ACC Parkland Celebration
Three Parkland Assiniboine Community College alumni were recognized at an awards banquet in Dauphin last evening.
It was the fifth annual ACC Parkland Region Alumni Celebration.
This year's distinguished alumni award goes to Lori Bicklmeier, Lloyd Hudson gets the community service award, and David Simmonds is the recipient of the excellence in teaching accolade.
The dinner and celebration was held at the 8th Avenue Hall.
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Despite Losing Seat, Bokhari Staying on as Liberal Leader
Manitoba Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari is not stepping down in the wake of this week's provincial election.
Bokhari met with the party's board of directors last night, and president Paul Hesse says no one raised concerns about Bokhari staying on.
Hesse says the meeting was a positive one, and people are pleased that the party doubled its vote from the last election and jumped from one legislature seat to three.
Bokhari did not win a legislature seat herself, and has been drawing a salary from the party ever since she became leader in 2013.
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Hundreds of Jobs Lost as Work Suspended at Sask Uranium Mine
Cameco has suspended its Rabbit Lake uranium operation in northern Saskatchewan, eliminating 500 jobs at the non-union mine.
The company says lower prices caused by an oversupply of uranium around the world, due in part by the shutdown of nuclear facilities in Japan, is to blame for the closure.
Employees will be offered exit packages and the company is considering relocating workers to other Cameco facilities.
About 150 people will be kept on at Rabbit Lake to maintain the facilities and handle environmental monitoring and reclamation.
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Canada Will be One of Many to Sign Climate Change Agreement
The landmark Paris Agreement on climate change is set to be signed today by as many as 170 countries -- including Canada.
The move is expected to push the UN agreement into force long before a 2020 deadline.
Countries are required to set national targets for reducing or reining in their greenhouse gas emissions with the goal of keeping the global temperature rise "well below'' two degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial times.
