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‘We have been in dark’: B.C. family reacts to manslaughter charge against Mounties
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Family members of a British Columbia Indigenous man who died after being arrested by RCMP officers expect to wait years before learning if five Mounties will be convicted of manslaughter and obstruction in the case. A statement released by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the family of Arthur Culver, who ... Read More »
1 response‘Risky gamble:’ NDP urges Alberta government to end fixation with pulling out of CPP
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith’s government needs to end its fixation with pulling the province out of the Canada Pension Plan. NDP Leader Rachel Notley says her party would not pursue an Alberta Pension Plan, which the United Conservative government has been studying for almost three years without resolution. Notley says ... Read More »
1 responseControversial federal pick to fight Islamophobia perfect for job: former colleague
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – The federal government’s appointment of Amira Elghawaby as its first special representative on combating Islamophobia has caused an uproar in Quebec and raised eyebrows elsewhere in the country. But the former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, who co-wrote an opinion piece with Elghawaby that led to much of the criticism, said she ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of murder and manslaughter cases involving Canadian police
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
Two RCMP officers have been charged with manslaughter in the death of an Indigenous man in Prince George, B.C., while three of their fellow Mounties face attempting to obstruct justice charges. Here is a list of some other Canadian police officers who have faced murder or manslaughter charges related to deaths while on duty: August ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COVID-19 tests will be mandatory for travellers from China for another two months
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada has renewed mandatory COVID-19 testing and screening for travellers from China, Hong Kong and Macao for another two months. The government mandated pre-boarding tests for people coming from those places last month after China removed longstanding public-health restrictions, causing a countrywide outbreak of the virus. A statement from the Public Health Agency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. court acquits man of stabbing his wife, finds he was in state of ‘automatism’
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
VANCOUVER – A judge in British Columbia has acquitted a man of stabbing his partner with a kitchen knife, agreeing with defence arguments that the accused was in a drug and alcohol-induced state of “automatism” at the time. Jean-Luc Perignon, now in his early 60s, admits to the April 2017 stabbing at the home he ... Read More »
1 responseNDP urges Alberta government come clean on long-running dalliance to pull out of CPP
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith’s government needs to end its long-running dalliance with pulling the province out of the Canada Pension Plan and come clean on its plans. NDP Leader Rachel Notley says her party would not pursue an Alberta Pension Plan, which the United Conservative government has been studying for ... Read More »
2 responsesQuebec says only people at risk who haven’t had COVID-19 should get booster dose
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Health Department says only residents who are considered at risk for severe COVID-19 – and who haven’t already been infected – need to get a booster dose. Public health director Dr. Luc Boileau announced the change to the province’s vaccination recommendations today in Montreal. Boileau says because the vast majority of Quebecers ... Read More »
2 responsesFinal arguments at trial of Quebec man accused in abduction of elderly U.S. couple
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Closing arguments are underway at the trial of a Quebec man charged in connection with the kidnapping of a couple from Upstate New York who were smuggled into the province and held captive. Gary Arnold has told the jury that he was threatened by a man known simply as “Big” to do various ... Read More »
1 responseLiberals appoint former broadcaster Tom Clark as Canada’s envoy in New York City
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly has appointed former television journalist Tom Clark as Canada’s envoy in New York City. Clark will be Canada’s consul general in New York, putting him in charge of Ottawa’s efforts to sow cultural and economic ties in the Big Apple, as well as in neighboring American states and in ... Read More »
1 responseTop court won’t hear Muslim charity’s appeal over suspension freeze refusal
By The Canadian Press on February 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether the suspension of a Muslim charity should have been put on hold while an administrative challenge of the penalty played out. The Canada Revenue Agency levied a one-year suspension against Human Concern International in July 2021 following an audit by the revenue agency’s ... Read More »
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