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Federal and provincial justice ministers meeting to discuss bail reform
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Justice Minister David Lametti is preparing to face off with his provincial counterparts in Ottawa Friday on whether to reform Canada’s bail system, as premiers, federal Conservatives and law enforcement leaders demand more restrictions. But while he has signalled an openness to reform, Lametti has also cautioned that more-restrictive laws could bump up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘There is this blemish’: Man charged in bathhouse raid calls expungement move lacking
By Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
TORONTO – Ron Rosenes remembers Toronto police officers knocking on the door of his room at a downtown bathhouse on Feb. 5, 1981, during co-ordinated raids that targeted four gay clubs in the city that night. Officers arrested and charged Rosenes and almost 300 other men with being in “a common bawdy house” as part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate change slowing down, not speeding up, movement of large Arctic rivers: study
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Scientists have long believed that rapid warming in the Arctic would cause river channels to move faster, but a new study has found the opposite may be true for large, winding rivers in the region. The paper, published in the scientific journal Nature and Climate Change, details how an international team of researchers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Head of Google Canada set to return to House of Commons committee
By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – The head of Google Canada is set to return to a House of Commons committee to talk about the company’s decision to block news access to some of its users. Sabrina Geremia was summoned by MPs, and was originally scheduled to appear in front of the heritage committee on Monday. But technical difficulties ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Just want to help people:’ Canadian wildfire experts training Bolivian counterparts
By Colette Derworiz, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
On her first trip to Bolivia in January, Jane Park hiked about 20 kilometres with national park rangers to a steep, remote area with endangered palm trees and the Andean, or spectacled, bear. Much of the area in ANMI-El Palmar, one of the country’s protected areas, had been burned in a wildfire. “A lot of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian time changes may be a thing of the past if U.S. passes ‘sunshine’ law
By Chuck Chiang and Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
Legislation in the United States that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Saturday night. Provinces have been promising for years to ditch the time change but have cited a need for consistency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Recovery scams’ targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn’t. Darren Laur, chief training officer at White Hatter, an internet safety and digital literacy education company based in Victoria said the teen’s family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Source: CFL reaches agreement to sell Montreal Alouettes
By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2023
MONTREAL – The CFL has reached an agreement to sell the Montreal Alouettes, according to a source. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity as the CFL hasn’t announced the deal but will do so Friday at a news conference in Montreal. The move comes after the CFL reportedly entered into exclusive negotiations with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Court approves ‘historic’ $2.8 billion residential day schools settlement
By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8-billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day schools. Justice Ann Marie McDonald said in her ruling issued Thursday that the settlement is intended to help take steps to reverse the losses of language, culture ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks out after award revoked over heritage claims
By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she’s satisfied in her “past work, identity and self-worth” after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association revoked an award because it believed she falsified her claims of Indigenous identity. Turpel-Lafond says in her most expansive remarks since questions about her heritage were raised last year that it’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond speaks out after award revoked over heritage
By The Canadian Press on March 9th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says she is satisfied in her “past work, identity and self-worth” after the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association stripped her of an award because it believed she falsified her claims of Indigenous identity. Turpel-Lafond says in her most expansive remarks since questions about her heritage were raised last ... Read More »
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