Justin Trudeau denounces church burnings, vandalism in Canada It s real and it is fully understandable given the shameful history we are all become more aware of
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A headless statue of Queen Victoria is seen overturned and vandalized at the provincial legislature in Winnipeg, Friday, July 2, 2021. Her statue and a statue of Queen Elizabeth II were toppled on Canada Day during demonstrations concerning Indigenous children who died at residential schools. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press via AP) It s real and it is fully understandable given the shameful history we are all become more aware of
Jim Morris
Associated Press
Fire Overwhelmed Canadian Town in Minutes, Survivor Says
Voice of America
03 Jul 2021, 10:05 GMT+10
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Officials on Friday hunted for any missing residents of a British Columbia town destroyed by wildfire as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered federal assistance.
The province s Coroner s Service said it had received reports of two deaths related to the fire but had not been able to send coroners in to confirm because the area is still unsafe to attend. It said it planned to send them in on Saturday.
The roughly 1,000 residents of Lytton had to abandon their homes with just a few minutes notice Wednesday evening after suffering the previous day under a record high of 49.6 Celsius (121.2 Fahrenheit).
Jump in deaths after extreme heat in Canada, US
Robert Besser
03 Jul 2021, 12:02 GMT+10
The state of Oregon has confirmed that 63 people died due to the excessive heat that struck the Pacific Northwest in the past week
Portland reached a record high of 116 degrees Fahrenheit and reported 45 deaths related to the heat
Lytton, British Columbia, set a new record for Canada s all-time hottest temperature record this week, reaching 121.28 degrees Fahrenheit (49.6 degrees Celsius) on Tuesday
PORTLAND, Oregon: The state of Oregon has confirmed that 63 people died due to the excessive heat that struck the Pacific Northwest in the past week.
Portland reached a record high of 116 degrees Fahrenheit. Portland now reports 45 deaths related to the heat.
Fewer people missing in collapse; nearby tower is evacuated
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) â The number of people missing in the Florida condominium collapse fell Friday following a new review, but fears of another potentially catastrophic failure deepened after engineers found unsafe conditions in a different tower and ordered the entire building evacuated.
The nearby city of North Miami Beach announced that an audit prompted by the deadly collapse of Champlain Towers found the 156-unit Crestview Towers building structurally and electrically unsafe.
âIn an abundance of caution, the City ordered the building closed immediately and the residents evacuated for their protection, while a full structural assessment is conducted and next steps are determined,â City Manager Arthur H. Sorey III said a news release.
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau denounces toppling of statues of Royals in protest at deaths of 1,000 indigenous children as head of Queen Victoria is recovered from river
Several Catholic churches have recently been vandalized or damaged in fires following the discovery of more than 1,100 unmarked graves
The graves were found at the sites of three former residential schools run by the church in British Columbia and Saskatchewan
Generations of Indigenous children had been forced to attend the schools
Trudeau, himself a Catholic, said he understands the anger many people feel toward the federal government and Catholic church
On Thursday, statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth on the grounds of the Manitoba legislature were tied with ropes and pulled down by a crowd