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Finance minister replaced in B.C. cabinet shuffle that blends old, new
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby unveiled a new-look cabinet Wednesday that elevates several first-time ministers to prominent positions, retains veterans in long-held posts and moves the finance minister to a post-secondary education portfolio. Former forests minister Katrine Conroy takes over from Selina Robinson at finance, while the highest-profile appointment among the crop of ... Read More »
1 response‘Why won’t you search for us’: Family of slain woman in Winnipeg take call to AFN
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Calls from the daughters of a slain Indigenous woman to bring her remains home from a landfill that police in Winnipeg won’t search turned into a rallying cry Wednesday to end the violence against their women and girls. Cambria Harris, speaking before an Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa, says her mother, ... Read More »
1 responseFormer Kelowna, B.C., mayor Colin Basran charged with sexual assault
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
Former Kelowna mayor Colin Basran has been charged with one count of sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident in May while he was still in office. Basran is set to make his first appearance related to the charge in Kelowna provincial court on Jan. 24. A statement from the British Columbia Prosecution Service says ... Read More »
1 responseKatrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing ‘long-standing trauma,’ gender-based violence
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of contention for a new ministerial position in order to deal with “long-standing trauma” suffered as a result of gender-based violence. Chen says in a statement released by the office of Premier David Eby on Tuesday that she asked him not ... Read More »
1 responseAdvocate asks AFN chiefs to ensure $40B settlement deal leaves no child behind
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A First Nations child-welfare advocate says chiefs should ensure that “no child is left behind” in a landmark $40-billion settlement agreement with the federal government. Cindy Blackstock was invited to speak at a gathering of the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa by Cindy Woodhouse, a regional chief of the organization. The AFN, ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta sovereignty bill close to finish line as government invokes debate time limit
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s sovereignty bill galloped toward the finish line Wednesday, with the government using debate time limits to rebut what it called Opposition delay tactics. Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley said the government was on pace to pass the bill Wednesday night or in the early hours Thursday, saying Smith’s United ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau says 120 countries are ready to agree to 30 by 30 framework at COP15
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes at least 120 countries are ready to sign on to a COP15 nature summit target to protect nearly one-third of land and marine coastlines by 2030. But he acknowledges the negotiations with some of the five biggest countries in the world pose a diplomatic and political ... Read More »
1 responseDeveloped countries called on to provide meaningful financial support at COP15
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – Hard talks on hard targets for saving the world’s biodiversity began Wednesday at an international conference in Montreal, with calls for rich nations to pony up to save functioning ecosystems where most of them exist – in poor nations. “We need developed countries to provide meaningful financial support for the countries of the ... Read More »
1 responseTens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question in the House of Commons about Canadians who are struggling with the rising cost of living. The new benefit is aimed at children ... Read More »
1 responseMedia shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law allows journalists and others who pay a $5 fee to request documents – from internal emails and expense claims to briefing memos and studies ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. finance minister replaced in Premier David Eby’s new-look cabinet
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby has unveiled a new-look cabinet that includes eight first-time ministers and removes Selina Robinson from the finance ministry. Former forests minister Katrine Conroy takes over the finance portfolio, while Robinson moves to post-secondary education and future skills. Robinson announced just last month that the NDP government had a ... Read More »
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