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Families of missing women deserve search for their bodies, special interlocutor says
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says the refusal by Winnipeg police to search for the remains of missing women whose bodies are believed to have been left in a landfill is a “breach of human dignity.” Kimberly Murray made the comment at a gathering of Assembly of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
Quebec’s auditor general says the province’s Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of the learning delays that resulted. Guylaine Leclerc expresses concern in her audit of the Education Department that the lack of data won’t permit for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Visa issues at COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal could stem from UN delays
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – The COP15 conference on biodiversity loss is underway in Montreal, but hundreds of delegates from developing countries are missing out due to visa issues that could stem from the United Nations issuing late accreditations. “It was pretty disappointing to get rejected,” Pervez Aly, a prominent youth activist, said in an interview Wednesday from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
MONTREAL – A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Quebec City last year. The report by coroner Donald Nicole says multiple witnesses saw Éric Légaré drinking at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous families have right to know where missing loved ones buried, official says
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says the refusal by Winnipeg police to search for the remains of missing women whose bodies are believed to have been left in a landfill is a “breach of human dignity.” Kimberly Murray made the comment at a gathering of Assembly of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier David Eby unveils his new cabinet
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
Here is a list of British Columbia Premier David Eby’s ministers following his first major cabinet shuffle since taking over as leader: Agriculture and Food – Pam Alexis (new to cabinet) Attorney General – Niki Sharma (new to cabinet) Children and Family Development – Mitzi Dean (unchanged) Citizens’ Services – Lisa Beare Education and Child ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s government will review RCMP equipment contract with ties to China: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is reviewing an RCMP equipment contract with a company that has ties to China’s government. Radio-Canada reports that the federal Procurement Department awarded a $550,000 contract to an Ontario company last year to build and maintain a radio frequency filtering system for the Mounties. Its ... Read More »
1 response‘More to do’ on systemic barriers facing Muslim charities, Trudeau acknowledges
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges there is “significantly more to do” on the systemic barriers that confront Muslim charities amid concerns from a federal watchdog that his review of the issue also faces roadblocks. In a statement last month, taxpayers’ ombudsperson François Boileau said his office was having trouble obtaining information needed from ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. finance minister replaced in Premier David Eby’s cabinet shuffle
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby has upended his cabinet, bringing in new faces from the backbench and replacing senior cabinet ministers, including finance minister Selina Robinson. Katrine Conroy, the former forests minister, will take over the finance portfolio. Robinson announced just last month that the government had a surplus windfall of $5.7 billion ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: B.C. finance minister replaced in Premier David Eby’s cabinet shuffle
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby has upended his cabinet, bringing in new faces from the backbench and replacing senior cabinet ministers, including finance minister Selina Robinson. Katrine Conroy, the former forests minister, will take over the finance portfolio. Robinson announced just last month that the government had a surplus windfall of $5.7 billion ... Read More »
1 responsePolice call not to search for women’s remains “a breach of human dignity,” AFN hears
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Mohawk official tasked with helping Indigenous communities investigate unmarked graves says Winnipeg police’s refusal to search for the remains of missing women in a landfill is a “breach of human dignity.” Kimberly Murray made the comment at a gathering of Assembly of First Nations chiefs in Ottawa. Murray, a former executive director ... Read More »
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