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Incomprehension in small Quebec town after pedestrians killed by truck
By Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
AMQUI – The town of Amqui, Que., was taking steps toward a return to normal life on Wednesday, even as residents remained shaken two days after a truck was driven into groups of pedestrians, killing two. On Wednesday morning, the businesses on St-Benoît Boulevard were once again open, and pedestrians were venturing back out on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal and Alberta governments to study oilsands tailings leak communication
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta and federal governments say they will work together to understand what happened around public notifications of toxic seepage at an oilsands tailings pond. Alberta environment minister Sonya Savage and her federal counterpart Steven Guilbeault discussed on Tuesday night the seepage and leak from the Kearl oilsands mine. The seepage was discovered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victoria group lends a helping hand to Ukraine, setting up prosthetic clinics
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
Nick Dechev was startled when an air raid siren blared across a medical site in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv last month. The resident of Victoria, B.C., was in Lviv setting up one of two prosthetic clinics he hoped would soon help the growing number of amputees across the country. But what surprised him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court temporarily stays order to repatriate four Canadians from Syria, pending appeal
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – A Federal Court ruling that ordered the government to repatriate four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps has been put on temporary hold until an appeal process plays out. The Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to grant a stay, at the government’s request, until the appeal is heard less than two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three victims remain in critical condition after Monday’s crash in small Quebec town
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
AMQUI – Three people are still fighting for their lives, two days after a pickup truck plowed into almost a dozen pedestrians walking down a street in the Quebec town of Amqui. A Quebec City hospital confirmed today that three of the victims who were airlifted to the centre after Monday’s crash remain in critical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haiti claims delayed Canadian armoured vehicles hinder plan to control gangs
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA, Ill. – 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. In an interview with Haitian radio, the country’s acting justice minister, Emmelie Prophète-Milcé, says in French that the company supplying the tanks “did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assisted dying expansion, preventing vehicle attacks: In The News for March 15
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 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 March 15 … What we are watching in Canada … The senator who pushed for Canada’s assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Assisted dying expansion, preventing vehicle attacks : In The News for Mar. 15
By The Canadian Press on March 15th, 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 Mar. 15 … What we are watching in Canada … The senator who pushed for Canada’s assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vehicular attacks hard to prevent, but some urban design measures can help: expert
By Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
Preventing attacks where vehicles are used as weapons is difficult, but certain urban design measures might help avert them, an expert says. Two people died and nine others were injured in the Quebec town of Amqui on Monday after being run down by a pickup truck. Police alleged the driver drove into pedestrians chosen at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian dairy plant becomes unlikely symbol of defiance for Ukrainian farmers
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
KRASNE, Ukraine – The cows on Lyuba Pastushok’s farm are like her “cheeky children,” she explained in Ukrainian as she walked among her growing herd, gently cooing to them and softly petting their heads. A few years ago there were only five cows on her small family operation in Holoskovychi, a rural community an hour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The issue of expanding assisted dying eligibility ‘has already been decided’: senator
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on March 15th, 2023
OTTAWA – The senator who pushed for Canada’s assisted dying regime to include people whose only condition is a mental disorder says the debate about that policy is now over. “The issue of expansion has already been decided upon,” said Stan Kutcher, who sits with the Independent Senators Group. As far as Kutcher is concerned, ... Read More »
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