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Environmental groups welcome Parks Canada buyout of Jasper Park backcountry lodges
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
Environmental groups are welcoming Parks Canada’s buyout of two businesses in Jasper National Park’s Tonquin Valley, a scenic destination also used by vanishing caribou herds. Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association says buying out the backcountry lodges is unfortunate but needed to protect the herds, which are on the edge of disappearing. She says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Brunswick man who killed three Mounties in 2014 files appeal of stiff sentence
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
FREDERICTON – A New Brunswick man who fatally shot three Mounties in 2014 has applied to the province’s highest court to have his precedent-setting 75-year parole ineligibility period reduced to 25 years. The notice of appeal for Justin Bourque cites the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in May to strike down a 2011 law that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of Montreal man killed while unlawfully jailed wants systemic racism inquiry
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – The family of a man who died after an altercation with guards at a Montreal jail while he was being unlawfully detained is demanding an inquiry. Nicous D’Andre Spring, 21, died after being fitted with a spit hood and pepper-sprayed twice by jail guards the day after he should have been released from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man’s body found near Roxham Road unofficial border crossing in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – A man has been found dead near an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal that is used by thousands of asylum seekers each year to cross into Canada from the United States. Quebec provincial police say the man’s body was found at about 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday in a wooded area in St-Bernard-de-Lacolle, ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Jan. 5: Canadian parents are saving how much in child-care fees?
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … Parents across Canada are seeing their child-care fees reduced by 50 per cent, ... Read More »
1 responseAs parents celebrate lower child-care fees, will provinces keep up with demand?
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they’re now saving on child care for their two-year-old son. Parents are seeing their child-care fees reduced by 50 per cent, on average, as part of the federal government’s early learning and childcare agreements with provinces ... Read More »
1 responseRule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect
By The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today. The Canadian government announced last week that the travellers would need a negative test administered within 48 hours of their departure as cases soar in China. Other countries, including ... Read More »
1 responseA year after Canada banned conversion therapy, Ottawa says no criminal charges laid
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on January 5th, 2023
OTTAWA – Gemma Hickey says when they were in their teens, they went to a faith-based conversion therapy practitioner who had them pray and read literature to try to make them heterosexual. “When I was vulnerable, I went to see someone, because I thought she could help me. And in the end, it almost resulted ... Read More »
1 responseTravellers at YVR feel lucky after flight out of Hong Kong before COVID test rules
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on January 4th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Travellers arriving in Vancouver from Hong Kong said they were relieved to be among the last arrivals before Canada’s new COVID-19 testing requirements took effect, including one woman who changed her flight to avoid the rules. Starting Thursday, from 12:01 a.m. eastern time, Canada will require travellers from China, Hong Kong or Macau ... Read More »
1 responseConservatives, NDP request urgent committee meeting following holiday travel mess
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on January 4th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives and NDP are requesting the urgent testimony of the Liberal transport minister after hundreds of travellers were stranded over the holidays. The Tory and New Democrat members of the House of Commons transport committee sent a letter to the committee’s chair on Wednesday requesting a meeting as soon as possible. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s social services under pressure by influx of asylum seekers: advocates
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on January 4th, 2023
MONTREAL – An increasing number of asylum seekers to Quebec is putting pressure on the province’s social services network, with homeless shelters in Montreal bearing the brunt of the influx of people, advocates say. Administrative delays within the federal asylum application process and a lack of resources at organizations mandated to help would-be refugees are ... Read More »
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