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Yukon Liberals, NDP renew confidence and supply agreement to hold power
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Liberals and New Democrats have extended a confidence and supply agreement that the party leaders say will improve housing, health care and education, while advancing reconciliation and addressing climate change. Premier Ranj Pillai, who took over the job from Sandy Silver earlier this month, said the renewed agreement addresses the needs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 billion of its budget last year. Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay’s office says the backlog of thousands of unprocessed applications for financial and medical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man searching for group that helped him emigrate to Canada three decades ago
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
Ivo Ceko was a member of a military police unit that was guarding a hotel in a town in central Bosnia when he met a group of young Canadians and Americans in the summer of 1994. His English wasn’t very good back then, and they couldn’t speak fluent Croatian ““ but they managed to exchange ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mi’kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own riding
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – A Mi’kmaw member of Parliament says proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove him and two Indigenous communities from his riding. Jaime Battiste says a proposed boundary change for Sydney-Victoria was done without the consultation of its Indigenous constituents – a move he says does not foster ... Read More »
1 responseDecriminalization begins in B.C. as coroners service releases overdose death data
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply. The policy shift began Tuesday as the B.C. Coroners Service announced that ... Read More »
1 responseL’Arche Canada says changes made amid sex abuse scandal tied to founder Jean Vanier
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
MONTREAL – Charity L’Arche Canada says it has made changes to protect staff, volunteers and participants since sexual abuse allegations against founder Jean Vanier first came to light in 2020. The international office of the non-profit that helps people with intellectual disabilities released a report Monday that identified at least 25 women abused by Vanier ... Read More »
1 responseCongress of Aboriginal Peoples call for end to police brutality in Canada
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
TORONTO – A national Indigenous organization is calling on Canadian police forces to make “fundamental changes” to end brutality against members of racialized groups in the country. The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples says the case of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who was brutally beaten by police during a traffic stop earlier this month in ... Read More »
1 responseUkrainian groups withdraw court challenge of nixed turbine export to Russian pipeline
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – A Ukrainian-Canadians group has withdrawn a court challenge of Ottawa’s decision to export gas turbines for a Russian pipeline after the federal government nixed the plan in December. The federal Liberals had approved export permits last July to allow a Montreal company to repair turbines for a natural gas pipeline operated by Russian ... Read More »
1 responseCanada sanctions more Myanmar elite, bans jet fuel sales two years after coup
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada has sanctioned more of Myanmar’s military elite, two years after the country’s coup. The country, formerly known as Burma, has seen a democratic backsliding and a series of humanitarian crises, in addition to the persecution of the Rohingya minority. Ottawa announced Tuesday that it is sanctioning six officials, which means Canada’s asset ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for Jan. 31: Will proposed new standards make long-term care better?
By The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … Proposed new standards for long-term care issued by a panel of experts at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Dangerous’ to think B.C.’s decriminalization plan will reduce OD deaths: researcher
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on January 31st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply. The policy shift came after Health Canada allowed an exemption from federal ... Read More »
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