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BURNABY, BC, April 16, 2021 /CNW/ - The impacts of climate change are felt across Canada, and many Indigenous communities have identified clean, reliable energy as key to a more secure and resilient future. The Government of Canada is investing in community-led clean energy projects with remote Indigenous communities to displace fossil fuels and advance reconciliation and self-determination.
Terry Beech, Member of Parliament for Burnaby North Seymour, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O Regan Jr., Minister of Natural Resources, today announced almost $8.4 million for nine community-led clean energy projects across British Columbia that will build capacity and support rural and remote communities reducing their reliance on fossil fuel for heat and power.
Single dad Laurentio Howard and his daughter, Dnigma Howard, 18, outside their Near North Side home earlier this year. At 16, she was shoved down the stairs and Tased by Chicago police officers stationed at Marshall Metropolitan High School. She graduated from the school in June.
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Chicago taxpayers will spend $300,000 to compensate a former 16-year-old special needs student Tased and wrestled down a flight of stairs by police officers at Marshall High School after refusing to put away her cellphone during a test.
On Monday, the City Council’s Finance Committee approved the settlement to Dnigma Howard, bringing a costly end to the January 2019 incident that became a flashpoint, dramatically altering the role cops assigned as “school resources officers” play in Chicago Public Schools.