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Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory’s chief public health officer, says cases of respiratory syncytial virus or RSV, along with the flu and COVID-19 have increased dramatically. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 142 cases of ... Read More »
1 responseLiberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada’s assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders. Justice Minister David Lametti says the government has heard from experts who are concerned that the health-care system might not be prepared to handle those complicated cases. Canada’s medical assistance ... Read More »
1 responseEscaped inmate sentenced to life for the ‘cold-blooded’ murder of a B.C. man
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of “two selfish, reckless” people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where the men escaped. A B.C. Supreme Court jury found James Lee Busch guilty of first-degree murder late Wednesday. At his sentencing ... Read More »
1 responseMPs put discussion of gun bill on pause for holidays amid concern over hunting rifles
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – MPs studying the government’s proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban some common hunting rifles. The House of Commons public safety committee, which is conducting a clause-by-clause review of a Liberal firearm-control bill, did not meet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate joins House of Commons in adjourning for a holiday break
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Senate wrapped up its fall sitting today and has adjourned for a holiday break, a day after the House of Commons did the same. Parliamentarians are not scheduled to return to Ottawa until the end of January. Senators passed several bills before rising, including a Liberal government bill to implement the measures ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man granted bail in hit and run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
MONTREAL – A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditions today that include not driving a motorized vehicle and not contacting the family of the young victim, Maria ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Delegates at COP15 warned to dress warmly and bring extra socks as snowstorm looms
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – If the weather outside is frightful, bring some extra socks and build a snowman. For most Canadians such advice ahead of a major winter storm is unnecessary. But for thousands of delegates at the COP15 nature talks in Montreal right now, a Canadian winter is a little less routine. Organizers are clearly worried ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta says it will take control of prosecutions for banned firearms from Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
EDMONTON – Alberta’s justice minister says provincial prosecutors are to take over the handling of charges under the federal Firearms Act starting in the new year. Tyler Shandro says he is also advising Alberta’s prosecutors that the province does not consider it to be in the public interest to go after law-abiding owners of banned ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada is losing ground and falling behind U.S. on trade with Africa, senators say
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Senators are warning Trade Minister Mary Ng that Ottawa may be falling behind its peers in establishing deeper trade ties with Africa. The Senate foreign-affairs committee has been studying for months whether Global Affairs Canada is responding to the country’s diplomatic needs. Ng took senators’ questions, which ranged from how Canada will form ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal public servants to start returning to office next month with hybrid system
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Treasury Board is expected to announce today that federal public servants will have to begin returning to the office a few days per week next month, with a phased-in hybrid model. Employees in the core public service across all departments will be told to begin phasing in a return-to-office plan in mid-January, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Environment ministers try to get Montreal biodiversity talks on track in final days
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
MONTREAL – Delegates returned to the negotiating table at the COP15 nature talks in Montreal on Wednesday night and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said he’s confident things are on track to get an ambitious, properly funded agreement to protect and restore nature around the world. The talks for a global biodiversity framework hit a speed ... Read More »
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