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B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government has been tackling some of the province’s fundamental deficits in recent months by spending billions in surplus dollars, says Premier David Eby. But while leaner economic times are expected on the horizon, he said the budget the government tables Tuesday will continue investing in health care, housing and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier David Eby announces more cost-of-living supports
By The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
SURREY, B.C. – British Columbia Premier David Eby has announced another round of the BC Affordability Credit to help offset inflation costs as he marked 100 days at the province’s helm. The province says around 85 per cent of British Columbians will receive a full or partial payment as early as April 5 through the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!“We need action:’ One dead, two unaccounted for after Pikangikum First Nation fire
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation lacked the facilities to extinguish a house fire that left one dead and two others missing, two local leaders said as they implored the federal government for help bolstering fire services. The CEO of The Independent First Nations Alliance, a group that represents five communities in the region, said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One dead, two still unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation
By The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
A remote First Nation in northwestern Ontario says one person is dead and two others are unaccounted for after a house fire erupted in the community earlier this week. The chief of Pikangikum First Nation, which is located 500 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, issued a statement saying the community is devastated after a home ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate change could leave Yukon plants with nowhere to go: study
By The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
WHITEHORSE – As climate change pushes some plants northward, a new study suggests several unique species in Yukon and Alaska could have nowhere to go. The scientific paper, published late last month in the journal Diversity and Distributions, used models to predict how 66 plant species with origins in Beringia, an area where glaciers did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. First Nation aims to reclaim narrative from shadows of residential school
By The Canadian Press on February 25th, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – Once it was the site of a building for the former Alberni Indian Residential School, one of the most notorious such institutions in British Columbia and a place linked to suffering and abuse of Indigenous children. Now the former Peake Hall is a basketball court, and a scene of joy. “It’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawsuit accuses B.C. government of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization
By The Canadian Press on February 24th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses the British Columbia government of “sexism and genocide” over a decades-long practice of coercing Indigenous women into sterilization and abortions. The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court this week says the province had a law on the books sanctioning sterilizations for 40 years before it was repealed in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada sending four more battle tanks, ammo to Ukraine as rallies held across Canada
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on February 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced more weapons for Ukraine on Friday, rallies were taking place around the country marking 365 days of death and violence since Russia’s invasion began. Canada will donate four additional Leopard 2 main battle tanks to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine, growing Canada’s contribution to eight tanks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auditor general to probe federal government contracts with McKinsey
By The Canadian Press on February 24th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s auditor general will review the contracts awarded by the federal government to McKinsey & Company. A spokesperson for the independent agency confirmed to The Canadian Press on Friday that planning for the review is underway. No information was available about the scope or the extent of the probe that auditor general Karen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. to probe ‘troubling’ complaints about RCMP in Prince George
By The Canadian Press on February 24th, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – British Columbia’s solicitor general says the province will investigate what he calls “troubling complaints” about the RCMP in Prince George, adding that the government is committed to ending “systemic violence” against Indigenous women and other groups. Mike Farnworth, who is also minister of public safety, says the complaints were highlighted in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec tables bill to protect rights of children born of sexual assault
By The Canadian Press on February 24th, 2023
QUEBEC – The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would make it illegal for someone who commits sexual assault to claim parental rights if the rape produces a child. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette tabled Bill 12 on Thursday, permitting a mother who is the victim of sexual assault to refuse parental rights to her ... Read More »
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