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Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs a ‘Conservative renaissance’
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada needs a “Conservative renaissance,” former prime minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday, but he cautioned that Pierre Poilievre should wait until an election before telling Canadians how he might run the country. Harper delivered a speech that evening to a room of party faithful staged by the Canada Strong and Free Network, formerly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More nurses resign from Manitoba sexual assault program
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
WINNIPEG – Two more nurses who helped examine sexual assault victims in Manitoba have resigned a day after one-third of the program’s nurses stepped down, leaving one community health centre concerned about access to care. The provincial agency that delivers health care said Wednesday that the two nurses, who work on a casual basis, had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Nobody’s perfect,’ Joly says of Afghan evacuation, as Tories question plaque
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it was “a messy situation” trying to help Afghans escape the Taliban, as Conservatives questioned her department’s decision to install a plaque commemorating the August 2021 airlift. “I can’t turn back the clock,” Joly told the House of Commons immigration committee, where she was questioned about the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pierre Poilievre to get face time with U.S. President Joe Biden in Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden when he visits Canada this week. Senior U.S. administration officials confirmed in a briefing given on the condition they not be named that Biden plans to have what is known as a “pull-aside” conversation with Poilievre. They say the president, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs a ‘Conservative renaissance ‘
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada badly needs a “Conservative renaissance.” Harper was speaking to a room of party faithful gathered in Ottawa for an annual networking conference staged by the Canada Strong and Free Network, formerly called the Manning Centre. Wednesday’s public appearance is a rare one for Harper, who exited ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Nobody’s perfect,’ Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says as MPs chide Afghan evacuation
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says it was “a messy situation” trying to airlift Afghans who helped Canadian soldiers out of the country when the Taliban took over in August 2021. Joly told the House of Commons immigration committee that she “can’t turn back the clock” on the government’s chaotic attempts to bring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, religion and sexual orientation. The agency says in a news release that all provinces and territories experienced increases in hate crime reports ... Read More »
1 responsePolice ID first victim as search continues at site of fatal fire in Old Montreal
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Police have identified one of two confirmed victims of a fatal fire in Old Montreal, as the search continues for at least five others who remain missing. Montreal police Insp. David Shane identified the victim as 76-year-old Camille Maheux. Shane told reporters at the scene today that Maheux’s body was the first one ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications
By The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s information commissioner says she will investigate the province’s energy regulator over how the public was notified about oilsands tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine. Diane McLeod says she will examine whether the Alberta Energy Regulator had a public obligation to disclose news of the leak to the public or others. ... Read More »
1 responseBiden visit puts Canadian defence spending, Norad modernization back under microscope
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
OTTAWA – U.S. President Joe Biden’s long-anticipated first trip to Ottawa this week is expected to put the state of North America’s defences and Canada’s military spending back under the microscope. American presidents have a long history of pushing Canada to spend more on its military, including Barack Obama in a speech to Parliament in ... Read More »
1 responseTransportation Safety Board report on sinking cites lax federal rules on stability
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on March 22nd, 2023
HALIFAX – A Transportation Safety Board of Canada report has linked the fatal sinking of a Nova Scotia scallop dragger to years of federal inaction on the imposition of stricter stability standards for fishing vessels. The report released Wednesday says the Chief William Saulis should have been tested for stability, given the fact that major ... Read More »
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