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B.C. NDP to unveil election platform, Conservatives promise to end insurance monopoly
By The Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – B.C. NDP Leader David Eby is set to roll out the party’s complete election platform as Conservative Leader John Rustad says his government would end the provincial insurance corporation’s monopoly on basic vehicle insurance. Eby has a news conference scheduled in Surrey as the province nears the midway point of the election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Foreign interference inquiry to hear from RCMP commissioner today
By The Canadian Press on October 3rd, 2024
OTTAWA – RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme is slated to appear today at a federal inquiry into foreign interference. It marks the second round of testimony at the inquiry for Duheme, who will be accompanied by other senior members of the national police force. The commission of inquiry’s latest hearings are focusing on detecting, deterring and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Press reporter wins award for reporting on New Brunswick wrongful conviction
By The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
TORONTO – Canadian Press reporter Hina Alam is this year’s recipient of Innocence Canada’s Tracey Tyler Award in recognition of her reporting on the case of two wrongfully convicted New Brunswick men. Alam’s coverage began in a Saint John, N.B., courtroom in January where Walter Gillespie and Robert Mailman were exonerated on decades-old murder charges. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diaspora members call for more awareness, protections to fight foreign repression
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Members of targeted diasporas in Canada are calling for greater awareness of the foreign threats they face as well as more robust protections that could save lives. Representatives of various communities told a federal inquiry Wednesday of the numerous challenges of fighting foreign meddling and repression. The commission of inquiry’s latest hearings are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Census shows 3 killer whales lost from endangered southern resident population
By The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. – A census of endangered southern resident killer whales off the coast of British Columbia and Washington state shows the pods have lost three animals, bringing the population to 73, excluding a new calf born after the survey. The Centre for Whale Research completed its 49th census as part of its Orca ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AWS director wants Canada’s AI legislation to mesh with other countries
By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
TORONTO – Amazon Web Services’ director of global artificial intelligence is encouraging Canada not to go it alone when it comes to regulating the technology. Nicole Foster says Canada should settle on AI legislation that is interoperable with guardrails other countries use. If Canada goes for a bespoke set of regulations, she says it would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloc Québécois motion on old age security passes without Liberal support
By Laura Osman and Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is upping the ante for the Liberals, threatening to move toward an election as early as next week if the government doesn’t back a plan to increase old age security payments. Most Liberals voted against a Bloc motion on Wednesday calling for the government to give a royal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three of five aggressors arrested after violent B.C. youth swarming: police
By The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
KELOWNA, B.C. – Police say they have identifiedfive attackers in a violent youth swarming captured on video Friday in Kelowna, B.C. A statement from RCMP says the five were among about 30 youth who were at Gyro Beach on Okanagan Lake during the attack on a girl, who sustained injuries. The Mounties say they have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nav Canada has no record of chemtrails conversation with Alberta government
By Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
EDMONTON – There are renewed questions over a recent comment by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on whether the province is being sprayed from above by so-called chemtrails. Smith told a weekend United Conservative Party town hall that she spoke with the person in charge of Edmonton’s airspace, who confirmed to her that aircraft are not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man, 31, faces second-degree murder charge in fiancée’s killing
By The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que. – A Quebec man has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of his fiancée, who had been reported missing last month. Nicholas Gravel appeared briefly at the courthouse in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, west of Montreal, in connection with the killing of Kelsey Watt, 29. His case was put off until Dec. 16 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel has a right to defend itself, but wider war must be avoided: Trudeau
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Iran’s missile attack on Israel Wednesday, but said the international community must do everything it can to help avoid a bigger regional war. Exchanges of fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last year erupted into broader violence in the last week as Israel ramped up ... Read More »
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