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WINNIPEG – Tensions escalated at a protest in Winnipeg, as a man drove through a major downtown intersection and appeared to strike a woman holding a bicycle.

Protesters shut down the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street to demand accountability after a police car struck and killed a woman near a homeless encampment on Monday.

Video from the protest shows a car approaching the area, where a few people were blocking the road with bicycles, then trying to continue into the intersection.

Two men jumped on the hood of the car as others surrounded it, the driver backed up and sped off around a corner, and the men on the hood fell from the vehicle.

The car then appeared to strike the woman and run over her bicycle, dragging it away.

The driver later stopped and a protester stood on the car and kicked the windshield until it was shattered and police arrived at the scene.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2024

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TORONTO – Weakness in the energy sector offset gains elsewhere to leave Canada’s main stock index essentially flat Wednesday, while U.S. markets were mixed.

The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 1.69 points at 23,040.76.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 38.04 points at 40,974.97. The S&P 500 index was down 8.86 points at 5,520.07, while the Nasdaq composite was down 52 points at 17,084.30.

The Canadian dollar traded for 73.94 cents US compared with 73.81 cents US on Tuesday as the Bank of Canada made a widely expected quarter percentage point rate cut.

The October crude oil contract closed down US$1.14 at US$69.20 per barrel and the October natural gas contract was down five cents at US$2.15 per mmBTU.

The December gold contract was up US$3 at US$2,526 an ounce and the December copper contract was down a penny at US$4.08 a pound.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2024.

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BURNABY, B.C. – Parkland Corp. has released a review into an unplanned shutdown of its Burnaby, B.C., refinery in January that blanketed parts of Metro Vancouver with a foul stench.

The review released last week says unusually cold weather triggered a series of events leading to the release of a noxious odour that generated more than 100 complaints from residents.

It says the cold weather resulted in a shutdown on Jan. 12, but as crews spent days trying to get the facility back online, they detected a “strong odour” on the morning of Jan. 21, followed by a “loud pop” and a “green-black” plume being emitted from the refinery’s stacks.

It says the problems “may have been caused by improper closing, valve leakage, or foulant in the system.”

The site was evacuated of non-essential personnel, emergency responders were notified and public advisories were issued soon after, the report says, but “broader stakeholder consideration would have improved communications.”

In a written statement, the City of Burnaby says it it’s pleased to see Parkland taking steps to address the release of emissions, and to improve communications with the public and other stakeholders.

“We look forward to seeing these recommendations put into action,” the statement said.

Parkland’s report says it wasn’t until March 29 that normal operations at the refinery resumed.

The report also says the length of the January cold snap caused problems with instruments at the refinery, hampering sensors that “did not have a history of being susceptible to freezing.”

As the odour blanketed parts of Metro Vancouver, the regional federation of municipalities said the air contained elevated contaminant levels but didn’t breach pollution standards.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2024.

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