Toronto school board cancels classes on day of solar eclipse
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
TORONTO – Canada’s largest school board approved on Wednesday a revision to its school calendar so students can stay home on the day a rare solar eclipse will chart a course through parts of Canada. After it approved the change at a Wednesday night meeting, the Toronto District School Board joined at least sevenother Ontario ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flood concerns persist, but evacuation order downgraded in Pemberton, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – Dusty McKinnon says driving through floodwaters in Pemberton, B.C., reminded him of fording rivers in Costa Rica, as water surged over the hood of his truck. A weather system with unseasonal warmth has melted snow in the mountains and brought drenching rain to the community 150 kilometres north of Vancouver. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools
By Dean Bennett and Colette Derworiz, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. Smith says students 16 and 17 would not need consent, but their parents must be notified. She announced the changes Wednesday in a video ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A list of Alberta’s new policies on gender and sexuality
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has posted a video to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announcing several new policies and guidelines dealing with gender and sexuality. Here is a list of the changes, which she said are being implemented after discussions with her United Conservative caucus: — For minors 17 and under, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury, coroner make recommendations in Saskatchewan mass killing inquest
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
MELFORT, Sask. – The jury and coroner at an inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation have made more than two dozen recommendations to improve corrections, policing and security to prevent future tragedies. Jurors made 14 suggestions, including ways to better to locate offenders who are unlawfully at large and further funding ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Jury, coroner make recommendations in Saskatchewan mass killing inquest
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
MELFORT, Sask. – The jury at a coroner’s inquest into a mass stabbing on a Saskatchewan First Nation has made 14 recommendations. They suggest improvements to locate offenders who are unlawfully at large and further funding and training for security on the James Smith Cree Nation. The coroner also made 15 recommendations, which include improvements ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal firefighter drowning: Safety board highlights ‘decisions made on the fly’
By Thomas MacDonald, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
MONTREAL – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has concluded that a lack of planning contributed to the October 2021 capsizing of a rescue boat that killed a Montreal firefighter. Pierre Lacroix, 58, drowned after the boat flipped while he and three colleagues attempted to pull a pleasure vessel carrying two people from the Lachine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. She says students 16 and 17 will not need consent, but their parents must be notified. Smith announced the changes in a video posted to X, the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school. She says students 16 and 17 will not need consent, but their parents must be notified. The premier has also announced policy changes for gender reassignment surgery ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan legislature member charged with assault by choking
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
REGINA – A member of the Saskatchewan legislature has been charged with assault by choking. Greg Lawrence faces two counts under the Criminal Code and is to make his first appearance in provincial court on March 18, police in Moose Jaw said in a statement Wednesday. Police said the investigation began seven months earlier, on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa denies it told CBC to cut 3.3 per cent of its budget, as executives claimed
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government is denying that it told CBC/Radio-Canada to cut its budget by 3.3 per cent, despite executives with the public broadcaster insisting that’s part of the reason they’re laying off 10 per cent of their workforce. The Treasury Board, which oversees spending in the federal budget, said that no such ... Read More »
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