Ethics committee set to decide whether to launch probe of Trudeau’s recent trip
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – The House of Commons ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss whether a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett pushed for the meeting as part of a volley of recent Opposition attacks, garnering support from the Bloc Québécois, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One winning ticket sold for Tuesday’s $70 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
There was one winning ticket sold in Tuesday’s Lotto Max $70 million draw. Meanwhile, one of the 10 available $1 million Maxmillion prizes will go to two separate ticket holders. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 19 will be an estimated $19 million... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Ethics probe over PM’s vacation? Canadians on climate change?
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Ethics committee to meet over Trudeau’s vacation The House of Commons ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss whether a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy snow for BC, icy temperatures for Alberta and Ontario, and high winds for NFLD
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
Heavy snow is expected to fall across wide swaths of southern British Columbia, and parts of southern Alberta, as winter continues to cause havoc from coast to coast. From Vancouver Island to the Alberta border, Environment Canada has issued a series of snowfall warnings, calling for 10 to 20 centimetres of accumulation. Vancouver Mayor Ken ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquest set to hear from first officers who responded to mass killing in Saskatchewan
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
MELFORT, Sask. – The first Mounties to respond to a stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation are expected to testify on the third day of a coroner’s inquest. Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Sanderson, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta tourist town to make decision on permanent pedestrian zone in its downtown
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
BANFF, Alta. – An Alberta tourist town in Canada’s busiest national park is expected to make a decision today on whether to continue its popular downtown pedestrian zone every summer and fall. The Town of Banff was looking at permanently funding the project, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its budget approvals ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians say climate caused a warm December they both enjoyed and worried about
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2024
Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. Contradictions abound in a Leger online poll of more than 1,500 Canadians conducted earlier this month after a December that set records for warm temperatures. Almost three-quarters of them thought climate change was the cause of a balmy holiday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crash southeast of Kamloops, B.C., claims four lives, one person injured
By The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2024
MONTE LAKE, B.C. – Police say four people are dead and one person is in hospital after a head-on crash on Highway 97 southeast of Kamloops, B.C., on Tuesday. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP spokesman Chris Terleski says the collision occurred near the Monte Lake RV park around 9 a.m. Police say the drivers of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chrétien-era effort to soften UN’s Indigenous language a ‘stain’ on Canada: Hajdu
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – The current federal Liberal government tried to distance itself Tuesday from the Jean Chrétien-led one that reportedly conspired with Australia to weaken United Nations language on Indigenous Peoples in the early 2000s. Newly released Australian cabinet documents from 2003 show the two countries worked together on putting forward a softer version of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Human rights complaint filed over Manitoba election ad against landfill search
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2024
WINNIPEG – The daughter of a slain First Nations woman has filed a human rights complaint against Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives for an ad campaign about its decision not to search a Winnipeg-area landfill for her mother’s remains. “Families need to be protected “¦ there should be laws in place to ensure that no political party ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister chides U.S. officials over cost-saving scheme to buy Canadian drugs
By The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2024
OTTAWA – Health Minister Mark Holland has been calling around to United States officials to let them know that the Canadian government will be guarding its medical drug supply after the U.S. moved to allow states to mass import medicine from Canada. He says he’s received assurances that the U.S. government has no intention of ... Read More »
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