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Ottawa police cut email access over fears info would leak during ‘Freedom Convoy’
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA, Ill. – Police in Ottawa were so worried about leaks from “Freedom Convoy” sympathizers that they shut off the email accounts of members on leave from the force as a precaution during protests that gridlocked the city’s downtown core earlier this year. Testimony and documents submitted to the Public Order Emergency Commission investigating the ... Read More »
1 responseWinnipeg MP and former Liberal cabinet minister Jim Carr dies after long illness
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – Jim Carr, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. He was 71. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period today. The parties then agreed to suspend the House for the rest of the day. Carr had represented the ... Read More »
1 responseBusiness group offers $100,000 reward over attack on Coastal GasLink site
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
SURREY, B.C. – The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C. is offering a $100,000 reward for information about an attack on Coastal GasLink employees at a northern work site in February. RCMP say a group of about 20 people armed with axes attacked security guards and smashed vehicle windows at the site near Houston, ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian Press NewsAlert: Winnipeg MP Jim Carr dies after long illness
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – Jim Carr, a Liberal MP from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period today, after which the sitting was suspended. More coming... Read More »
1 responseReturn to in-person work a contentious issue among federal public servants
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – Public servants are voicing their disapproval for an impending mandate to return to the office. To date, government departments have been making their own decisions about remote and hybrid work, with several opting for a remote work model. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier, who oversees the administration of the public service, said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Violent crime involving firearms down five per cent: Statistics Canada
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – Newly released statistics show violent crime involving firearms dropped five per cent in Canada between 2020 and 2021. According to Statistics Canada, violent crime in general went up four per cent, but a decrease in firearm-related crime in urban areas, including Toronto, led to the drop in violent crime with guns. In Toronto, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More ‘sustainable’ funding needed to revitalize Indigenous languages, committee hears
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – Witnesses testifying at a parliamentary committee say that if the federal government is serious about revitalizing Indigenous languages, it must provide better funding. Several speakers appeared today before representatives of the House of Commons Indigenous and northern affairs committee, which is studying the issue. Blaire Gould, executive director of a group that promotes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Singh threatens to pull out of supply and confidence agreement over health care
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is prepared to withdraw from the supply and confidence agreement he signed with the Liberals if there is no federal action to address the health-care crisis. The deal prevents the NDP from voting for a motion of no-confidence in the government and triggering an election before ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Talks at COP15 need to move ‘dramatically forward’ if deal to be reached: EU
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
MONTREAL – Delegates say there is increasing urgency to refine a proposed agreement on protecting the planet’s biodiversity as negotiations at a UN meeting in Montreal enter their second week. Ladislav Miko, who represents the European Commission, says discussions need to move “dramatically forward” to have a hope of reaching a deal by the time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, other G7 nations launch sustainable mining alliance at COP15 nature meeting
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
MONTREAL – Canada and other G7 countries have formed a new alliance to compel mining companies to adopt more environmentally sustainable and socially responsible standards as they ramp up critical mineral supply chains. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced the agreement among countries that are trying to reduce China’s dominance in the critical mineral field ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Mishandling and delays’ of Montreal archdiocese abuse complaints: ombudsperson
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
MONTREAL – The ombudsperson of Montreal’s Roman Catholic archdiocese says “mishandling and delays” of abuse cases against the church are causing complainants to lose faith in the process. Marie Christine Kirouack says in her latest report that since June, delays in some files have become “interminable.” Kirouack says she is not questioning the good faith ... Read More »
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