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Ex-SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi loses appeal, must report to prison
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – A former SNC-Lavalin vice-president found guilty in 2019 of bribing foreign officials and pocketing millions of dollars has lost his appeal. Sami Bebawi, 76, appealed his conviction of the grounds that evidence gathered through an RCMP undercover operation targeting his former lawyer should not have been admitted. His lawyers also argued that some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier Eby and federal ministers discuss bilateral health agreements
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
VICTORIA – Premier David Eby and two federal ministers held talks today focusing on reaching bilateral agreements on health-care issues in British Columbia. The talks come after Canada’s premiers agreed this week to accept a federal offer that will add $46.2 billion in new health-care funding over 10 years. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Show baby’s breath no love this Valentine’s Day, invasive species group warns
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia non-profit organization fighting invasive species is reminding people on Valentine’s Day to spread the love, not the baby’s breath. The Invasive Species Council of B.C. says the small white sprigs stuck between your long-stem roses are actually a harmful invasive plant in the province. The council’s Allison McCabe says if ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russian bomber intercepted near Alaska as search continues for downed ‘objects’
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The North American Aerospace Defence Command says fighter jets from Canada and the United States were scrambled Monday night as four Russian military aircraft approached Alaska. Norad in a statement today says the Russian aircraft included long-range bombers and fighter escorts. Norad says none of the Russian aircraft entered North American airspace, that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs seek transparency in Canada’s sanctions regime, accountability for Russia’s war
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The House of Commons foreign affairs committee wants the Liberal government to report to Parliament on a regular basis about whether its sanctions regime is actually working. The committee launched a study of the Russian military buildup at the border with Ukraine shortly before Moscow chose to invade the country a year ago. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What we know — and don’t know — about the objects being shot down over North America
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canadians have been inundated with reports of unidentified objects being shot down by American fighter jets over the U.S. and Canada. So what do we know about what is happening – and what don’t we know? What is going on? You have to go back to Jan. 28: That’s when U.S. officials say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs want Canada to match donations to more charities for Turkey and Syria earthquake
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – A cross-section of members of Parliament, including at least one Liberal MP, say Ottawa should match donations to more organizations that are responding to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The federal government has offered to match up to $10 million in donations to the Canadian Red Cross, which has partners on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives clarify opposition to Bill 21 following vote for notwithstanding clause
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to make it into law. On Monday the Conservatives voted en masse in favour of a Bloc Québécois motion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents of girl killed in Quebec bus crash remember her as a ‘ray of sunshine’
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
MONTREAL – The parents of one of the two children killed when a bus smashed into a Laval, Que., daycare last week are paying tribute to their four-year-old daughter in a letter sent to Quebec media. In the letter signed “Jessica and Nicolas,” the parents remember their daughter Maëva as a “ray of sunshine” who ... Read More »
1 responseAnniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act. City officials said more police and bylaw officers would be on patrol today due to possible “convoy activity,” a year after the “Freedom Convoy” blockaded the city’s downtown and several ... Read More »
1 responseLatest British Columbia avalanche claims two backcountry skiers
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – Two backcountry skiers are dead after being caught in an avalanche in south central British Columbia. A report from Avalanche Canada says the skiers were on a slope called Potato Peak, south of Tatla Lake, about 750 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. It says both victims were fully buried during the slide that ... Read More »
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