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Security agencies, ministers called to testify on alleged 2021 election interference
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – National security agencies and Liberal cabinet ministers are being summoned by a House of Commons committee to testify about China’s alleged influence over the last federal election. The move comes in response to a report last week from the Globe and Mail newspaper that said China worked in the 2021 election to defeat ... Read More »
1 responseA timeline of events since the detection of possible unmarked graves in Kamloops
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced in May 2021 that ground-penetrating radar had revealed the possible remains of as many as 215 children around the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia’s Interior. Since then, many other First Nations have also searched school sites in their territories. Here is a timeline ... Read More »
1 response17 suspected grave sites detected near Port Alberni, B.C., Indian school: chief
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The chief of the Tseshaht First Nation on Vancouver Island says ground-penetrating radar has detected 17 suspected grave sites around the property of the former Alberni Indian Residential School. Brian Whiting, a geophysics division manager with GeoScan, the company that conducted the scans, says that is the minimum number of suspected ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: 17 suspected grave sites detected near Alberni, B.C., Indian school
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – The chief of the Tseshaht First Nation on Vancouver Island says ground-penetrating radar has detected 17 suspected grave sites around the property of the former Alberni Indian Residential School. The nation says its interviews with survivors, the historical records and other documents also show that 67 students died at the school, ... Read More »
1 responseParliamentary committee expanding its study on foreign election interference to cover
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee is expanding its current study on foreign election interference to determine whether the 2021 federal election was influenced by outside actors. The move comes in response to a report last week from the Globe and Mail newspaper that said China worked in the last federal election to defeat Conservative politicians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused extremist recruiter expected to plead guilty to terrorism charges
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – An accused extremist recruiter is returning to the Ontario Superior Court on Thursday and is expected to plead guilty to terrorism offences, eight years after he was first charged. Awso Peshdary’s criminal trial had been on hold pending a decision in Federal Court, where his lawyers were arguing that charges should be dropped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan chief to lead advisory committee on residential school documents
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
A chief in Saskatchewan who became well-known after his First Nation found what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school will lead a new committee for sharing documents connected to the institutions. The federal government says Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation will be the chairperson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec premier to visit Newfoundland and Labrador for talks on Churchill Falls deal
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
Quebec Premier François Legault will travel to Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday for two days of talks on a new Churchill Falls hydroelectricity deal. Legault made the announcement during question period at the Quebec City legislature. The 1969 agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador allows Hydro-Québec to purchase the majority of the electricity generated at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parliamentary committee looks to expand its study on foreign election interference
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee is set to decide whether or not it will expand its current study on foreign election interference to include more details about the 2021 federal election. The meeting today is in response to a report last week from the Globe and Mail newspaper that said China worked in the last ... Read More »
1 responseLegault pitches English Canada for closure of Roxham Road and transfer of migrants
By The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec’s premier is making a pitch to English Canada for the closure of an irregular border crossing used by asylum seekers and for would-be refugees to be transferred outside his province. The Globe and Mail today published an English-language letter by François Legault in which he says the sooner the federal government closes ... Read More »
1 responseSaskatchewan methane emissions almost four times more than reported: research
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on February 21st, 2023
New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government. The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, pioneers new methods of measuring methane emissions that question current industry practice, said author Matthew Johnson, an ... Read More »
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