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Legault, party leaders visit Quebec town reeling after pedestrians killed by truck
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
AMQUI, Que. – Quebec Premier François Legault is visiting the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians, killing two. Legault is joined by opposition leaders and other politicians in Amqui, the small community in the lower St-Lawrence region, where he met with local residents. Two men were killed and nine people were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Tragic loss’: Two Edmonton police officers killed while responding to call
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
Edmonton police say two patrol officers have been killed while responding to a call. The force did not immediately release details about what happened. Police Chief Dale McFee and other dignitaries were scheduled to make statements later Thursday. About a dozen police cars were parked around a northwest Edmonton apartment complex, a large series of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from media over Quebec secret trial
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear an appeal from the media over a so-called secret trial involving a police informant held in Quebec. The high court said today it has agreed to hear the appeal brought by media organizations including Radio-Canada, La Presse, the Montreal Gazette and The Canadian Press, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two Edmonton police officers killed while responding to a call
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
Edmonton police say two patrol officers have been killed while responding to a call. The force did not immediately release any details about what happened. Police chief Dale McFee and other dignitaries are to make brief formal statements later today. Police say further details will be released once they’re confirmed... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada will hold special ceremony to mark May 6 coronation of King Charles: Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hold a special ceremony marking the coronation of King Charles on May 6. The ceremony in Ottawa will be one of several events held over two days as Canada marks the investiture of its new monarch. Trudeau says the Canadian ceremony will acknowledge the special relationship ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legault to visit Quebec town reeling from vehicle attack : In The News for March 16
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 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 16 … What we are watching in Canada … Quebec Premier François Legault will today visit the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legault to visit Quebec town reeling from vehicle attack : In The News for Mar. 16
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 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 Mar. 16 … What we are watching in Canada … Quebec Premier François Legault will today visit the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The rise and fall of Canada’s domestic PPE market
By Liam Casey, The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
Most Canadian businesses that answered federal and provincial calls during the pandemic to build up a domestic sector for personal protective equipment have collapsed. The association that represents Canadian PPE companies says 90 per cent of those businesses have been forced to close or pivot to other industries because the federal government and Ontario have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Worse than an animal’: Mother enraged as killer claims Amanda Zhao might be alive
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
In 2002, Yang Baoying flew from China to Vancouver to identify her daughter Amanda Zhao’s body. The 21-year-old English student’s remains had been found stuffed in a suitcase in Mission, B.C., and Yang’s identification of her daughter was also confirmed by a police DNA test. Yang returned to Beijing with Zhao’s ashes. She had been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legault, party leaders to visit Quebec town reeling after pedestrians killed by truck
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
AMQUI, Que. – Quebec Premier François Legault will today visit the eastern Quebec town where a pickup truck plowed into groups of pedestrians, killing two. Legault will be joined by opposition leaders and other politicians in Amqui, the small community in the lower St-Lawrence region, where he will meet with local residents and hold a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some federal public servants get remote-work extension as others face deadline
By The Canadian Press on March 16th, 2023
OTTAWA – Some federal government workers will be able to continue remote work for another year, as most face a March 31 deadline to return to the office at least two days a week. A spokesperson for Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says the government will take another year to “assess the benefits” of remote ... Read More »
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