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With the level of fire activity decreased in BC, the prov. govt is able to increase the level of assistance to Alberta
and to provide assistance to Ontario.
Five unit crews (100 firefighters), 2
agency representatives, and 9 support personnel are expected to arrive in Hinton, Alberta today. After being briefed, staff from
BC will be deployed to assist in the Horse
River wildfire near Fort McMurray.
Five unit crews (100 firefighters), 2
agency representatives, and a 10-person
Incident Management Team will arrive in
Thunder Bay tomorrow, where they will
assist with increased wildfire activity in
northern Ontario.
Crews can be recalled at any time
should conditions change in BC.
U.N. Sustainable
Development Goals
Last week the federal government finally made an apology for the racist policies and subsequent events of May 23,
1914, when 376 passengersof the Komagata Maru were denied entry to Canada.
The BC government issued a formal
apology in 2008.
The Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouvers Coal Harbour on May 23, 1914.
Nearly all of the South Asian immigrants,
most of whom were Sikhs, were denied
entry and the ship sat in the harbour for
two months. It was eventually forced to
return to India and was met by British soldiers. Twenty passengers were killed and
others jailed following an ensuing riot.
Canada was inviting immigrants from
the US, Britain & northern Europe to cultivate the west. India had been a British
colony for almost 200 years at this point,
and the South Asian immigrants believed
British citizens should be able to freely
visit any country in the Commonwealth.
In the early 1900s, BC was home to approx. 2000 Indians, mainly Punjabi
Sikhs, who had come for work. As of
the 2011 Census, Canada's South
Asian population is 1.6 million, with
India being the 3rd most-common
country for recent immigrants.
In 2013, Canada Post unveiled a stamp
to commemorate the Komagata Maru incident, one of our historical black spots.
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Sam Levenson
"To make a long story short, there's nothing like having a boss walk in." Doris Lilly
A Duck, A Buck, and A Skunk Three animals were having a drink in a cafe, when the owner asked for the
money. "I'm not paying," said the duck. "I've only got one bill and I'm not breaking it." "I've spent my last
buck," said the deer. "Then the duck'll have to pay," said the skunk. "Getting here cost me my last scent."
Answering machine message: "To speak, or not to speak, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the
mind to leave a message after the beep, or to take arms against a sea of answering machines, and by
opposing, end them. To dial, to speak, no more. Thus answering machines do make cowards of us all."
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