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Case manager who talked assisted dying with veterans no longer employed
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay’s office says an employee who spoke to veterans about accessing medical assistance in dying is no longer working with the department. City privacy concerns, spokeswoman Erika Lashbrook Knutson will not say whether the Veterans Affairs Canada case manager, who has not been named publicly, was fired or resigned. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LGBTQ refugee group only able to resettle 4 per cent of Afghans, urges Ottawa help
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – LGBTQ refugee group Rainbow Railroad has only been able to resettle four per cent of the nearly 3,800 Afghans who have asked for help since the Taliban took over their country. The Toronto-based group says in a new report that gender and sexual minorities are facing persecution and Ottawa’s resettlement programs don’t account ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa sanctions two former Haiti cabinet ministers over alleged gang ties
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti’s recent cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country. Ottawa is barring Haiti’s former justice minister, Berto Dorcé, and former interior minister, Liszt Quitel, from entering Canada and is ordering any assets they hold in Canada to be frozen. The Trudeau government ... Read More »
1 responseBloc, NDP criticize Tory MP over refusal to help Quebec family of ‘illegal refugees’
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – Bloc Québécois and New Democrat MPs are criticizing a Conservative colleague for refusing to help a Quebec family facing deportation and calling them “illegal refugees.” Quebec MP Richard Martel made the comment in a Radio-Canada interview as he discussed the case of a family from El Salvador who entered Canada several years ago ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. snowfall no winter wonderland for Vancouver’s poor and homeless, says advocate
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
VANCOUVER – One of the heaviest one-day snowfalls to hit British Columbia’s south coast in years has prompted cancellations or delays, power outages and other inconveniences, but advocates for the impoverished or homeless say the storm also has the potential to be life-threatening. Nicole Mucci with the Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver says the snow ... Read More »
1 responsePolice identify Toronto-area condo shooting victims, ranging in age from 57 to 79
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – York Regional Police have identified the five victims of a shooting at a condo in Vaughan, Ont., three of whom were members of the condo board. Police say Rita Camilleri, 57, Vittorio Panza, 79, Russell Manock, 75, Helen Manock, 71, and Naveed Dada, 59, were killed on Sunday. Authorities have said a ... Read More »
1 responseNew study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
MONTREAL – A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation are immigrants. Jessica Dubé, a researcher with the Robert-Sauvé institute, says the province’s workplace health and safety board reports that ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian Press NewsAlert: Police identify Toronto-area condo shooting victims
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
VAUGHAN, Ont. – York Regional Police have identified the victims of a shooting at a condo in Vaughan, Ont., as Rita Camilleri, 57, Vittorio Panza, 79, Russell Manock, 75, Helen Manock, 71, and Naveed Dada, 59. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Officers cleared of wrongdoing in shootout with Toronto cop killer: SIU
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
Officers involved in a shootout with a gunman who killed three people, including a Toronto police officer, have been cleared of wrongdoing by Ontario’s police watchdog. The Special Investigations Unit says the officers’ use of force in an exchange of gunfire with the 40-year-old suspect in a Hamilton cemetery was justified given the circumstances. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to attend ‘Three Amigos’ summit as U.S. expands challenge under trade deal
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to travel to Mexico City for a North American Leaders’ Summit taking place Jan. 10. The annual “Three Amigos” meeting will see Trudeau sitting down with United States President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Trudeau’s office says the meeting will focus on building ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec anticorruption squad kept busy this year investigating fake vaccine passports
By The Canadian Press on December 20th, 2022
QUEBEC – A new report from Quebec’s anticorruption unit says its officers were kept busy this year chasing down hundreds of reports related to the production and use of fake COVID-19 vaccine passports. Frédérick Gaudreau, the head of the police force known as UPAC, released his annual report today, covering a 12-month period ending March ... Read More »
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