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Second officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.

By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

NELSON, B.C. – The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe internal injuries and died this morning in a Kelowna hospital. The officers were backcountry skiing near Kaslo, B.C., in a mountain pass ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: second officer dies in hospital after avalanche near Kaslo, B.C.

By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

NELSON, B.C. – The second off-duty officer who was caught in an avalanche in the British Columbia Interior earlier this month has died. The City of Nelson says Const. Mathieu Nolet suffered severe internal injuries and died this morning in a Kelowna hospital. The officers were backcountry skiing near Kaslo, B.C., in a mountain pass ... Read More »

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Ottawa announces $2.8 billion to settle remaining part of B.C. day scholar lawsuit

By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

VANCOUVER – The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to the collective harms caused by residential schools. At a Saturday morning news conference in Vancouver, Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller said the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 ... Read More »

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Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement for rest of B.C. day scholar lawsuit

By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

VANCOUVER – The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to the collective harms caused by residential schools. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted ... Read More »

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François Legault accuses Justin Trudeau of attacking Quebec’s democracy and people

By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for “attacking Quebec’s democracy and people” by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. In a Tweet posted this morning, Legault said that this expressed desire by Trudeau is a “frontal attack” on the Quebec nation’s ability to protect its collective ... Read More »

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Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. day scholar lawsuit

By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

VANCOUVER – The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools as day scholars. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted ... Read More »

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Quebec historian obtains photos of salvage operation for Empress of Ireland shipwreck

By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

MONTREAL – The two photos that popped up for sale on eBay appeared at first glance to be nothing more than a piece of Quebec maritime nostalgia: men on a wharf in the early 20th century, with a caption reading simply “lighthouse, Gaspé 1910.” But historian David Saint-Pierre, who was sent the link by a ... Read More »

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‘Homicide in slow motion’: Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech

By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023

VANCOUVER – Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she asked police to search the vehicle for other trackers. But none of it helped, her sister and a women’s advocate say. ... Read More »

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No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $16 million Lotto Max jackpot

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $16 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 24 will be an estimated $21 million... Read More »

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Canada to facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly

By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The federal government says Canada will guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says there is an agreement by groups in the west-central African country to enter a process to reach a ... Read More »

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Four Canadian men held in Syrian camps entitled to repatriation by Ottawa: judge

By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – A judge says four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to the federal government’s help to return home. In a ruling Friday, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown effectively directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents. ... Read More »

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