These wards had the highest and lowest turnout in 2022. What do voters there think? - CBC

The early numbers stand in contrast to Prince George’s recent history of relatively low municipal voter turnout. In 2018, 13,184 people voted, representing 24% of 54,852 eligible voters. Four years later, turnout increased to 15,310 voters, or 26.27%. That means roughly three out of every four eligible voters did not cast a ballot in either election. UNBC Political Science Lecturer Jason Morris says that reflects an interesting contradiction in Canadian politics, because municipal governments are responsible for services residents regularly encounter. “There’s a classic irony of Canadian democracy in that the level of government that impacts people the most tends to get the least paid attention to. You think of, services that cities provide like, local roads and public safety concerns and schools and, parks and playgrounds and transit that, voters at citizens face every day. They don’t tend to pay as much attention. We tend to pay more attention to federal and provincial issues.”The lower turnout can also increase the influence of each individual voter.

The Parole Board of Canada knew convicted murderer Jeffrey George Ewert had plans to attend a university and it made a decision this past spring to continue his day parole despite how he previously breached his release conditions, concerning his contacts with women, multiple times. According to a report by CBC, Ewert has been taking law courses at McGill University as recently as earlier this month. The report, published online on Friday, quotes unnamed students upset “that the university did not disclose their peer’s violent history.”

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SAN DIEGO — A California aquarium says a beluga rescued from Marineland in Ontario has died, adding to the number of deaths of animals relocated over the summer from the now-closed Canadian facility. SeaWorld San Diego says in a Facebook post that Cyprus, a nine-year-old male beluga that arrived at the park on Aug. 22 stopped eating on Friday, and an ultrasound later determined the animal’s intestinal tract did not appear to be functioning normally. It says Cyprus had been doing well since his arrival, eating consistently and interacting with his trainers and animal care team, along with two other rescued belugas. But it notes belugas can mask discomfort or underlying concerns that are not immediately visible, and it says a full necropsy will be conducted. Beluga whales swim before being transported by a group of experts from Marineland and U. S. aquariums onto a truck via a sling at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Carlos Osorio Beluga whales swim before being transported by a group of experts from Marineland and U. S. aquariums onto a truck via a sling at Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

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