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Case of Quebec man charged in plot to overthrow Haitian government put off to January
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
QUEBEC – The case of a Quebec man charged with planning a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government of Jovenel Moïse has been put off to the new year. Gérald Nicolas was not in court as lawyers appeared for a brief hearing, during which a judge pushed the case to Jan. 31, 2023. Nicolas, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parti Québécois barred from Quebec legislature after refusing to take oath to King
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
QUEBEC – The three recently elected Parti Québécois members who have steadfastly refused to swear the oath of office to the King were barred today from taking their seats in the legislature. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the two other members of his caucus were followed by journalists up to the doors of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP call for boycott of India hosting G20, citing treatment of religious minorities
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – The New Democrats are calling on the Liberals to boycott India’s hosting of the G20, citing that country’s treatment of minorities. Today, India started its term in the rotating presidency of the Group of 20, a forum for the world’s largest economies. That involves convening meetings throughout the year, which culminates in a ... Read More »
1 responseAdvocates criticize slow expansion of needle exchange program in federal prisons
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – Health advocates say the federal prison needle exchange program is failing because of a poor rollout by the Correctional Service and a lack of improvement since it was introduced four years ago. Sterile equipment for drug use has been available to inmates at nine of 43 Canadian prisons since the program last expanded ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Dec. 1: Canada gains on U.S. in permanent resident race
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
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 Dec. 1 … What we are watching in Canada … Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the ... Read More »
1 responseApplications open for dental care benefits touted by Liberals as inflation relief
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – Parents can apply with the Canada Revenue Agency starting today to receive the children’s dental benefit that the federal Liberals say is intended to provide cost-of-living relief to low-income Canadians but that critics say is a drop in the bucket. The benefit, to be used toward dental services, is available for children under ... Read More »
1 responseHIV activists hope World AIDS Day marks an end to backsliding on infections, stigma
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. “It’s clear to us that this government is seized of the issue, but the truth of the matter is, no movement is happening quickly enough for people with HIV living ... Read More »
1 responseCanada-Morocco: Montreal’s Moroccans cheering both teams in today’s World Cup match
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
MONTREAL – Members of Montreal’s Moroccan community are packing bars and cafés across the city today for the Canada-Morocco match at the World Cup in Qatar. The excitement will be particularly palpable in “Little Maghreb,” a district north of downtown where immigrants from Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia have been moving to since the 1990s. Canada ... Read More »
1 responsePandemic, slower U.S. migration see Canada closing gap with U.S. in workforce race
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
WASHINGTON – Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the United States when it comes to attracting and keeping an important economic prize: new permanent residents. The annual number of permanent residents admitted to the U.S. was well below pre-pandemic levels in 2021, while Canada welcomed the most ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Progress being made in fight to save North Atlantic right whale from extinction
By Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
HALIFAX – The latest official population estimate for the world’s most endangered species of whale is grim. A group of international experts recently confirmed there were about 340 surviving North Atlantic right whales as of last year – down from 348 recorded in 2020. Though the rate of decline has slowed, researchers say these huge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Reuniting was indescribable:’ Communities share stories of searching unmarked graves
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on November 30th, 2022
WINNIPEG – On a clear summer day in August, Rebecca Blake found herself standing in a cemetery outside Edmonton searching for the graves of Inuvialuit who died in the South during a tuberculosis epidemic. In a corner of a cemetery in St. Albert, Alta., under some trees she found a section dedicated to Indigenous peoples ... Read More »
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