Remove items from your saved list to add more Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime Supplied2 / 6An employee shows off the goods.Supplied3 / 6Pauly low-key channels his Palestinian heritage in the Mediterranean salad by crunching up the greens with some golden-brown chips of fried pita bread Supplied4 / 6The potato bake is primed with enough cream white pepper and nostalgia to turn any frown upside down.Supplied5 / 6Owners Nabil Bahbah (Nabil looks after the front-of-house and staff) Paul Bahbah (chef) and Shivin Bhatia (style) Supplied6 / 6Co-owner Shivin Bhatia’s main contribution is the urban look of the room SuppliedPrevious SlideNext Slide14/20How we score Times in which people base their dining and ordering decisions on how good dinner looks on social media In which many of the things we consume are prefaced with back-stories “concepts” and press releases are starting to feel part and parcel of every opening writing about them – often requires deciphering some level of marketing encryption not every operator feels the need to over-egg the proverbial pudding Some are happy to give their business straight-shooting names that tell you in no uncertain terms what to expect is a restaurant owned by someone called Pauly that sells Pauly’s Chicken & Ribs – a family-friendly takeaway that opened at Noranda Shopping Centre in February – is the newest chapter in the story of Elyas Bahbah and the larger Bahbah clan in Perth Although the Bahbah family patriarch would go on to open numerous businesses celebrating Arab food culture his most notable contribution to our dining landscape might well be Charcoal Chicken the Huntingdale restaurant he opened in 2001 the restaurant was WA’s first specialist charcoal chicken joint While I can’t independently verify these claims the succulence of the chicken at Pauly’s suggests the Bahbahs are at home behind a barbecue This is to be expected when you consider Elyas’s son Paul Bahbah – Pauly’s namesake as well as one of its owners – spent school holidays working at his dad’s restaurants where he learned the basics of charcoal cookery It’s been more than 20 years since Paul’s first shift; he’s cooked a lot of chook Enough to know how to use charcoal to bless whole birds with maximum juiciness and smoke But also enough to realise that these days it’s OK to use technology to make the process a little more time-efficient Pauly knows know to use charcoal to bless whole birds with maximum juiciness and smoke.SuppliedCue the combi-oven: a relatively recent bit of kit that uses steam as well as convectional heat Bakers love them as steam helps bake bigger breads and pastries with better crusts but generally people use them to keep things juicy after getting a preliminary blast of heat and smoke over jarrah coals get shuffled from the barbie to the oven to finish cooking Admittedly, these aren’t the crisp-skinned, made-for-TV chickens that fuel our deepest Sunday roast fantasies, but plump, well-blistered and meaty bits of bird that have, as they say in the movies, seen things Pauly’s chicken gets finished with two different sauces The standard-issue birds get smothered in a house-made toum: a lush The “spicy” chickens are glazed with a medium-hot Portuguese-inspired chilli sauce bright with lemon juice and vinegar the other thing to note about Pauly’s chicken is that it’s big Whereas the birds being served at some fast-food chains have been hit hard by shrinkflation (when a product gets smaller while its price stays the same) the chickens here look and feel meaty and of proper weight Paul tells me he buys free-range number 13 (1.3 kg) birds from Lilydale Maybe the chickens at Lilydale have undergone some sort of Hulk-like Maybe this is the first time in history a man has lied about coq size by saying it’s smaller than it really is this is chicken worthy of headliner status is that these ribs might not come from lambs but hogget the not especially cute and certainly hard-to-market name given to a sheep between one and two years old This extra growing time doesn’t just equal bigger but fuller ribs as the animal sheds baby fat and starts putting muscle on its bones long-grained basmati may remind you of a very good pulao.SuppliedThe take-home is these ribs are splendid eating: a winning mix of softness and char that comes with being cooked using the other key is the American-style barbecue sauce they’re glazed with finger-sticking joy that transforms these glossy fingers of flesh into fine rewards for anyone who stayed awake during the previous paragraph’s impromptu lesson in ovine anatomy golden and crunchy: just the sort of chip you’d hope to find in the deep-fryers of your local fish and chipper even if I didn’t pick out the za’atar spice that Pauly slips into the seasoning He also low-key channels his Palestinian heritage in the Mediterranean salad by crunching up the greens with some golden-brown chips of fried pita bread: a nod to the Arabic salad long-grained basmati may remind you of a very good pulao most of the menu plays things with a fairly straight bat especially when it comes to the classically Australian things like many immigrants in the hospitality caper quickly realised catering to local tastes was crucial) The potato bake is primed with enough cream white pepper and nostalgia to turn any frown upside down while the rissole-like quality of the hamburger patty calls to mind the milk-shop burgers of summers past wouldn’t char the burger bun as hard as Pauly’s does to offer a contrast to the supple beef.) I also appreciated the fun sweetness sun-dried tomatoes brought to a silky macaroni pasta salad: a little tweak Paul attributes to his chef sisters Catherine and Christine who also walked the hard yards with their little brother it’s Paul and his brother Nabil upholding the Bahbah’s family name with the brothers’ friend and architect Shivin Bhatia also coming aboard as an owner While Bhatia’s main contribution is the urban look of the room Nabil looks after the front-of-house and the restaurant’s team of young but eager staff While the restaurant has space for around 20 most of its business is takeaway or delivery your food will be served in proper bowls and you’ll be provided with share plates (Takeaway restaurants serving dine-in guests food in takeaway containers is a pet peeve of mine and didn’t have to drive half an hour and across the river to eat here Meat cooked over fire is a thing of joy and one of the food world’s real pleasures that’s loved almost universally fun and accessible and one of many examples of how second-generation cooks rethinking their culinary heritage yields big wins for all after we took home a box of leftovers having (unsuccessfully) tackled the $89.95 Doublemaker Deal as a group of three adults and two kids Pauly’s is the kind of family-friendly – and family-run – restaurant that reminds us how enjoyable eating out can be Vibe: The chicken shop every shopping centre would love to call its own Go-to dish: The lamb ribs (after the charcoal chicken of course) Drinks: The finest refreshments the Coca Cola Company can offer The Western Australia Government has announced the opening date of the METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line delivering better connections to Perth’s north-eastern suburbs The METRONET Ellenbrook line will officially open on Sunday 8 December with regular passenger services to commence the next day The 21km METRONET Ellenbrook Line starts at Bayswater Station Under the State Government’s two-zone fare cap riding the train will cost commuters in the north-eastern suburbs $4.16 with a SmartRider – with free fares on Sundays and free travel for school students throughout the week Journey times will be around 31 minutes from Ellenbrook to Perth 19 minutes from Noranda and 17 minutes from Morley The $1.65 billion METRONET Morley-Ellenbrook Line is jointly funded by the Commonwealth and State Governments and has created around 6,500 jobs throughout construction With the date set for the Ellenbrook Line opening METRONET has been updated to reflect the program’s shift into operations branding will be progressively added at stations and on network maps over an extended period as existing signage reaches its end of life I know how life-changing a rail line can be for our suburban communities “This METRONET project will transform the north-eastern suburbs providing affordable or free public transport on a world-class rail network for tens of thousands of local families.”  “I am thrilled for the communities in our north-east who have waited so long for this train line “This train line will be a game changer for these communities offering affordable and reliable transport options to get around our city.” New Medium Density Design Guidelines released by the Tasmanian Government are set to reshape urban development across the state Airstrips in three remote NSW communities will receive a major infrastructure boost with the state government committing $15 million to.. 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All content published on this site is the property of Prime Creative Media THE final two stations for the Metronet Ellenbrook line are now complete ready for the official opening of the new line on Sunday Ballajura and Whiteman Park stations earlier this year Travel from Morley Station to Perth will only be a 15-minute journey and 18-minutes from Noranda Station into the CBD the stations both include 400 parking bays and secure bike parking Public art features include an arrival statement piece which includes a mural and perforated screens at Morley Station façade screens and an underpass mural at Noranda Station Almost 1000 tonnes of steel was used for the construction of these two stations This milestone follows an intensive period of testing and driver familiarisation along the 21-kilometre line This project has supported over 6,500 jobs to date and will unlock thousands of new housing options for Western Australians as part of future developments The Ellenbrook line starts at the new Bayswater Station The $1.65 billion Ellenbrook line is jointly funded by the federal and state governments Transport Minister Rita Saffioti said the Ellenbrook line was powering towards completion and when it opens later this year it will slash travel times for people across the north-eastern suburbs “Communities in our growing north-east corridor have been crying out for better public transport options and I am incredibly proud that our Government is making that a reality “Our government made a commitment to deliver this rail line passengers will be able to jump on board the first trains.” Bassendean MLA Dave Kelly said it was fantastic to see the two new train stations completed they’ll be used by the community for the first time “Our government recognises the importance of high-quality public transport for a better functioning city and we will continue to prioritise investment that provides the community with better access to buses and trains.” Morley MLA Amber-Jade Sanderson said two new stations looked incredible and will provide the community with high-quality public transport for many years to come “Access to reliable public transport is essential and the Ellenbrook Line will completely transform how people move around our city.” Maylands MLA Lisa Baker said Metronet was transforming the community with the new train stations in Bayswater and Morley providing better access to public transport than ever before “Our government is proud to be delivering on its commitments and a record of providing high quality and affordable public transport to more people than ever before.” Rapidly growing occurrences of cargo theft in the US have compelled two early-stage technology companies to use data around truckload movements to assist law enforcement. 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At least the introductions are out of the way now The Halifax Mooseheads and Rouyn-Noranda Huskies got a sense of each other in Game 1 of their second-round series on Friday but the first impression wasn’t as favourable for the Mooseheads as their last playoff opponent The Huskies won the opener 4-1 in front of a 2,531 fans at the Glencore Arena in Rouyn-Noranda compared to the first round when the Mooseheads got the jump on the Drummondville Voltigeurs Subscribe now to access this story and more: Subscribe or sign in to your account to continue your reading experience Create an account or sign in to continue your reading experience “They’re an elite team,” Mooseheads head coach Andrew Lord said “They play at one of the fastest paces in the league they forecheck and they’re four lines deep and they’re super relentless so they made it hard on us tonight It is a different style (than Drummondville) and I think there was certainly a learning curve with that tonight and now we’ve got to be able to apply that to tomorrow’s game We’re all going to need to be a notch better.” The turnaround time between the first and second round was also as brief as it gets for the Mooseheads Their series with the Voltigeurs only ended on Tuesday so they travelled straight to Rouyn-Noranda from Drummondville where they did their best to cram in their preparation for a new team while also refuelling emotionally and physically “I don’t think that’s an excuse,” Lord said you’d prefer to win a series in less than seven games but we had to fight and claw to get here and that’s where we’re at right now We still had two days and it’s easy travel in this league in playoffs We’re flying so we just need to be better – all of us – and I really believe we will be tomorrow.” Getting into holes early in games is something the Mooseheads try to avoid as much as possible but the Huskies brought their notorious firepower in the first period to take control They went ahead 2-0 in the opening 15 minutes and then stretched it to 4-1 in the second period so the Mooseheads couldn’t quite get their footing because they had to chase the game virtually all night “One of our first chances against was a breakaway so that’s a problem,” Lord said “We obviously talked about their fast break and how they send guys long but it’s easy to watch it in video I’m really hopeful we’re going to adjust to the pace tomorrow and play a little bit of a smarter harder game and make it more difficult on them from the opening puck drop.” Benjamin Brunelle and Alexis Lemire were the Rouyn-Noranda scorers and Samuel Meloche stopped 19 shots Quinn Kennedy had Halifax’s goal and Jacob Steinman made 36 saves 4 and 5 (if necessary) in Halifax on Tuesday Games 6 and 7 are scheduled for the following Monday and Tuesday back in Rouyn-Noranda Eddy Doyle and Caylen Blake did not play for the Mooseheads because of injuries Defenceman Ryan Fletcher and forward Cole MacLeod were added to the lineup We tried it: Filtrete Smart Tower and the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool Formaldehyde HP09 Top picks for what to watch this month in Canada transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. 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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Benjamin Brunelle scored the game-winning goal for the Huskies sniping home the lone Mooseheads goal of the night receiving a pass from Braeden MacPhee before cutting the Rouyn-Noranda lead to one heading into the first intermission Rémi Gélinas scored his first of the series and Ty Higgins added his second of the night to earn the victory for Rouyn-Noranda Benjamin Brunelle tipped a shot from Huskies defender Harijs Cjunskis past Steinman and Lucas Veilleux found a small opening at the side of the net and buried his first playoff goal for the Huskies Jacob Steinman earned first star in his final QMJHL game recording 35 saves for the Herd in the loss Cjunskis and Brunelle were awarded second and third stars for Rouyn-Noranda the phenomenon could be boosting global warming by reducing the sunlight that clouds reflect back into space New research co-authored by Duncan Watson-Parris of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute finds that industrial pollution in Earth’s colder latitudes decreases cloud cover by increasing snowfall in the surrounding area The study, published yesterday in Science suggests that by reducing cloud cover near industrial facilities in colder parts of the world industrial pollution can lessen the sunlight reflected back into space This has the effect of increasing the heat trapped inside Earth’s atmosphere if the phenomenon is sufficiently widespread The researchers can’t yet quantify the prevalence of their observations but if these effects of industrial pollution are sufficiently common they could become important to include in the global climate models used to help predict the pace of climate change “This is the first direct evidence of industrial pollution causing the water in clouds to freeze and fall to earth as snow,” said Watson-Parris “Our findings show something that could be an important missing piece from climate models and a clear place to look for future studies.” Particles so small they can be suspended in the air have long been known to help clouds form as well as make them more reflective Aerosols can come from natural sources such as dust and human ones like the smoke stacks of coal-fired power plants These airborne particles can help clouds form by encouraging water vapor to condense into droplets – the building blocks of clouds The presence of aerosols can also increase the number of water droplets inside clouds which makes them more reflective and bounces more sunlight back into space lead study author climate scientist Velle Toll from Estonia’s University of Tartu and his colleagues were studying satellite imagery looking for evidence of increased cloud cover and reflectiveness near industrial sites when they encountered something puzzling: Gaps in cloud cover near industrial facilities located in colder climates A graphic showing how reduced cloud cover and increased snowfall were observed downwind of an industrial air pollution hotspot. Credit: Velle Toll To investigate, the researchers studied cloud patterns near 67 industrial sites in the colder parts of North America, Europe and Asia by analyzing 21 years of satellite imagery along with ground-based weather radar data. The study authors compared affected clouds to nearby unaffected clouds and used computer models to track how far pollution dispersed. The study found that industrial pollution, particularly from metal processing and cement facilities, caused supercooled clouds to freeze at temperatures between -10°C (14°F) and -24°C (-11.2°F), when they can remain liquid all the way down to -36°C (-32.8°F). The study also found that industrial pollution triggered local snowfall of up to 15 mm (0.6 inches) per day. By causing water from clouds to fall as snow, the industrial aerosols shrank the clouds themselves, resulting in an 8.3 percent decrease in cloud cover. The loss of cloud cover in turn resulted in 13.7 percent less sunlight being reflected back to space compared to unaffected clouds nearby. Watson-Parris said that the only plausible explanation for their observations was that the aerosol particles released by industries including metal processing, cement production, coal-fired power plants and oil refineries were triggering the formation of ice in supercooled clouds by acting as scaffolding for the formation of ice crystals. “If it turns out this phenomenon is really common then many climate models have been missing a way that aerosols have been contributing to global warming,” said Watson-Parris. “It would also mean that cleaning up industrial processes like cement production or moving from burning dirty fossil fuels to clean energy could help combat climate change by helping to cool the planet by increasing cloud cover in addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.” The researchers said further research is needed to understand whether these effects are common enough to make an impact at the global scale. They call for additional studies to better understand how different types of industrial particles can encourage clouds to freeze and to investigate the potential broader implications for climate change. A weather radar image showing a plume of snow downwind of the Rouyn-Noranda copper smelter in Canada. The weather radar is located near Landrienne, Canada. Credit: Velle Toll It’s a statement that can be made almost every year; facing the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies is no easy feat. In fact, the dogs of the north are on their way to finishing above .500 for the third straight campaign and 17th time in the past 22 seasons. Helping keeping this record of consistency intact is a solid mix of players representing various age groups, providing support on both sides of the puck. They’ve shown consistency, a dangerous attack and the ability to compete – and beat – their fellow contenders. Make no mistake; the Huskies are once again aiming to finish atop the pack this spring. According to you, which of these skaters has had the best playoffs so far? Pour offrir les meilleures expériences, nous utilisons des technologies telles que les cookies pour stocker et/ou accéder aux informations sur l'appareil. Le consentement à ces technologies nous permettra de traiter des données telles que le comportement de navigation ou des identifiants uniques sur ce site. Le fait de ne pas consentir ou de retirer son consentement peut affecter négativement certaines caractéristiques et fonctions. It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. KINGSTON, Jamaica — Noranda Bauxite has donated lands in Discovery Bay, St Ann for the construction of a long-awaited car park for taxi operators. The park, to be constructed at a cost of $10 million, will be a joint venture involving Noranda Bauxite, the Transport Authority and the St Ann Municipal Corporation. This was disclosed on Wednesday by Transport Minister Daryl Vaz at the weekly post-cabinet media briefing at Jamaica House. “The facility as it stands now will serve as the main terminal point for over 250 taxis operating in that area,” Vaz said. “The land that is going to be utilised was gifted to the St Ann Municipal Corporation by Noranda Bauxite and based on engineering and construction estimates, a little under $10 million [will be spent to get it ready],” the minister added. He noted that taxi operators currently park their vehicles wherever they can, including in every plaza, “because in fairness they have nowhere else to go”. Vaz said he was delivering on a commitment made to taxi operators some time ago. The car park will accommodate taxis on routes servicing Discovery Bay to Falmouth, Discovery Bay to Brown’s Town, Discovery Bay to Runaway Bay, Discovery Bay to Farm Town, Discovery Bay to St Ann’s Bay and surrounding areas. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem The wear and tear of their Cinderella playoff run may be catching up to the Halifax Mooseheads It took seven gruelling games to get past the heavily favoured Drummondville Voltigeurs in the first round only to earn a date with the equally tough Rouyn-Noranda Huskies in the second round The Mooseheads continue to leave everything they have on the ice but the deeper more experienced Huskies are pushing them to their limits high-pace brand of hockey in Game 3 at the Scotiabank Centre on Tuesday securing a 4-1 win and 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven “We’ve had a lot of injuries and I think that Drummondville series took a lot out of us,” Mooseheads centre Liam Kilfoil said “With a younger team with not much experience beating a team like that took a lot out of us But we’re here now and we’re going to keep fighting.” The Huskies are relentless on the forecheck and bombard the Halifax net with shots so it’s hard for the Mooseheads to get any time or space to establish their counter-attack The Mooseheads only have two goals so far in the series and have been outshot 120-59 over three games Rouyn-Noranda finished with a 40-20 edge in Game 1 It’s all the Mooseheads can do to get themselves stabilized under the constant attack “We’re hanging in there but they’re obviously a very good team,” Kilfoil said “They forecheck very hard and they’re on you the whole time We didn’t have much time at all up there so it’s been a little bit tough that way the Mooseheads lost another huge piece from their back end in Game 3 Key defenceman Carlos Handel exited the game in the second period with an injury leaving Halifax with just four regulars and affiliate player Ryan Fletcher on their blueline Mathieu Taillefer and Lincoln Waugh are the only regulars still standing now that Handel has joined Eddy Doyle and Justin Chiras on the sidelines it’s always hard but we were already down a couple so it’s tough to play even more minutes,” Kilfoil said We’ve lost guys up there and everyone’s working hard to make up for it.” Lars Steiner and Alex Carr scored for the Huskies who led 2-0 after the first period and 3-1 after 40 minutes Callum Aucoin’s goal in the second period was the Mooseheads’ first scoring play since the opening period of Game 1 “It’s tight out there and there’s not much room,” Kilfoil said they’re good defensively and every line works very hard They’re always on you hitting and everything.” The Mooseheads will look to extend the series in Game 4 on Wednesday night at the Scotiabank Centre Game 5 will be in Halifax on Friday and Games 6 and 7 will be back in Rouyn-Noranda on Monday and Tuesday next week “It’s do or die tomorrow so we might as well lay it all out there,” Kilfoil said Kilfoil and Mooseheads teammate Shawn Carrier all received a ranking on Tuesday’s final NHL Central Scouting Service’s list Handel was 73rd among North American skaters Four Nova Scotians made the rankings – Antigonish’s Brady Peddle (86th) Drew Allison (127th) and Cole Chandler (172nd) Cape Breton Eagles defenceman Will Murphy was 97th and teammate Alexis Cournoyer was 16th among North American goalies Notes: Forwards Will Bent and Caylen Blake are also still hurt for Halifax Cole MacLeod was added to the lineup up front This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The disclosure of previously suppressed government statistics showing that the citizens of Rouyn-Noranda have been poisoned for years by the mining giant Glencore has provoked a wave of popular outcry throughout the province of Quebec. The Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda, a small industrial town in northern Quebec, produces copper anodes from recycled electronics heated to very high temperatures. After operating for decades under various owners, it was acquired in 2013 by Glencore, one of the world’s largest and most profitable resource companies. Operating in 35 countries, it manages around 150 facilities in mining, metallurgy and oil production.  It has long been known—but ignored by successive provincial and federal governments—that the processes employed at this plant emit tons of heavy metals into the air at levels far exceeding established environmental standards, making it one of the most polluting plants in Canada. The first serious study on the toxic materials it emits was carried out in 1975 and the Rouyn-Noranda community has mobilized on numerous occasions to demand an end to these uncontrolled emissions. The information revealed over the past few weeks has provided new evidence of the harmful, and deadly, consequences of the massive pollution generated by the Horne Foundry. It has also highlighted the role of the right-wing CAQ (Coalition Avenir Québec) government in working closely with the company—following in the footsteps of its predecessors—to secure its profits at the expense of the health and lives of the residents of Rouyn-Noranda. Radio-Canada revealed in June that in 2019, the then national director of public health in Quebec, Dr. Horacio Arruda, intervened after a meeting with Glencore executives to block the publication of data comparing health indicators in Rouyn-Noranda with the rest of the province.  The substantial discrepancies recorded suggested that emissions of arsenic and other heavy metals at the Horne Foundry were responsible for the serious health problems afflicting the city’s population. The chilling statistics—only made available in May 2022 after being suppressed for more than two and a half years—include the following: This damning information was contained in an appendix—removed under Arruda’s orders—to a biomonitoring study conducted by the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Public Health Directorate (DSPu) and published in 2019.  The study reported high levels of arsenic, including 3.7 times higher levels in the fingernails of children in the Notre Dame neighborhood near the smelter than in another city in the region. The DSPu wrote at the time that “the population of this neighborhood is ... exposed simultaneously to multiple metals that can act together and increase their toxicity in the body.” Arruda, the official most directly responsible for suppressing the information on Rouyn-Noranda’s higher rates of lung cancer, would become the CAQ government’s point man in its disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic a few months later. The results of the 2019 biomonitoring study are not surprising. The CAQ and its predecessors in government—the Parti Québécois and the Quebec Liberal Party—have known for decades about the abnormally high levels of arsenic and lung cancer rates in Rouyn-Noranda, not to mention the massive emissions of other heavy metals and related health issues among the town’s residents.  The damning statistics finally released in May 2022, and the revelation that Arruda intervened in 2019 to suppress them, have escalated popular anger across the province.  Fifty local physicians signed an open letter asking health authorities to act immediately to bring the foundry’s emissions of arsenic and other heavy metals down to the provincial standard.  Opposition from the medical profession was echoed in the prestigious BMJ, (formerly the British Medical Journal), in an article documenting the impact of the highly toxic emissions on the health of the people of Rouyn-Noranda while showing that the CAQ was fully aware of them. It also exposed the numerous pretexts advanced by Arruda to justify his suppression of vital information. The government has responded to the public outcry by launching a new public relations operation, showing once again that it is willing to lie brazenly to defend the profits of big business. In a visit to Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault blamed the previous governments and claimed that progress had been made under the CAQ, which is clearly refuted by recent figures on arsenic emissions.  The president and CEO of Abitibi-Témiscamingue’s Regional Health Center, Caroline Roy, claimed that it is “only recently that we have noticed the health inequalities” in Rouyn-Noranda. In fact, it was revealed as early as 1998 that life expectancy in the Notre-Dame district next to the foundry was nearly 10 years lower than the provincial average. Dr. Luc Boileau, Arruda’s successor as Quebec’s national director of public health, insisted that it would be “a serious mistake” to link the serious health problems observed in the city—abnormally high incidence of lung cancer, significantly lower life expectancy, a greater proportion of low-birth-weight babies—with the massive emissions of arsenic and other heavy metals from the foundry.  Glencore’s contamination of Rouyn-Noranda is one of many examples of the subordination of social needs to capitalist profit, with devastating consequences for the environment and the lives of millions. To cite just three of the most notorious examples: A Quebec band has been censored for using its songs to accuse the Horne Smelter of poisoning the residents of Rouyn-Noranda a town in northern Quebec’s northwestern Abitibi-Témiscamingue region Local metal band Guhn Twei was recently disinvited from the Alienfest festival scheduled for June in La Sarre another Abitibi town about an hour’s drive from Rouyn-Noranda the festival was completely cancelled by its organizers one of whom is an employee and shareholder of Métal Marquis a local company whose main customer is the Horne Smelter the Horne Smelter has long been criticized by Rouyn-Noranda residents for its excessive discharge of toxic materials These criticisms resounded province-wide in 2022 after new statistics revealed that the company was poisoning the population of Rouyn-Noranda with arsenic and other heavy metals a fact that the political establishment was fully aware of but systematically covered up Guhn Twei singer Simon Turcotte worked at Horne Smelter for a subcontractor until a malignant soft-tissue tumor that ultimately led to the amputation of his right leg Turcotte told La Presse in an interview in January 2023 that he could not prove a direct link between his employment at Horne Smelter and his “extremely rare super-aggressive cancer that a young man of 26 stumbles upon out of nowhere when he’s in the best of health,” but that “we know the health risks associated with the Horne Smelter.” Further evidence of these health risks had come to light in June 2022, when the media revealed that Quebec’s then National Director of Public Health, Dr. Horatio Arruda, who was heavily involved in the Quebec government’s murderous COVID-19 policy had blocked the publication of data in 2019 that compared the state of health in Rouyn-Noranda with the rest of the province The concealed document identified emissions of arsenic and other heavy metals from the Horne Smelter as being responsible for the serious health problems that afflict the population of Rouyn-Noranda at much higher rates than in the rest of the province Statistics showed an abnormally high number of low-weight births a life expectancy significantly lower than the Quebec average 50 percent more cases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a lung cancer rate of 140.3 cases per 100,000 inhabitants between 2013 and 2017 (compared to 107.7 for the province as a whole) Simon Turcotte’s music is committed and openly critical of Glencore with evocative names like Tueurs d’enfants [Child Killers] Turcotte sings of the multinational’s leaders as “white collar bandits,” “parasitic capitalists,” “child killers” and “planet rapists.” The singer is also very active on social media where he seeks to inform the population of Rouyn-Noranda of the health dangers of the smelter’s emissions He has pointed in particular to the billions in profits made by the multinational which refuses to make the necessary modifications to reduce emissions of arsenic and other toxic metals After being scheduled to perform at Alienfest 2024 with his band Turcotte received an e-mail from the organizers on March 26 telling him that Guhn Twei would not be able to perform because of his criticism of Glencore: “We [Métal Marquis] are one of the foundry’s suppliers and that’s exactly where it gets sensitive.” After Turcotte publicly revealed the censorship to which he and his band had been subjected the Alienfest festival was cancelled outright Organizers cited “conflicts of interest” between sponsors and participants Both the organizers and Glencore were quick to point out that the company that owns the Horne Smelter had not intervened to force the withdrawal of Guhn Twei or the cancellation of the festival whether or not there was pressure from the company the fact that the mere fear of displeasing it is enough to censor an artist and cancel a music festival is highly revealing The episode demonstrates the enormous control that big business and wealthy corporate shareholders exert over every aspect of life—social political and artistic—under the capitalist system reduced to the level of a mere commodity subject to the imperatives of profit and where public funding for artists is woefully inadequate the rich can take on the role of patrons and use their money to repress and censor critical artists Censorship targets not only those who denounce harmful business practices, but also anyone who criticizes imperialist foreign policy and war-mongers. Rock musician Roger Waters, for example, has incurred the wrath of the mainstream media and capitalist politicians for his vehement defense of the Palestinian people his condemnation of the Israeli state’s genocidal assault on the population of Gaza and his opposition to the US-NATO war on Russia the Horne Smelter stopped funding the Rouyn-Noranda Exhibition Centre after the presentation of the Mine de rien exhibition which criticized the company for its harmful effects on health and the environment where economic activity is less diversified a giant corporation like Glencore—present in 35 countries and with profits of over $13 billion last year—has an even more disproportionate and undue influence But this reality is not limited to Abitibi Glencore’s influence extends across eastern Canada and is reinforced by the unconditional support the company has received from successive provincial governments of the pro-Quebec independence Parti Québécois the hard-right “Quebec First” Coalition Avenir Quebec governments have been complicit in poisoning the population by refusing to apply environmental laws to the company While the Quebec standard for arsenic emissions has been 3 nanograms per cubic meter (ng/m³) since 2011 the Quebec government allowed the Horne smelter to emit 200 ng/m³ of arsenic until 2021 In response to the outrage caused by the June 2022 revelations, the Legault government announced that the threshold for daily arsenic emissions would be gradually reduced reaching 15 ng/m³ in 2027—still 5 times higher than the provincial ceiling which amount essentially to a permission to continue poisoning the population of Rouyn-Noranda were imposed in a new ministerial authorization granted to Glencore for the Horne Smelter in March 2023 which was intended to calm popular discontent It was later revealed that Glencore had obtained numerous relaxations to the ministerial authorization by threatening to close the smelter which made record profits and paid out $7.1 billion to its shareholders in 2022 also received a $150 million tax credit in the Quebec government’s March 2023 budget for making the necessary improvements to reduce its emissions The average concentration of arsenic in the air emitted by the Horne Smelter was 45.2 ng/m³ in the year following the new ministerial authorization 33 daily measurements far exceeded this average Again with the blessing of the Quebec government Glencore is also polluting the air in Limoilou Limoilou residents have complained that the air they breathe is heavily polluted with dust from Glencore’s nickel transshipment operations at the Port of Quebec A study conducted by the Direction régionale de la santé publique de la Capitale-Nationale from 2017 to 2021 revealed that Limoilou residents breathe in four times more nickel than those in other parts of the city The Quebec Ministry of the Environment measured 50 exceedances of the daily nickel standard in Limoilou’s air between 2018 and 2022 the nickel particles present in Limoilou’s air are of a type that is carcinogenic the Quebec government introduced an airborne nickel monitoring program to “reassure” citizens it acceded to Glencore’s demands and raised the authorized daily limit for nickel in the air from 14 ng/m³ to 70 ng/m³ as of April 28 the Ministry of the Environment announced last March that it had recorded three significant exceedances of its daily standard for airborne nickel particles between December 2022 and January 2024 The number of exceedances that would have occurred under the old standard was not disclosed The government also revealed that each of the exceedances was associated with a Glencore operation at the Port of Quebec Media reports have since confirmed at least three other exceedances The Quebec government has issued notices of non-compliance to Glencore asking it to provide a corrective action plan “within the next few weeks.” Environment Minister Benoit Charette refused to fine the company and praised the low number of exceedances of the nickel-in-air standard without mentioning that this was solely due to his government’s raising of the threshold There is no doubt that Mathis Rousseau is the best goaltender in the QMJHL and it was case in point on Friday night at Scotiabank Centre where he was serenaded by 8000+ fans chanting his name in a 2-1 shootout victory over Rouyn-Noranda The overage netminder was nearly unbeatable with 48 saves through regulation and overtime while going a perfect three-for-three in the shootout to earn the first star of the game especially in the first 40 minutes of action that saw the home team outshot 33-5 but it was the stellar play of Rousseau that allowed Halifax to take a 1-0 lead into the final period of regulation Box Score Rookie Danny Walters scored his first home-ice goal in his hometown when he buried the perfect feed from fellow rookie Amelio Santini midway through the middle stanza That stood as the only offense for either side until the Huskies finally cracked Rousseau on their 41st shot of the game when Bill Zonnon posted up at the top of the crease and deflected a point shot to tie the game 1-1 at the 6:38 mark of the third period Rouyn-Noranda chose to play a cautious overtime frame and did not put much pressure on the Herd despite having a dominant amount of puck possession time That poor strategy played into the hands of the Moose who were more than happy to take their chances in the shootout with Rousseau at his best between the pipes The goalie was perfect on the three Rouyn-Noranda attempts and Liam Kilfoil played the role of hero by sniping a beautiful goal to end it on the third Halifax shot Final shots in the game were 49-18 Huskies and the crowd took over with the Rousseau chants once again as they anxiously predicted his name to be called as the first star The game saw the return to the lineup of both Captain Brady Schultz and forward Shawn Carrier from the injured list Carrier suffered an upper body during the second period and played sparingly the rest of the night He will have his upper body injury reassessed prior to the next game and is considered day-to-day The win snapped a three-game slide by the Moose who were coming off an unfavourable road trip from last weekend and improved their record to 8-6-2-0 with another tough matchup on the way this Sunday at Scotiabank Centre. 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Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.ca — Justin (Thunder) Gagne has found a new position in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League who served as the Cape Breton Eagles assistant equipment manager last October has accepted the head equipment manager position with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies next season He joined the Eagles after spending time with the Châteauguay Grenadiers of the Quebec Under-18 ‘AAA’ Hockey League Gagne worked closely with Aiden Rafuse in the day-to-day duties Glow Up For Mother's Day: 15 Beauty Gifts She Will Adore Best Mother’s Day Flower Delivery Services Help Control Symptoms With These Air Purifiers We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noranda Income Fund (TSX: NIF.UN) (the “Fund”) today announced that the previously announced acquisition by Glencore Canada Corporation (“Glencore”) of all of the issued and outstanding priority units of the Fund for C$1.98 per priority unit by way of a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and the Trustee Act (Ontario) (the “Arrangement”) was completed Glencore owned 12,500,000 special units of the Fund representing approximately 25% of the 49,989,975 issued and outstanding units of the Fund Glencore acquired all of the 37,489,975 issued and outstanding priority units of the Fund Glencore owns 100% of the issued and outstanding units of the Fund as the depositary for the purposes of the Arrangement will provide former unitholders their consideration as soon as practicable on or after today’s date As a result of the completion of the Arrangement the priority units of the Fund are expected to be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange within two to three trading days and the Fund is taking the applicable actions to cease to be a reporting issuer or the equivalent in all of the provinces of Canada Glencore is one of the world’s largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 responsibly-sourced commodities that advance everyday life. 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ABC News News HomeExplosions rock Noranda house in fireShare Explosions rock Noranda house in fireTopic:House Fires A series of explosions rocked the house in Noranda as firefighters battled the blaze (Ben Shepherd: RFS) Link copiedShareShare articleEleven people managed to escape from a fire which destroyed a house in Noranda, in Perth's northern suburbs. The fire started at the Widgee Road rental property about 11:30 last night. There were several explosions inside the house while firefighters battled the blaze. Nine family members lived in the house but two friends were also staying at the property. Inspector Domenic Wood says a 15-year old boy alerted his family before the fire took hold. "He and his other teenage pal attempted to put the fire out," he said. "Thankfully they only suffered superficial injuries, they were taken to hospital for treatment and as I say they appear fine, very minor injuries." Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Les Huskies annoncent avoir signé l’attaquant de 19 ans, Rémi Gélinas. Ce dernier avait commencé la saison avec les Hawks de Hawkesbury dans la CCHL. Natif de Deux-Montagnes, il mesure 6’00’’ et pèse 180 livres. En 25 rencontres avec les Hawks, Rémi a inscrit 50 points (27 B, 23 A). Il fera ses débuts dans la LHJMQ en fin de semaine, face aux Cataractes de Shawinigan et aux Tigres de Victoriaville. - Remi Gelinas scored twice on the power play as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens 6-2 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday at Arena Glencore Lucas Veilleux and Bill Zonnon also scored for the Huskies (30-18-3-5) who led 3-0 after the first period and 4-1 heading into the third Ty Higgins and Zonnon each chipped in with two assists Maxim Masse and Thomas Desruisseaux scored for the Sagueneens (33-14-3-7) The Huskies went 3-for-4 on the power play and the visiting Rimouski Oceanic rolled past the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-1 Lou Levesque also scored for the East Division-leading Oceanic (41-12-2-2) Justin Gendron scored for the Drakkar (31-22-3-1) who were tied 1-1 after the opening period but trailed 3-1 heading into the third — Renaud Poulin's first-period goal stood up as the winner as the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs beat the Charlottetown Islanders 1-0 in a battle of superb goaltenders Riley Mercer stopped 37 shots for the Central Division-leading Voltigeurs (35-16-3-3) to record the shutout while Nicolas Ruccia stopped 27 of 28 shots for the Islanders (27-26-2-1) — Romain Litalien and Joseph Henneberry each scored twice and the Cape Breton Eagles beat the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs 6-3 Tomas Lavoie and Joseph Henneberry also scored for the Eagles (29-19-4-3) Tyler Peddle and Olivier scored for the Sea Dogs (20-37-0-0) — Markus Vidicek scored at 4:15 of overtime as the Moncton Wildcats rallied from a three-goal deficit to post a 4-3 win over the visiting Blainville-Boisbriand Armada Preston Lounsbury and Julius Sumpf also scored for the Maritimes Division-leading Wildcats (45-9-2-0) who trailed 3-1 heading into the third period Loke Johansson chipped in with two assists Matt Gosselin and Mateo Nobert scored for the West Division-leading Armada (32-17-5-2) Brandon Delarosbil had a goal and two assists and the Sherbrooke Phoenix whipped the visiting Victoriaville Tigres 8-2 Alexis Doucet and Hugo Primeau also scored for the Phoenix (31-19-2-4) Florent Houle and Olivier Lampron each chipped in with three assists while Hugo Marcil and Mavrick Lachance each added a pair of helpers Eliott Simard and Olivier Houde scored for the Tigres (15-38-1-3) * This roundup was generated automatically with a CP-developed application This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 1 Click to open navigationMonday 5 May 2025Click to open navigationLocal news: To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. ‘Hopeful’: Pilot critically injured during airshow stunt has spinal damage2 min read Sopranos actor dies at age 841 min read