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Boy who killed two officers previously apprehended under Mental Health Act: police
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – Police in Edmonton say a 16-year-old boy who shot and killed two officers a week ago had been apprehended in November under the Mental Health Act and taken to hospital for assessment. Police also say the same gun was used in a shooting days before the killings at a nearby restaurant that left ... Read More »
1 responseJagmeet Singh says NDP won’t trigger an election over foreign interference concerns
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says New Democrats are not willing to trigger a federal election over rising concerns about foreign interference in recent federal elections. Canada’s democracy must be safeguarded, and holding another election now would leave voters with the same concerns being debated now, Singh told reporters on Thursday. “My goal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘She was so beautiful’: Search continues for missing after fatal Montreal fire
By Sidhartha Banerjee and Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – After finding two more bodies in the rubble of an Old Montreal building that caught fire, police and firefighters said Thursday they have brought in a second crane to search for the people still missing. Montreal police announced late Wednesday the discovery of two bodies, bringing the total to four and leaving three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. salmon farm closure decision was necessary, says DFO amid court challenges
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
VICTORIA – The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia’s Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges. A statement from the office of Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says her decision last month against renewing the licences for the farms off Vancouver Island near ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau, Biden could agree to end ‘loophole’ in Safe Third Country Agreement: source
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada and the United States are negotiating a deal that could designate all 8,900 kilometres of their shared border as an official crossing under the Safe Third Country Agreement. A Canadian government official with knowledge of the talks says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Joe Biden will discuss the issue when they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says conservatives must learn to win in ‘big cities’
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says conservatives must learn how to win in “big cities.” Smith made the comment to a room of conservatives gathered in Ottawa for the annual conference of the Canada Strong and Free Network, formerly called the Manning Centre. With Albertans set to go the polls in a provincial election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs vote in favour of including invisible disabilities in national housing strategy
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament have voted unanimously in favour of urging the government to address the needs of people with invisible disabilities in its national housing strategy. Liberal MP Arielle Kayabaga introduced the motion, which calls on the government to include an expert on disabilities in its National Housing Council. It also asks the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court restores man’s conviction despite police violation of Charter right
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has restored the conviction of an Ontario motorist who had been drinking, even though police made an unauthorized stop on a private driveway. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the top court said that given the circumstances, the evidence obtained from the unlawful police stop should not have been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau mulls response to ‘appalling and abhorrent’ Uganda LGBTQ death-penalty bill
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA, Kan. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on Uganda to repeal legislation the East African country passed this week to bring in a death penalty targeting members of the LGBTQ community. The legislation prescribes the death penalty for the offence of “aggravated homosexuality,” such as having sex while being HIV positive, and life ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sex assault victim of ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel wants her identity made public
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
RIMOUSKI, Que. – The victim in the sexual assault case involving ex-Parti Québécois member Harold LeBel has asked a judge to lift a publication ban on her identity. The woman asked Quebec Superior Court Justice Serge Francoeur today to lift the ban on April 18, when a documentary about her case is scheduled to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP arrest suspect in Montreal on terrorism allegations after tip from FBI
By The Canadian Press on March 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – The RCMP say they arrested a man in Montreal today on terrorism allegations after receiving intelligence from the FBI. Police say officers arrested 18-year-old Mohamed Amine Assal, who is from Montreal’s St-Laurent borough. They say their operation was to disrupt Assal’s “suspicious activities” and get him to sign a peace bond that could ... Read More »
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