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‘Huge concern’: Opposition says Alberta premier should come clean on campaign funding
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
Alberta’s New Democrat Opposition says Premier Danielle Smith should come clean on whether funding for her leadership campaign has influenced the agenda of her United Conservative Party government. Energy critic Kathleen Ganley says it’s a “huge concern” that that before Smith re-entered politics, she lobbied for an oil well cleanup bailout that she made a ... Read More »
1 responseFuneral to be held Thursday for four-year-old boy killed in Quebec bus crash
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
LAVAL, Que. – A funeral will be held Thursday for one of the two children killed when a bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday in Laval, Que., just north of Montreal. Jacob Gauthier, 4, was identified in an obituary posted online and officials at Ste-Rose-de-Lima church confirmed the funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 11 ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec police say fire that killed six, including four children, likely not criminal
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
SAINT-JACQUES, QUE. – Provincial police say they believe that a fire that killed six members of a family on Thursday in Quebec’s Lanaudière region was likely accidental. A police spokesperson says investigators have completed their analysis of the scene at the home in St-Jacques, Que., and have begun working to identify the bodies. Sgt. Éloïse ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. team helps rescue woman, pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
A search and rescue team from British Columbia has taken part in the successful rescue of a woman from earthquake rubble in Turkey, more than four days after the tremor hit. Footage by the CBC showed members of the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue team being thanked and embraced by Turkish colleagues on the scene, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa appeals court ruling directing government to help repatriate four men in Syria
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is appealing a judge’s declaration that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to Ottawa’s help to return home. In a filing today in the Federal Court of Appeal, the government asks that a ruling last month by Federal Court Justice Henry Brown be set aside – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian organizations deploy aid workers in Turkey to help earthquake survivors
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
TORONTO – Canadian organizations are deploying aid workers to help the survivors of a disastrous earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria. More than 22,000 people have been killed and thousands of buildings have been destroyed after the quake that hit on Monday. Hassan Wadi, a member of Human Concern International ““ a Muslim-led ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trade minister hopes public sees her ‘sincerity’ since admitting ethics error
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – International Trade Minister Mary Ng said Friday she hopes Canadians will see the “sincerity” in her efforts to make amends after breaking federal ethics rules. Ng testified before a parliamentary committee probing the details of her violation, outlined late last year by the federal ethics commissioner. Mario Dion ruled in December that Ng ... Read More »
1 responseTrade Minster says she hopes public sees her ‘sincerity’ since admitting ethics error
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she hopes Canadians will see the “sincerity” in her efforts to make amends after breaking the country’s ethics rules. Ng is testifying before a parliamentary committee which is probing the details of her violation, which was outlined by the federal ethics commissioner. Mario Dion ruled last December ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa spending $2M on new unmarked graves report lacks ‘transparency’: official
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – A special appointee for unmarked graves says a federal decision to contract an international organization to engage with Indigenous communities on the issue lacks transparency and risks causing harm. Kimberly Murray says she raised concerns directly with Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller on his department’s decision to spend $2 million to hire the ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Feb. 10 : How did Canada’s job market fare last month?
By The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 10 … What we are watching in Canada … Statistics Canada is set to release its latest reading on the labour market this morning. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The worst time to go backwards’: International aid groups fear cuts as budget looms
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on February 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s aid sector is nervously awaiting this spring’s federal budget amid fears of funding cuts that could require projects abroad to shut down. “This lack of predictability is creating anxiety in the sector,” said Louis Belanger, whose group Bigger Than Our Borders advocates on behalf of major Canadian charities. “The future is uncertain ... Read More »
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