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B.C. ready to cancel surgeries as respiratory cases flood overcrowded hospitals
By Dirk Meissner and Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
VICTORIA – Plans to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses by cancelling surgeries are in place in British Columbia hospitals, says Health Minister Adrian Dix, as parents worry about long emergency room waits with sick children. But the province has yet to reach the point of scrapping operations, said Dix Thursday, as he faced ... Read More »
1 responsePMO staff say Bergen privately acknowledged concerns over engaging with protesters
By David Fraser and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
OTTAWA – Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office are suggesting the former Conservative interim leader, Candice Bergen, privately acknowledged concerns about engaging with “Freedom Convoy” protesters last winter while publicly urging the prime minister to listen to them – something Bergen denies. A summary of interviews with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior aides was released ... Read More »
1 response‘Witnesses to history’: University makes 3D virtual replicas of residential schools
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
CALGARY – A new project from the University of Calgary is creating 3D digital records of some Alberta residential schools. The Taylor Family Digital Library, in consultation with Indigenous communities in Alberta, has created accurate virtual and physical models of three former residential schools with plans for more in the future. Prof. Peter Dawson, the ... Read More »
1 responseCarol Todd worries Dutch man who harassed daughter Amanda may not serve sentence
By Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
Carol Todd is worried the Dutch man convicted of harassing and extorting her teenage daughter, Amanda, who later died by suicide, may not serve any of the 13-year sentence handed to him by a British Columbia court. Todd says she knew at the start of the B.C. Supreme Court trial for Aydin Coban last June ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rights groups optimistic about selection of police chief who opposes racial profiling
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
MONTREAL – Civil rights groups that have condemned racial profiling by Montreal police officers say they’re pleased with the selection of Fady Dagher as the city’s new police chief. Dagher, whose nomination was announced Thursday, is currently chief of police in the Montreal suburb of Longueuil, Que., where he has gained a reputation for building ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interim Tory leader concerned about engaging ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters: PMO staff
By David Fraser and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
OTTAWA – Evidence submitted at a public inquiry suggests the Conservative party’s former interim leader, Candice Bergen, privately expressed concerns about engaging with protesters from the “Freedom Convoy” last winter despite publicly urging the prime minister to do just that. A summary of interviews with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior aides that was presented to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alleged Chinese spy detained in Quebec seeks bail, says he wants to clear name
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
LONGUEUIL, Que. – A former employee of Quebec’s power utility charged with spying on behalf of China denied on Thursday that he is a flight risk and said he intends to remain in Canada to fight the charges. “I want to stay here to clear my name,” Yuesheng Wang told the court during the second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
By The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has plans in place to cancel hospital surgeries to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses, but it hasn’t yet reached that point. Health Minister Adrian Dix says postponing non-urgent surgeries is one way to create room at hospitals for patients, especially children, who are fighting flu and other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Preserving a ‘dark past’: University makes 3D virtual replicas of residential schools
By The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
CALGARY – A new project from the University of Calgary’s Taylor Family Digital Library is creating 3D digital records of some Alberta residential schools. In consultation with Indigenous communities, the library has created accurate virtual and physical models of three former residential schools with plans for more in the future. Prof. Peter Dawson, the project’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sajjan mum on human rights during World Cup visit to Qatar
By The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
OTTAWA – International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan is facing opposition criticism because he did not make any public statement about human rights during his visit to Qatar. Sajjan is headed back today from the World Cup, which he attended on behalf of the Trudeau government. The NDP had called for a diplomatic boycott of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Suicide of Vancouver police officer will be subject of coroner’s inquest
By The Canadian Press on November 24th, 2022
VICTORIA – The events leading up to the suicide of a 30-year-old Vancouver police officer will be the subject of a coroner’s inquest next month. A lawsuit filed on behalf of Const. Nicole Chan’s family says she died in January 2019 during a severe mental health crisis after having two intimate affairs with superior officers. ... Read More »
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