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B.C. Indigenous scholar Margo Greenwood appointed as senator
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new senator, Margo Greenwood, who will represent British Columbia. Greenwood is a decorated scholar of Cree ancestry who has expertise in Indigenous children’s health and education. She comes to the Red Chamber after serving as a professor of education at the University of ... Read More »
1 responseCleanup of former gold mine in Northwest Territories to cost more than $4 billion
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – Cleanup of one of the most contaminated sites in Canada is estimated to cost taxpayers more than four times what was initially expected. The Treasury Board of Canada recently approved a new $4.38-billion cost estimate for the remediation of Giant Mine, a former gold mine that operated from 1948 to 2004 within Yellowknife ... Read More »
1 responseOntario man arrested, awaiting U.S. extradition for alleged global ransomware crimes
By Tyler Griffin, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
A Russian-Canadian man from Ontario is in police custody and awaiting extradition to the United States for his alleged participation in a global ransomware campaign, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. Mikhail Vasiliev, a 33-year-old dual Russian and Canadian national from Bradford, Ont., is charged with conspiracy to intentionally damage protected computers and to ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta received no federal help to deal with protest blockade last winter: inquiry
By Laura Osman and Marie-Danielle Smith, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Alberta received no help from Ottawa to clear protesters blockading its main border crossing with the United States last winter until after the crisis had passed, a public inquiry investigating the use of the Emergencies Act heard Thursday. But newly released documents suggest former Alberta premier Jason Kenney told the prime minister that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man who killed girlfriend, toddler must serve 22 years before parole
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
CALGARY – A judge says a man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave near Calgary must serve 22 years before he can apply for parole. Robert Leeming, who is 37, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty to the death of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man faces murder charge three years after fatal head-on highway crash
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after a head-on highway collision killed another man more than three years ago. Jano Vincent, 33, was arrested at his home in St-Polycarpe, Que., on Wednesday. The fatal crash occurred on Oct. 6, 2019, on Highway 50 near Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kenney opposed Emergencies Act but didn’t ‘quibble’ with its use if necessary: notes
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Newly released documents suggest former Alberta premier Jason Kenney told the prime minister he would not “quibble” with the use of the Emergencies Act if needed. But the notes taken by political staffers and submitted to a public inquiry examining the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act also suggest Kenney stressed there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labrador MP Yvonne Jones taking leave of absence for breast cancer treatment
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Labrador member of Parliament Yvonne Jones is taking a leave of absence to deal with a recurrence of breast cancer. The parliamentary secretary to the ministers of natural resources and of northern affairs says in a social media video that she was diagnosed in September. Jones says the diagnosis came in the early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to take off for international meetings, starting with Cambodia ASEAN summit
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to take off late tonight for a flurry of international meetings across four countries, starting in Cambodia. Trudeau is due in Phnom Penh for a leaders’ meeting at the Association of South East Asian Nations summit. Canada is in trade negotiations with the economically booming bloc of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta received no federal help to deal with protest blockade last winter
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Alberta received no help from Ottawa to clear protesters blockading the main border crossing with the United States until after the crisis had passed, a public inquiry investigating the federal use of the Emergencies Act heard Thursday. And a provincial minister accused his federal counterpart of lying about the role the state of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberals name Marc Tanguay interim leader after Anglade resignation
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
QUEBEC – The Quebec Liberal Party has named veteran member Marc Tanguay as interim leader days after the previous leader stepped down. Tanguay will replace Dominique Anglade, who resigned Monday, five weeks after the party suffered a crushing election defeat. The Liberals maintained official Opposition status in the Oct. 3 election but saw their share ... Read More »
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