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Republicans, Democrats poised for battle as debt ceiling deadline looms Thursday
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2023
WASHINGTON – It’s become a reliably consistent sideshow in U.S. congressional politics: Democrats and Republicans battling over a self-imposed limit on federal borrowing, a feud that often leads to standoffs and protracted government shutdowns. But with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives and a clutch of Donald Trump acolytes having secured outsized influence ... Read More »
1 responseNew Democrat MPs kick off caucus retreat in Ottawa, vow to hold Liberals to account
By The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal New Democrats are kicking off a three-day caucus retreat today with a keynote speech from Leader Jagmeet Singh. NDP members of Parliament are meeting in Ottawa to discuss their priorities for the upcoming sitting. Caucus chair Jenny Kwan says those will include holding Liberals to their word on advancing pharmacare and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UBC regrets handling of Turpel-Lafond, as she loses honour at different university
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The University of British Columbia says it deeply regrets its handling of the case of retired judge and former law professor Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who was the subject of a CBC investigation about her claims of Indigenous heritage. A statement signed by interim UBC president Deborah Buszard says the university is reviewing its ... Read More »
1 responseSmith says she won’t pursue COVID pardon legislation on advice from justice officials
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she won’t introduce legislation to pardon those convicted of COVID-19 public health violations because she has been advised to let the courts handle it. Smith says she is following the direction of Justice Minister Tyler Shandro and the deputy attorney general. “The advice (Smith) was provided was that ... Read More »
1 responseOfficials promise changes at ‘toxic’ Montreal hospital after ER nurse protest
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s health minister says he is bringing in an external manager to try and resolve a labour dispute that forced a major Montreal hospital to partially close its emergency room Monday night. A nurse-led protest over working conditions led officials to warn residents to stay away from the ER between 11 p.m. Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search uncovers 171 ‘plausible burials’ near Ontario residential school
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
KENORA, Ont. – Searches for unmarked graves at the site of a former northern Ontario residential school have uncovered 171 “plausible burials,” the Wauzhushk Onigum Nation said Tuesday, with other sites still to be investigated. Most of them were unmarked, except for five with grave markers, the First Nation said in a news release. Federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!French protesters call for extradition of retired priest to Canada
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
LYON, FRANCE – Activists are calling on France to extradite a retired priest to Canada to face allegations that he sexually abused Inuit children in Nunavut decades ago. Nearly a dozen members of BeBrave France, the French chapter of a global advocacy movement that aims to end sexual violence against children, demonstrated outside the retirement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers want Ottawa to fix the bail system, but are provinces doing enough?
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
OTTAWA – Premiers are calling on Ottawa to make it harder for some accused people to get bail, but some say that provinces could also do more to hold those who violate their bail conditions accountable. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week that his government is looking at a letter from premiers asking Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian fighting with Ukrainian forces dies in battle: reports
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
Global Affairs Canada says it’s aware of the death of a Canadian citizen after reports that a young medical student fighting with Ukrainian forces was killed in battle. Multiple media reports say Grygorii Tsekhmistrenko died on Sunday near the city of Bakhmut. A friend of Tsekhmistrenko’s spoke with The Canadian Press while on his way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York woman kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 testifies about ordeal
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
MONTREAL – A woman from Upstate New York who was kidnapped and held in a Quebec cottage for two days says she still lives with the consequences of the September 2020 event. Sandra Helm was on the stand today at the trial of Gary Arnold, a Quebec man facing seven charges in an alleged conspiracy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newborn baby is one of three killed in highway crash in B.C.’s Interior
By The Canadian Press on January 17th, 2023
CASTLEGAR, B.C. – A newborn baby is among three people who died in a highway crash near Castlegar in southeast B.C. on Monday. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says in a news release that police were called to a collision involving a car and a pickup truck on Highway 3a along the Kootenay River just ... Read More »
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