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Nature finance impasse deepens between developed, developing countries at COP15
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
OTTAWA – With four days left to reach a new global agreement to conserve and restore nature, the marquee targets under negotiation at COP15 in Montreal remain elusive. More than 100 government ministers joined the talks on Thursday and Friday morning, a parade of them taking the microphone to promise they are very committed to ... Read More »
1 responseProgress on TRC calls to action moving at ‘glacial pace’: Indigenous think tank
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
TORONTO – An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a “glacial pace” seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released. The Yellowhead Institute, based at Toronto Metropolitan University, says two of the report’s 94 calls to action were completed this year – bringing the total of completed ... Read More »
1 responseExpert says government decision to delay MAID expansion not necessary
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
OTTAWA – The chair of a federal expert panel on medically assisted death is questioning what the government is hoping to accomplish by delaying the expansion of the assisted-dying regime. Dr. Mona Gupta says the federal government has already followed through with its commitment to study the expansion that will allow people whose sole underlying ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal meeting between prime minister and Quebec premier snowed out
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
MONTREAL – A snowstorm forced the cancellation of a meeting scheduled today in Montreal between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier François Legault. The leaders were supposed to discuss issues on which the two diverge, such as health transfers and immigration. A Trudeau spokesperson says the two men would instead speak over the phone ... Read More »
1 responseYear in review: A look at news events in November and December 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in November and the first half of December 2022: November 1 – Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. claimed his first American League Gold Glove Award as the league’s top defensive player. His win came two seasons after he switched to first base after starting his career playing ... Read More »
1 responseYear in review: A look at news events in October 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in October 2022: 1 ““ Russia vetoed a United Nations resolution calling its Ukraine annexation referendums illegal. The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 10-1 with China, India, Brazil and Gabon abstaining. The resolution would also have demanded an immediate halt to Russia’s “full-scale unlawful invasion of Ukraine” and ... Read More »
1 responseYear in review: A look at news events in September 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in September 2022: 1 ““ Health Canada approved Moderna’s new COVID-19 booster vaccine. The bivalent vaccine targets both the original strain of the novel coronavirus and the Omicron variant. 1 ““ The United Nations accused China of serious human rights violations in a long-awaited report examining the crackdown on Uyghurs ... Read More »
1 responseYear in review: A look at news events in August 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in August 2022: 2 ““ Vin Scully, Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers of Major League Baseball, died at the age of 94. Scully’s dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years. He was the longest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in review: A look at news events in July 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in July 2022: 3 ““ Historian Irving Abella died at 82. He was the co-author of a seminal book on the Canadian government’s refusal to accept Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust. His 1982 book “None is too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933-1948,” co-written with Harold Troper, shed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in review: A look at news events in June 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in June 2022: 1 ““ A jury awarded actor Johnny Depp $15 million in damages in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard. The same jury awarded Heard $2 million in damages in her countersuit against Depp. Depp sued Heard for $50 million, accusing her of libelling him with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in review: A look at news events in May 2022
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
A look at news events in May 2022: 1 – Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said Canada’s residential school system was a cultural genocide. And after listening to residential school survivors share their stories during his visit to Saskatchewan’s James Smith Cree Nation, the head of the Anglican Church said he could understand why many ... Read More »
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