Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds brief meeting with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
CALGARY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed carbon emissions and the strike by B.C. port workers during a brief meeting Friday with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Both leaders were in town for the first day of the Calgary Stampede, a 10-day celebration of western culture that features a parade, rodeo events, pancake breakfasts and concerts. ... Read More »
1 responseSearching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too complex for police: RCMP
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
OTTAWA – Internal emails show the former head of the RCMP believed police are not equipped to handle the complexities of searching a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of slain Indigenous women. The statement is contained in an email sent last December by then RCMP commissioner Brenda Lucki to senior leaders in the departments of ... Read More »
1 responseCoroner identifies second victim in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean landslide
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – The Quebec coroner’s office is confirming the identity of the woman killed in a landslide in the province’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region last weekend. Pascale Racine, 44, was one of two people who died last Saturday in Rivière-Éternité, Que., about 260 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Earlier in the week, authorities identified the other victim ... Read More »
1 responseFamily of Jared Lowndes sue RCMP over 2021 shooting death in Campbell River
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Family members of a man shot and killed by the RCMP have filed a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court, the day before the two-year anniversary of his death. Relatives of Jared Lowndes say in a notice of civil claim that the Campbell River man was shot and killed by unnamed members of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. mass-stabbing killer apologizes to victims, cites ‘enormous’ drug use
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The man who committed a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C., two years ago, has apologized to each of his victims by name at his sentencing hearing. Yannick Bandaogo’s lawyer says his client cannot explain a motive for the attack that killed one woman and wounded several ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Quebec gets wetter because of climate change, risks of landslides increase
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
MONTREAL – Climate change is likely to increase the frequency of weather events that cause landslides in Quebec, like the one that killed two people a week ago, said a researcher who studies natural risks. Jacques Locat, a professor emeritus at Université Laval, says climate change models predict that southern Quebec will receive between five ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. trade envoy presses Canada on digital services tax, home shopping obligations
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
WASHINGTON – America’s trade envoy is urging her Canadian counterpart to abandon plans for a digital services tax and to allow U.S. home shopping north of the border. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and International Trade Minister Mary Ng met one-on-one in Mexico during two days of meetings in Cancun, which wrap up today. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. port strike enters day seven as union, employers association trade barbs
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The strike by thousands of workers at more than 30 British Columbia ports has entered its seventh day, as their union and the association representing B.C. maritime employers trade barbs about the stalled contract negotiations. The president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada, which represents about 7,400 striking workers, told a ... Read More »
1 responseIn the news today: Heat relief for parts of Canada, latest StatCan job numbers
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Cold front to bring some relief after heat wave… A cold front passing through Ontario and Quebec is expected to offer relief today after a multi-day heat wave. Parts of Ontario, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
By The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
CALGARY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today in Calgary, among other stops in the city as Stampede season gets underway. Trudeau and Smith are expected to discuss a number of issues including emission reductions and the federal government’s goal of having a net-zero electricity grid by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Don’t fall off the horse’: Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen leading Stampede parade
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on July 7th, 2023
CALGARY – Col. Jeremy Hansen is preparing to become the first Canadian to travel to the moon as part of the Artemis II mission, but in the meantime he’s tasked with cowboying up to become the second astronaut to be marshal of the Calgary Stampede parade. The 10-day Artemis II mission could launch as early ... Read More »
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