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Quebec appeal court orders new trial for man who fatally stabbed store clerk in 2016
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
MONTREAL – Quebec’s highest court has ordered a new trial for a Quebec man convicted in 2017 of stabbing to death a supermarket clerk. The Court of Appeal ruled Monday that the trial judge’s final instructions to jurors were confusing and complicated. The appeal court overturned Randy Tshilumba’s conviction and ordered a new trial. Tshilumba ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation works with environmental group to help in residential school searches
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
WINNIPEG – A First Nation in Ontario is working with a Winnipeg environmental assessment firm to help communities investigate sites of former residential schools with an Indigenous-led approach. Missanabie Cree First Nation, through its company ISN Maskwa, is partnering with Narratives Inc. to provide services related to unmarked graves and burial searches, accessing archival records ... Read More »
1 responseFeds launching task force to reform public-service whistleblowing law
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
OTTAWA – The federal government is launching an external review of the legislation that governs whistleblower protection in the public service. Treasury Board President Mona Fortier is asking a nine-member task force to consider reforms to the federal disclosure process that would strengthen supports for bureaucrats who come forward to report wrongdoing. The review of ... Read More »
1 responseIn Kyiv, patience and resignation as citizens await next Russian bombing
By Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
KYIV, Ukraine – Residents of Kyiv waited with patience and resignation Tuesday as all signs pointed toward another imminent Russian bombing of their city. Several sources said Russia was planning significant strikes Tuesday or Wednesday. An official with the Ukrainian intelligence service called the information “rather serious.” The Russians have been striking regularly, week after ... Read More »
1 responseThousands of plants, animals at risk of extinction in Canada: wild species report
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
OTTAWA – A new report assessing the status of wild species in Canada says more than 2,200 plants, animals, fish and other wildlife are at risk of dying out. The latest Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council assessment says another 135 species are already extinct in Canada. That includes seven that have never been found anywhere ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau expresses support for Chinese protesters as show of dissent roils Beijing
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says everyone in China should be allowed to express themselves amid protests over severe COVID-19 restrictions. Crowds in China angered by the controls have called on leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. Authorities have eased some controls after demonstrations in at ... Read More »
1 responseSenate to probe Liberal silence on Afghanistan aid as terror rules bar humanitarians
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
OTTAWA – Senators are ramping up their push to get Ottawa to explain why Canada is still barring humanitarian workers from responding to devastating crises in Afghanistan. Conservative Sen. Salma Ataullahjan has persuaded her colleagues on the upper chamber’s human rights committee to hold hearings next month on rules that bar aid groups from working ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta to begin new legislative session with proposed sovereignty bill
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
EDMONTON – The Alberta legislature resumes sitting today and the first bill is expected to be one aimed at resisting federal laws that the provincial government deems harmful to its interests. The “Alberta sovereignty within a united Canada act” was a key promise from Premier Danielle Smith when she was running for leadership of the ... Read More »
1 responseSocial media tools were key to ‘Freedom Convoy’ protest, expert tells inquiry
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
OTTAWA – Cybersecurity experts say a federal inquiry should think of social media as the central nervous system of the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa last winter. The Public Order Emergency Commission is turning its attention to the role of online misinformation as it probes the federal government’s use of emergency legislation to dispel protesters. ... Read More »
1 responseFront-loaded, cold and snowy winter ahead, Weather Network forecast suggests
By Tyler Griffin, The Canadian Press on November 29th, 2022
Canadians enjoying a brief relief from the onset of winter-like conditions may want to enjoy the temperatures while they can because The Weather Network is forecasting a colder than normal start to winter across most of the country. The network’s winter outlook says a La Niña ““ a weather pattern characterized by cold ocean temperatures ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Nov. 29: How much did Canada’s economy grow in September?
By The Canadian Press on November 29th, 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 Nov. 29 … What we are watching in Canada … Statistics Canada will release its latest reading on economic growth this morning. The federal agency ... Read More »
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