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‘No reason’ Canadians detained in Syria should still be there, lawyer tells court
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer for citizens detained in northern Syria who want to return to Canada says the federal government will continue to create obstacles and reverse decisions unless it is ordered to bring them home. The Federal Court heard final arguments Friday in a challenge from family members of 23 Canadians held in Syria ... Read More »
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By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
IQALUIT, Nunavut – A Nunavut judge has acquitted a prosecutor and an RCMP officer of criminal contempt but says their joint actions in the arrest of a man outside a courtroom were a “direct and public insult to the integrity of the Nunavut Court of Justice.” In a written decision, Justice Paul Bychok says Cpl. ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres to prepare for more illness
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health Minister Adrian Dix says they’ve been coping with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health care system. Dix says reactivating the centres starting ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: B.C. to reactivate its COVID emergency operations centres
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia government will reopen 20 hospital emergency operations centres set up for COVID-19 to deal with an expected surge in flu, respiratory illness and COVID cases. Health Minister Adrian Dix says they’ve been dealing with an unprecedented increase in demand in the health care system. More coming... Read More »
1 responseSentencing hearing for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta
By Angela Amato, The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
EDMONTON – A lawyer representing an Alberta man convicted in the killings of two Metis hunters says his client was defending himself and his family, while prosecutors argue he was one of the aggressors. The sentencing hearing began today in Edmonton for Anthony Bilodeau, who was found guilty in May of second-degree murder in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing starts for man convicted of killing of two Métis hunters in rural Alberta
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
EDMONTON – The sentencing for an Alberta man convicted in the killing of two Métis hunters has begun today in Edmonton. Anthony Bilodeau was convicted in May of second-degree murder in the death of Maurice Cardinal and manslaughter in the death of Jacob Sansom. Sansom, who was 39, and Cardinal, who was 57, had been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Court hears final arguments in case of Canadians detained in Syria
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
The Federal Court is hearing final arguments in a challenge from family members of 23 Canadians held in Syria who say Ottawa is violating Charter rights by not arranging for their return. The detainees are among many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces in regions reclaimed in the war-torn region from the ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian tourists remain barricaded in hotel amid Mexican cartel violence
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
Canadian tourists remain barricaded in their hotel today amid violence in the streets after the arrest of a major drug cartel leader. Tina Dahl, an Edmonton woman with relatives stranded in the popular resort town of Mazatlan, says her six family members remain safe. But she says they’re definitely shaken by what’s happened. She says ... Read More »
1 responseNo Fighter Jets Coalition protests Canada’s planned F-35 purchase
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
OTTAWA – A group called the No Fighter Jets Coalition is holding weekend rallies to oppose Ottawa’s plans to buy F-35 strike fighters. The Canadian Press revealed last month the Department of National Defence received approval to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear. It’s part of a decade-long process to ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec woman returned from ISIS detention camp in northeastern Syria granted bail
By The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec woman facing terrorism charges after returning from a detention camp in northeastern Syria last October has been granted bail. The details of Oumaima Chouay’s bail hearing or the reasons for her release today by a Quebec court judge are under a publication ban. Chouay, 27, is charged with leaving Canada to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man who died near Quebec migrant crossing had been trying to enter U.S., police say
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on January 6th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police say the man whose body was found near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal had been trying to enter the United States. The body of Fritznel Richard was found Wednesday afternoon in a wooded area in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., near Roxham Road. While the rural road is a popular crossing ... Read More »
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