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Manitoba man who rammed truck into Rideau Hall gate approved for day parole
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – A Manitoba man who armed himself and rammed a gate at Rideau Hall to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been granted day parole. The Parole Board of Canada denied full parole for Corey Hurren but approved for him to spend six months living in an undisclosed halfway house on day parole. “It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colleagues of drowned Montreal firefighter recall the moment their boat capsized
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
MONTREAL – A Montreal firefighter told a coroner’s inquest on Tuesday of his desperate search to stay afloat and find his colleagues in the churning waters of the Lachine Rapids after the boat carrying them capsized during a rescue attempt. Robin Brunet-Paiement said he knew that he and his colleagues were in dangerous waters when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Really screwed the pooch’: Kenney upset with feds over Coutts blockade, texts say
By Stephanie Taylor, Laura Osman and David Fraser, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces “holding the bag” to clear “Freedom Convoy” protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Alberta, a public inquiry has learned. Documents released by the inquiry looking into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter include text messages ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proposed definition of prohibited assault-style firearm draws Conservative ire
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Members of the House of Commons public safety committee have begun a clause-by-clause review of the Liberal government’s gun-control bill. Among the early amendments put forward by the government is an evergreen definition of a prohibited assault-style firearm. Conservatives MPs quickly denounced the proposed definition today, saying it would effectively outlaw a broad ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coutts blockade top of mind for Mendicino on eve of invoking Emergencies Act
By Laura Osman, Stephanie Taylor and David Fraser, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – The night before the federal government took the drastic step of invoking the Emergencies Act, the head of the RCMP wrote an email to the public safety minister’s office that included a caution. She told them police hadn’t exhausted “all available tools” to deal with the protests that had blockaded downtown Ottawa and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta man who admitted to murdering woman, toddler sentenced to life in prison
By Daniela Germano, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
HINTON, Alta. – A man who admitted to killing a woman and her 16-month-old son in western Alberta has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Robert Major pleaded guilty in May to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Mchale Busch, who was 24, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Your guy has really screwed the pooch’: Kenney told feds over Coutts blockade
By Stephanie Taylor, Laura Osman and David Fraser, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces “holding the bag” to clear “Freedom Convoy” protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Alberta, a public inquiry has learned. Documents released by the inquiry looking into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter include text messages ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘So proud’: Memories shared by paramedic who unknowingly treated daughter in crash
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
AIRDRIE, Alta. – An Alberta paramedic who unknowingly treated her own daughter after a fatal crash brushed away tears Tuesday as she remembered a beautiful girl who fought until the end. Jayme Erickson was called to the crash north of Calgary on Nov. 15 and sat with a seriously injured girl who was was extricated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba man who rammed truck into Rideau Hall approved for day parole
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – A Manitoba man who armed himself and rammed a gate at Rideau Hall to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been granted day parole. The Parole Board of Canada denied full parole for Corey Hurren but approved for him to spend six months living in a halfway house on day parole. Hurren, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One in three Ukrainians with visas have reached Canada as applications approach 700K
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Government statistics show fewer than one-third of Ukrainians approved for temporary Canadian visas have arrived in the country, even as hundreds of thousands of others remain in the queue waiting to find out if they qualify to travel to Canada. The temporary visas are part of the special immigration measures introduced by the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers frustrated by Ottawa’s disclosure of documents at Emergencies Act inquiry
By David Fraser and Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Several lawyers at the inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act last winter say Ottawa has been too slow to disclose documents and are raising concerns about a lack of transparency. Thousands of pages of documents have been submitted into evidence at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is scrutinizing ... Read More »
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