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Alleged Quebec cop killer was on probation, had history of mental health problems

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

MONTREAL – A Quebec man accused of killing a provincial police officer had a history of mental health issues and had been found not criminally responsible at least five times for past offences. Isaac Brouillard Lessard, 35, was shot dead by police after he allegedly fatally attacked Sgt. Maureen Breau on Monday evening and left ... Read More »

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Fight against toxic mining runoff from Canada persists, say U.S. Indigenous leaders

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

WASHINGTON – U.S. Indigenous leaders say they aren’t about to stop pushing Canada to agree to a bilateral investigation into toxic mining runoff from British Columbia. Representatives from several Indigenous groups from the U.S. Pacific Northwest were in D.C. this week for meetings with White House officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill. President Joe Biden ... Read More »

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Montreal mayor denounces vandalism of synagogue defaced with antisemitic graffiti

By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is expressing her support for the city’s Jewish community after a historic synagogue was defaced with antisemitic graffiti. Plante says there’s no place in Montreal for discrimination and racism, adding that the city is working hard to ensure everyone’s safety. Her comments come after Jewish organization B’nai Brith Canada circulated photos ... Read More »

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Calgary charity seeking one-month homes for Ukrainian refugees after massive influx

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

CALGARY – A Calgary charity says it has found a temporary fix to a serious housing shortage an influx of Ukrainian evacuees has caused. The Centre for Newcomers is seeking 100 hosts for families or individuals for a month while they find housing of their own. Kelly Ernst, with the centre, says there has been ... Read More »

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Quebec police conduct anti-drug trafficking raids targeting Hells Angels, Mafia

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

MONTREAL – Several police forces across Quebec are participating in joint anti-drug trafficking raids across the province targeting members of the Hells Angels and the Mafia. Police say they are conducting eight operations, including in Montreal, Laval and Estérel, in Quebec’s Laurentians region. Provincial police Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau wouldn’t say whose residences are being searched ... Read More »

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Legion demands answers on budget promise for veterans’ disability backlog

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Legion is asking the Liberal government for more details about its promise of more money to address longstanding delays and backlogs for ill and injured veterans. The Liberals made the funding commitment in Tuesday’s federal budget, setting aside $156 million over five years to address what has emerged as the ... Read More »

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Unions welcome federal budget promise to cap outsourcing, but fear service cuts

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

OTTAWA – The federal government says in this year’s federal budget that it will begin a new belt-tightening exercise that includes a 15 per cent cut to consulting, travel and other professional services – a move that has public-sector unions expressing mixed feelings. Unions representing thousands of federal public servants are welcoming the Liberal government’s ... Read More »

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International development groups say budget cut will end Canadian programs abroad

By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

OTTAWA – Humanitarian groups are giving Tuesday’s federal budget a thumbs down, saying it will create a backslide in progress on fighting disease and hunger abroad. The Liberal budget projects that it will spend nearly $6.9 billion for international development in the coming fiscal year, a 16 per cent drop from last year’s allocation. Yet ... Read More »

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In The News for March 29: Will the Nova Scotia shooting inquiry find the answers?

By The Canadian Press on March 29th, 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 March 29 … What we are watching in Canada … On July 22, 2020, about three months after a gunman murdered 22 people in Nova ... Read More »

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N.S. mass shooting inquiry report must deliver ‘clear commentary’: family lawyer

By Michael MacDonald and Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on March 29th, 2023

HALIFAX – On July 22, 2020, about three months after a gunman murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia, a procession of grieving relatives marched to the local RCMP detachment, demanding an independent and open inquiry into the rampage. Nick Beaton, who lost his pregnant wife Kristen Beaton in the April 18-19, 2020, killings, wore a ... Read More »

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Vancouver archdiocese and private school deny wrongdoing, sue alleged abusers

By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2023

VANCOUVER – The Archdiocese of Vancouver and a private Catholic school have denied wrongdoing over claims of sexual abuse from former students and have filed their own lawsuits against the alleged abusers. The archdiocese and St. Thomas More Collegiate in Burnaby filed separate lawsuits last week against the men who belonged to a Catholic order ... Read More »

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