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Quebec health minister says emergency room death of 86-year-old woman ‘disturbing’
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé says details surrounding the death of an 86-year-old woman in an emergency room last week are “disturbing” and “unacceptable.” First reported by TVA Nouvelles, the family of Gilberte Gosselin says she was left to die in a hallway of the emergency room at Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Lévis, Que., ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta band chief angry over silence from Imperial Oil after oilsands tailings spill
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
A northern Alberta band chief says he’s angry over not being notified for nine months after two separate releases from an oilsands tailings pond. Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says a pond on Imperial Oil Ltd.’s Kearl mine was seeping into groundwater and onto the surface for nine months before his community ... Read More »
1 responseSupreme Court to look at issue of Crown liability when a law is struck down
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will examine whether the Crown enjoys absolute immunity from a civil suit seeking damages over passage of a law that is found to be unconstitutional. The top court has agreed to hear the federal attorney general’s appeal in the case of a New Brunswick man who filed an ... Read More »
1 responseCanada, China had better relationship at time of Trudeau Foundation pledge: Rosenberg
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The former head of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation says the level of caution Canadian institutions must now take when dealing with China was not top of mind when the charitable organization accepted a pledge from a Chinese billionaire. Morris Rosenberg was president of the Trudeau Foundation from 2014 to 2018, which is ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal university says no indication donation by Chinese billionaire was suspect
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
MONTREAL – The Montreal university that was promised an $800,000 donation as part of an alleged plot by the Chinese government to influence Justin Trudeau says the pledge came at a different time in Canada-China relations. Université de Montréal spokesman Jeff Heinrich says that when the donation was announced in 2016, scientific and economic relations ... Read More »
1 responseDirector of Canada’s spy agency agrees integrity of federal elections not compromised
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The director of Canada’s spy agency says foreign actors did not compromise the past two federal elections. David Vigneault says he agrees with an independent panel tasked with overseeing the elections that determined foreign interference did not affect their outcome. Under a federal protocol, there would be a public announcement if the panel ... Read More »
1 responseCanada Elections commissioner reviewing complaints related to foreign interference
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – The commissioner of Canada Elections says her office is reviewing past complaints related to foreign interference following recent media reports that allege China tried to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Caroline Simard says her office received 158 complaints related to foreign interference in the 2019 election, and 16 complaints during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bay du Nord not liable for end-use emissions, marine shipping, company lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
OTTAWA – A lawyer representing the Norwegian energy firm behind a proposed offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador says the company is only responsible for the immediate environmental impact of the project itself. Environment groups and eight Mi’kmaq communities in New Brunswick are asking the Federal Court this week to overturn Bay du Nord’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police confirm three skiers killed in southeast British Columbia avalanche
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
INVERMERE, B.C. – The number of people killed in British Columbia avalanches this season has grown to 12 after three foreign nationals were swept away by a slide near Invermere on Wednesday. RCMP say the three were among 10 heli-skiers caught by the slide near the Panorama Mountain Resort, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Police confirm three skiers killed in southeast B.C. avalanche
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
INVERMERE, B.C. – RCMP in southeastern British Columbia confirm three skiers have been killed in an avalanche Wednesday near Invermere, B.C. Police say a total of 10 heli-skiers were caught by the avalanche and four are injured but expected to survive. All of those involved, except the guide, were from other countries. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Last captive walruses in Canada moved to new SeaWorld in Abu Dhabi
By The Canadian Press on March 2nd, 2023
Canada’s three remaining captive walruses have been moved to a new marine park in Abu Dhabi. SeaWorld says it has acquired Marineland’s last two walruses and a third from the Quebec Aquarium. The aquarium in Quebec City says Boris and Marineland’s Smooshi and her baby, Koyuk, arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. The Quebec Aquarium ... Read More »
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