Conservative deputy calls MP ‘unhinged’ for linking Poilievre and Winnipeg killings
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – Federal Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman is calling a Metro Vancouver MP “unhinged” for a social media post that questioned if there was a connection between Pierre Poilievre and a weekend shooting in Manitoba that killed four people. Liberal Ken Hardie, who represents the B.C. riding of Fleetwood-Port Kells, posted on Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal billionaire sex case: Accuser loses bid to freeze Robert Miller’s assets
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec judge has denied a request to freeze the assets of a Montreal billionaire accused of paying underage girls for sex. In a ruling released today, Superior Court Justice Eleni Yiannakis says the applicant failed to prove there is a real risk Robert Miller would disappear or hide his assets if he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Possible class-action lawsuit filed in Alberta over child special allowance payments
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta and federal governments are facing a potential class-action lawsuit over how the province handled payments for children in care. A statement of claim filed Friday alleges Alberta took payments received from Ottawa that were meant to provide benefits for children in care and folded them into general revenue to offset the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!If Liberals need more time on pharmacare, NDP says it will demand ‘more results’
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The NDP says there’s still enough time for the Liberals to meet their deadline for introducing pharmacare legislation, but if the government needs more time, their legislative dance partners are expecting more results. NDP spokesperson Alana Cahill says her party was “very clear” that the Liberals’ first draft of a pharmacare bill “missed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith invokes sovereignty act on green electricity, concedes it’s for symbolic effect
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith invoked Alberta’s sovereignty act on Monday to implement new measures in her fight against Ottawa’s looming clean electricity rules while conceding she didn’t need the act to put the changes in place. Smith said she wanted to invoke the act to send a message that her government is serious about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grieving B.C. parents warn of ‘predators’ after sextortion suicide of son, aged 12
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE – Parents of a 12-year-old boy who killed himself last month after falling prey to online sextortion are urging others to talk to their kids to make sure they don’t also become victims of internet “predators.” “They’re just, they’re not built for problems like this. They’re not built for adult problems in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!If Liberals need more time on pharmacare , NDP says it will demand ‘more results’
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The NDP says there’s still enough time for the Liberals to meet their deadline for introducing pharmacare legislation, but if the government needs more time, their legislative dance partners are expecting more results. NDP spokesperson Alana Cahill says her party was “very clear” that the Liberals’ first draft of a pharmacare bill “missed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Life expectancy for Canadians fell in 2022 for third year in a row, says StatCan
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new report from Statistics Canada says life expectancy for the average Canadian at birth has fallen for three straight years, from 82.3 years in 2019 to 81.3 in 2022. The report on deaths shows New Brunswick saw the biggest decline in life expectancy in 2022, dropping to 79.8 years from 80.9 in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t broaden handgun freeze exemption, firearm-control advocates tell senators
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Proponents of tougher firearm restrictions are urging senators not to broaden an exemption for Olympic athletes from the federal handgun freeze to include a wider range of sport shooters. When they introduced gun-control legislation last year, the federal Liberals announced a plan to implement a freeze on importing, buying, selling or otherwise transferring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A list of facts about sextortion, a type of blackmail that can turn deadly
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Police in Prince George, B.C., say a 12-year-old boy died by suicide in October after falling victim to online sextortion. Here are some facts about sextortion: – Sextortion is a kind of blackmail in which the perpetrator threatens to reveal a person’s online sexual activity, such as intimate photos that are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sisters among four dead after Winnipeg shooting, man in critical condition
By The Canadian Press on November 27th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Two sisters are among four people who have died after being shot in downtown Winnipeg over the weekend. “Our hearts go out to these families and the community,” Insp. Jennifer McKinnon said Monday. Officers were called shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday to a home where they found five people wounded. A man and ... Read More »
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