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Researchers hope wrongfully convicted database will lead to reforms, more releases
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new registry identifying a lengthy list of wrongful conviction cases is launching this week with the intention to draw more attention to the problem. The registry was developed by staff and students at the University of Toronto law school. It is starting with 83 cases of people whose convictions were overturned. It ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec town votes no to Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac-Mégantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago. The neighbouring municipality of Frontenac confirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jann Arden petitions Ottawa to ban live horse exports for slaughter
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – Thousands of Canadians are petitioning the federal Liberals to live up to their election promise to ban the live export of horses for slaughter. Statistics Canada data show since the promise was made in 2021 more than 2,000 horses have been shipped from Canada to Japan where raw horse meat is a local ... Read More »
1 responseBirth in bomb shelters: Ukrainian midwives look to Canada for training
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
YASENYTSIA-ZAMKOVA, Ukraine – An Ottawa midwife is leading the charge to legally allow Ukrainian midwives to help deliver babies in bomb shelters as mothers avoid hospitals and air raids. Betty-Anne Daviss has travelled to Ukraine several times since the war began to train her Ukrainian counterparts to support women in labour who can’t, or won’t, ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec premier says Roxham Road must be ‘priority’ for Trudeau at meeting with Biden
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the flow of migrants across the Roxham Road border crossing a priority during an upcoming meeting with the U.S. president. Legault says in a letter to Trudeau dated Sunday that the federal government urgently needs to complete the renegotiation of an agreement ... Read More »
1 responseCelebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
BELLA COOLA, B.C. – A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. Dancing and feasting are among the celebrations expected in the central coast community of Bella Coola as the Nuxalk Nation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What’s closed as eight provinces celebrate regional holidays today
By The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
Eight of Canada’s 13 provinces and territories are celebrating a regional holiday today. It’s Family Day in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, while Manitoba is celebrating Louis Riel Day. Nova Scotia residents have the day off due to Heritage Day, while those living on Prince Edward Island will mark Islander Day. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Helped me rejuvenate my soul:’ Inmates in Yellowknife learn trapping, outdoor skills
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on February 20th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Inmates at the Yellowknife jail concentrate as they skin several squirrels, deftly moving their knives to remove the small animals’ soft fur, then scraping the remaining flesh and fat away. Surrounded by murals featuring eagles and wolves, the more experienced men offer tips to their peers. Roy Inuktalik, who is Inuvialuit and from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police investigating after woman found dead, attack in nearby apartment
By The Canadian Press on February 19th, 2023
Montreal police say a woman is dead and a man was seriously injured in a stabbing in the city’s Villeray”“Saint-Michel”“Parc-Extension borough. Police say they received a 911 call for an armed assault inside an apartment building around 1:30 p.m. today. Officers found a 23-year-old man who was transported to hospital with stab wounds to his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury finds Quebec man guilty in abduction, extortion of N.Y. couple in September 2020
By The Canadian Press on February 19th, 2023
MONTREAL – A jury has found a Quebec man guilty of taking part in the kidnapping of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020. James and Sandra Helm of Moira, N.Y. were taken from their home, smuggled into Quebec through the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne and held at a cottage ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada plans for justice ahead of grim anniversary of war in Ukraine
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on February 19th, 2023
LVIV, Ukraine – Nearly one year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked up to a podium in Ottawa, flanked by three of his top ministers, and declared the world had changed overnight. “This morning, Ukrainians woke up to the brutal, terrifying reality of war,” Trudeau said on Feb. 24, 2022, after missiles and airstrikes rained ... Read More »
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