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‘Always remember’: Funeral held for 2 Edmonton police officers killed on duty
By Ritika Dubey and Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
EDMONTON – Two police officers killed in the line of duty were honoured Monday at a regimental funeral with tears and tales of off-key crooning, birdies and beers, laughs and contagious joy. Thousands of officers gathered with family members to say a formal goodbye to Edmonton police Const. Travis Jordan, 35, and Const. Brett Ryan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Walmart Canada CEO says retailer not trying to profit from inflation
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The president and CEO of Walmart Canada says the retail giant is not attempting to profit from soaring food inflation. Gonzalo Gebara spoke before a parliamentary committee studying food inflation Monday evening, saying Walmart Canada’s gross profit rate for its food business declined last year, as did the company’s total operating profit in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa eyeing U.S.-made surveillance planes for Canadian Armed Forces
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is looking at buying a fleet of military surveillance aircraft from U.S. aerospace giant Boeing without a competition. The federal Procurement Department says Canada has submitted a letter to the U.S. government asking for more information, including a price, for up to 16 P-8 Poseidon planes and associated equipment. The department says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grocery money, clean tech tax breaks expected in federal budget Tuesday
By Nojoud Al Mallees and Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – A second top-up to GST rebate cheques for low-income Canadians and “significant” new tax measures to keep Canada in the green technology game will be among the highlights in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s federal budget on Tuesday. The document, Freeland’s third since taking on the finance post in the early months of COVID-19, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at some of the seven victims who perished in Old Montreal fire
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
Montreal police said seven people perished in a fire that swept through an Old Montreal building on the morning of March 16. Victims are from Ontario, Quebec and the United States. After discovering the final two bodies on Monday, police said they did not believe there were any other victims in the rubble. Here is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada extends, shrinks anti-ISIL ‘Operation Impact’ mission in the Middle East
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is extending a scaled-down version of its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East for another two years. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the extension Monday afternoon, before the mandate for the mission known as Operation Impact was set to expire on Friday. The latest extension comes more than eight years ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. plans family law changes to decide who gets the pets when couples split
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
VICTORIA – The important role pets play in families who are separating is being addressed in proposed amendments to British Columbia’s Family Law Act. Attorney General Niki Sharma says amendments she introduced in B.C.’s legislature will clarify the law around pets, property and pensions for couples and families going through a separation or divorce. She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two final bodies pulled from rubble after Old Montreal fire, five bodies identified
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
MONTREAL – The bodies of the final two missing victims of a fire in Old Montreal were pulled from the rubble on Monday, as investigators shifted their attention to uncovering the causes of the deadly blaze. The total number of people killed in the March 16 fire sits at seven, and fire operations chief Martin ... Read More »
1 responseIsraeli diplomats in Canada return to work after strike against judicial overhaul
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – Israeli diplomats in Canada are set to return to work on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu caved to public pressure and announced a delay in his contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Israel’s embassy in Ottawa, as well as its consulates in Toronto and Montreal, were shuttered Monday after the country’s ... Read More »
1 responseCentre Block construction within cost, but Ottawa must make faster decisions: auditor
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
OTTAWA – The modernization of Parliament’s Centre Block is within budget so far, but the federal government needs to do a better job at making up their minds before major construction begins, the federal auditor general says in a new report. Karen Hogan warns in a report released Monday that if decision-making remains fragmented, it ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. tribunal orders $9,755 payout to taxi driver over caste-based discrimination
By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a taxi driver be paid more than $9,000 in compensation because his caste was insulted during a physical altercation at a staff Christmas party. The tribunal’s March 15 decision says Manoj Bhangu, an immigrant from Punjab in India, was discriminated against by two co-workers ... Read More »
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