settled in over Quebec is an anomaly, he said, but one that is becoming more common. Christian Dufour, the marketing director for Les Sommets, said ski resorts will adapt to the warm weather. The warm weather has mired other winter sports too.

New figures released by British Columbia's property assessment agency show the province's most valuable residential property, which is owned by billionaire Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, is worth about $1 million more than it was in the previous year's assessment. Wilson's seven bedroom, nine bathroom mansion on Vancouver's Kitsilano waterfront is valued at $74,089,000, an increase of 1.3 per cent or $942,000 from the previous year, according to B.C. The 2023 numbers, based on market valuations from July 2022, were posted online Monday. Assessment has released its 2023 property values online based on valuations from July 2022. Still, Murao said most property owners can expect to see a five to 15 per cent increase in their 2023 assessment.

Before the Tokyo Olympics were postponed from 2020 to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, MLB had said players who weren’t on active rosters could go. LacrosseModern lacrosse descends from games played by North America’s Indigenous Peoples. It was an Olympic medal event in 1904 and 1908, and Canada won both times. Sixes was played at the last World Games, sometimes a testing ground for potential Olympic sports. Flag football made its major multi-sport event debut at last year’s World Games, with eight women’s and men’s teams from 10 countries.

Actor Jeremy Renner was injured in a weather-related accident today while plowing snow near his home in the Mount Rose Highway area of Nevada, according to a statement from his publicist, Sam Mast. Renner is currently in critical but stable condition at a local hospital, and his family is by his side. The extent of Renner’s injuries and the cause of the accident have not yet been disclosed, and the Major Accident Investigation Team is currently looking into the circumstances. Season Two of “Mayor of Kingstown” is scheduled to begin on Paramount+ on January 15. UPDATE: According to a representative, Jeremy Renner is now out of surgery after suffering blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries in a weather-related accident.

Convoy organizer says plans to stage a 2023 protest in Winnipeg are offOTTAWA — Freedom Convoy 2.0 appears to be a bust. After police in Ottawa indicated they would have zero tolerance for such an event, Bauder said he would move it to Winnipeg instead. In the weeks leading up to the first protest in Ottawa, Bauder penned a "memorandum of understanding" and tried to deliver it to Gov. As the events unfolded in Ottawa, Bauder did not appear to be among the main organizers or leaders. The city of Ottawa reported the policing and city services costs due to the convoy event topped $52 million.

According to Environment Canada, heavy rain is expected in parts of southern Ontario starting late Monday night. Between 20 and 45 millimeters of rain is expected in Hamilton, Brantford, St. Catharines and other Niagara communities, the weather service said in issuing a rainfall warning Monday. Environment Canada said frozen ground has little capacity to absorb rain, saying localized flooding is possible in low-lying areas. Temperatures are expected to hover around 1C in the Niagara Region and Hamilton. The Niagara region, particularly areas near Lake Erie including Port Colborne and Fort Erie, experienced heavy snowfall and flooding during the Christmas weekend blizzard.

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Forecast Rain will Impact Water Levels over the Remainder of the Week (flood bulletin, January 2-6, 2023)WATERSHED CONDITIONS STATEMENT – WATER SAFETYIssued January 2, 2023 at 3:30 pm; Valid until January 6, 2023A slow moving Colorado Low is forecast to move through southern Ontario over the next three days, bringing continued above freezing temperatures for most of the region, and rain for southwestern Ontario. The ground conditions are saturated and water levels are already above normal. The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority (UTRCA) expects water levels in streams and rivers will respond to the forecast rain with runoff totals similar in magnitude to the event of last week. The UTRCA expects water levels to be elevated over the remainder of the week but does not expect serious flooding at this time. Flood control reservoirs are especially hazardous due to fluctuating water levels.

Leading doctors and health professionals say that while health care in Canada needs an infusion of cash, it also needs major reforms and a new way to deliver care. Canada has a well-documented shortage of doctors and nurses — a problem made worse, doctors say, by the increasing administrative burden they face. And … a lot of the funding that comes and goes into the health system is temporary money." Changing how health care is deliveredThe burden on the hospital system could be significantly reduced, doctors say, if more health care services were delivered outside of a hospital setting. Doctors say that moving elective surgeries out of hospitals and into surgical centres would also help free up operating rooms for more urgent surgeries.