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Canada to help facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says Canada will help 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 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Companies facing charges related to worker’s death in Nunavut
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd., and Gallant Restorations Incorporated are facing 10 charges under the territory’s Safety Act and Mine Health and Safety Act. That includes charges of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown has directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents. Brown says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press NewsAlert: Judge orders Canada to repatriate four men held in Syria
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A federal judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Smith’s office mum on investigating whether staffer contacted Alberta prosecutors
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
EDMONTON – Premier Danielle Smith’s office says it would be wrong if a staffer contacted prosecutors about cases involving the Coutts, Alta., border crossing blockade, but hasn’t committed to investigating whether that happened. The office made the comment in response to a CBC News report citing unnamed sources that said a staffer in Smith’s office ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. bank robbers’ ‘primary objective’ was to shoot and kill officers: police
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
SAANICH, B.C. – Twin brothers who died in a hail of gunfire outside a Victoria-area bank had been planning their attack for years, with a goal to kill as many officers as possible, police said Friday. An investigation by the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says 22-year-old Isaac Auchterlonie and his twin, Mathew, showed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elizabeth May looks to grow the Green Party as she returns to leadership, with help
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Green Party’s Elizabeth May is keeping her attention on climate action and on internal growth after disappointing results during her brief hiatus as party leader. May is now “job-sharing” the role with Jonathan Pedneault after pitching a co-leadership plan to party members during the leadership race this fall. That will eventually require ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. robbers’ goal was to kill as many officers as possible, investigators say
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
SAANICH, B.C. – Police say two brothers killed by police in a shootout outside a Victoria-area bank were there for an armed confrontation, not robbery. An investigation by the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says 22-year-old Isaac Auchterlonie and his twin, Mathew, hung around for 11 minutes after they were given the cash with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man accused in abduction of N.Y. couple over drug debt denies involvement
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – A man on trial for the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into Quebec in September 2020 testified today he was never inside their house and, in fact, never met them. Gary Arnold took the stand for a second day and told the jury he did not know ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa paves the way for commercial space launches from within Canada
By Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Ottawa is hoping to capitalize on the country’s vast geography and space expertise to lure in companies that want to launch commercial space flights from Canadian soil. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced Friday that the federal government will develop the regulatory requirements, safety standards and licensing conditions necessary to authorize commercial satellite ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police in India arrest third man in smuggling deaths of family in Canada
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
Police in India say a third man has been charged in the deaths of four members of a family who froze in southern Manitoba while trying to cross into the United States. They say the man allegedly helped the family get documents for the U.S. leg of their planned journey. He faces the same charges ... Read More »
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