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MPs to review Canada’s extradition system in coming justice committee hearings
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – The House of Commons justice committee is getting set to review Canada’s extradition system – a move welcomed by critics who have long called for reforms to the process for sending people to face incarceration and prosecution abroad. Although hearing dates have yet to be set, the committee plans to hear from witnesses ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau arrives in Indonesia for G20 summit with aim of further isolating Russia
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2022
DENPASAR, Indonesia – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Bali, Indonesia today for the G20 leaders’ summit. His plane left Cambodia an hour and a half late, which his office says is due to issues clarifying the flight path. Trudeau says his top goal is to pressure Russia to end its war in Ukraine. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec announces $46 million in funding for citizen-led climate initiatives
By The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2022
MONTREAL – The Quebec government is announcing more than $46 million in funding for citizen-led initiatives to fight climate change. Environment Minister Benoit Charette made the announcement today after meeting with the Quebec delegation at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. He said the $46.4 million in funding is part of a five-year ... Read More »
6 responses‘Big message’: Northern delegates bring Indigenous, youth perspective to COP27
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – Carissa Waugh says her family hasn’t been able to set up their fish nets like they used to due to declining salmon numbers in Yukon. “With that we are losing our connection to our culture,” said the 29-year-old, who also goes by the Northern Tutchone name Eke Ewe. “We aren’t able to set ... Read More »
5 responsesEnvironmental group takes federal government to court over piping plover habitat
By Hina Alam, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2022
Environmental advocates are taking the federal government to court over new rules to protect the habitat of an endangered shorebird species known as the piping plover. Ecojustice Canada, representing the Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists and the East Coast Environmental Law Association, filed a lawsuit on Oct. 31 seeking a judicial review of a habitat ... Read More »
4 responsesPolicing in flux across B.C., as political pledges prove complex to implement
By The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2022
SURREY, B.C. – When Novi Jette left her job with the Vancouver Police Department to join the new Surrey Police Service, she knew she was taking a risk but felt she’d done her homework. Jette resigned her position after 23 years to assume a new rank in Surrey, where she said she looked forward to ... Read More »
3 responsesTrudeau pledges $1 million for clearing landmines, cluster bombs in Cambodia, Laos
By The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2022
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is announcing nearly $1 million to help remove unexploded landmines and cluster bombs from Southeast Asia. He made the $990,000 pledge at an event focused on women in security, as the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations draws to a close in Cambodia. The funding ... Read More »
3 responsesActivists throw maple syrup at Emily Carr painting at Vancouver art gallery protest
By The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Climate activists calling for an end to a gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia threw maple syrup on an Emily Carr painting and glued themselves to the wall at the Vancouver Art Gallery. A spokesman for the environmental group Stop Fracking Around says two activists splashed maple syrup on Carr’s painting “Stumps ... Read More »
1 responseJoly won’t meet her Russian counterpart, but is open to working with China
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2022
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Canada’s foreign affairs minister says she won’t meet with her Russian counterpart when the two cross paths at international summits in the coming days. Mélanie Joly says she is open to the idea of working with China on certain issues, but says Russia must be treated like a pariah. Joly is ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau puts cash behind Indo-Pacific pledges during visit to Southeast Asia summit
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2022
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveiled a slew of funding announcements in Cambodia on Saturday aimed at deepening economic and academic ties with Southeast Asia, after decades of sporadic engagement with the region. “This is a generational shift,” Trudeau told leaders gathered in Phnom Penh for a summit of the Association of ... Read More »
1 responseVoting begins for Green leadership as candidates look to revitalize embattled party
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – After a disappointing federal election result last year, a series of public scandals over internal conflicts and continued a downward trend in fundraising, the federal Green Party is getting ready to install a new leader – or leaders. Green members can start casting their ballots Saturday in a contest that will culminate with ... Read More »
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