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Legault, party leaders to visit Quebec town reeling after pedestrians killed by truck
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
AMQUI, Que. – Quebec Premier François Legault will today visit the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck plowed into groups of pedestrians, killing two. Legault will be joined by opposition leaders and other politicians in Amqui, the small community in the lower St-Lawrence region, where he will meet with local residents and hold a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some federal public servants get remote-work extension as others face deadline
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Some federal government workers will be able to continue remote work for another year, as most face a March 31 deadline to return to the office at least two days a week. A spokesperson for Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says the government will take another year to “assess the benefits” of remote ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Temporary closure of Iqaluit centre highlights need to address food insecurity
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
IQALUIT, Nunavut – The executive director of a Nunavut food charity says there’s a need to address the root causes of food insecurity after 500 people in the territorial capital went without a daily meal for a week. The Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre provides a hot lunch on weekdays in Iqaluit, home to nearly 8,000 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Researcher calls for more wild horse protections after 17 shot dead in rural B.C.
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A biologist and wild horse researcher is calling for stronger federal and provincial protections for the animals after 17 carcasses were found in rural British Columbia. Wayne McCrory, who has been studying horses in the province for about two decades, says he was shocked to learn the animals had been shot to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!André Boisclair, former Parti Québécois leader and sex offender, granted parole
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
MONTREAL – Former Parti Québécois leader André Boisclair, who pleaded guilty in June to sexually assaulting two young men, has been granted parole. Boisclair, 56, was sentenced in July to two years less a day in jail. The provincial parole board refused an earlier application from Boisclair in November because of what it called his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senior military officer acquitted of sexual assault sues government, PM for $6M
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, a senior military officer who was acquitted of a sexual assault charge late last year, has filed a $6 million lawsuit against the Canadian government. Fortin is also suing 16 high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre, alleging defamation, misfeasance in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative party criticized for disqualifying candidate in nomination race battle
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal Conservative party is defending its decision to oust a candidate from a local nomination race, as an anti-abortion organization alleges that the move was unfair. Party spokeswoman Sarah Fischer confirmed that Gerrit Van Dorland has been disqualified from running to become the party’s candidate in Oxford, a reliably Conservative riding in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former governor general David Johnston named special rapporteur on foreign meddling
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named former governor general David Johnston as the special rapporteur on foreign interference. Johnston has been asked to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada’s last two federal elections and recommend what the Liberal government should do about it. That could include a public inquiry, which opposition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta’s plan to mandate police body cameras could be expensive: criminologist
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
CALGARY – A Calgary criminologist says Alberta’s plan to make all police services in the province use body cameras could come with prohibitive costs and take a long time to put in place. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis announced the plan Tuesday and said it would provide both officers and the public with protection, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Competition Bureau recommends merger review reforms in submission to Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s competition regulator is urging Ottawa to enact safeguards with respect to large-scale mergers by shifting the burden to the merging companies to prove why their deals are unlikely to substantially reduce market competition. The recommendation is one of 50 submitted by the Competition Bureau in response to the federal government’s consultation on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto armoured vehicle company rejects Haiti’s claim it hasn’t lived up to its word
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – Haiti’s troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Prince. Yet the Toronto company making the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles says it’s working as fast it can in the face of supply-chain disruptions and mistakes ... Read More »
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