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Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act. City officials said more police and bylaw officers would be on patrol today due to possible “convoy activity,” a year after the “Freedom Convoy” blockaded the city’s downtown and several ... Read More »
1 responseLatest British Columbia avalanche claims two backcountry skiers
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – Two backcountry skiers are dead after being caught in an avalanche in south central British Columbia. A report from Avalanche Canada says the skiers were on a slope called Potato Peak, south of Tatla Lake, about 750 kilometres northwest of Vancouver. It says both victims were fully buried during the slide that ... Read More »
1 responseEarly results of search for possible graves at Vancouver Island school to be released
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – A First Nation on Vancouver Island says it is ready to release the results of its preliminary investigation into possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school near Port Alberni, B.C. The Tseshaht First Nation says the findings will be made public on Feb. 21, in Port Alberni. ... Read More »
1 responseMPs summon big grocery store CEOs to testify in Ottawa about food price inflation
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of Parliament have summoned the heads of Canada’s largest grocery store chains to answer for rising grocery prices. On Monday, a House of Commons committee studying food price inflation called on the CEOs and presidents of Loblaw Companies, Metro and Empire Company Limited – which operates chains including Sobeys, Safeway and FreshCo ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal committee will probe contracts with other consulting firms, not just McKinsey
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – A parliamentary committee probing federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company will now look into other consulting firms’ relationships with Ottawa. New Democrat MP Gord Johns brought forward a motion to expand the scope of the study and MPs on the committee unanimously approved it on Monday. McKinsey has received attention in recent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian woman’s body found in building that collapsed during earthquake in Turkey
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
HALIFAX – The body of a Canadian woman who was visiting Turkey has been found in the rubble of a building that collapsed on Feb. 6. during the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands. Saad Zora says his twin sister Samar was found earlier today by searchers as an excavator dug through pieces of a ... Read More »
1 responseAdvocates, MPs call on feds to expand access to psychedelic treatment
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – Green Party Leader Elizabeth May wants Canada to consider expanding access to psychedelics as medical treatments. May was among the MPs who joined a delegation of patients and health-care practitioners trying to lobby the federal government to make psilocybin – the psychedelic compound produced by magic mushrooms – more readily available. The group ... Read More »
1 responseMPs want Canada to match more charities for Turkey and Syria earthquake donations
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – A cross-section of MPs say Ottawa should cost-match donations to more organizations who are responding to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Officials from Global Affairs are testifying to the House of Commons foreign affairs committee about Canada’s response to the massive earthquake and hundreds of aftershocks that have killed more than 35,000 ... Read More »
1 responseFather seemed agitated ahead of girls’ murders, grandmother tells Quebec inquiry
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
QUEBEC – The maternal grandmother of two young Quebec girls killed by their father in July 2020 says he seemed agitated and nervous in the lead up to the murders. Gaétane Tremblay testified today at a coroner’s inquest investigating the deaths of 11-year-old Norah and six-year-old Romy, who were murdered by Martin Carpentier in the ... Read More »
1 responseLiberal MP Greg Fergus breached Conflict of Interest Act with letter, watchdog rules
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal ethics commissioner says Liberal MP Greg Fergus breached the Conflict of Interest Act by writing a letter to Canada’s broadcast regulator to support a television channel’s application for mandatory carriage. The letter was submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission last year to encourage required distribution of Natyf TV, which ... Read More »
1 responseMPs summon big grocery store CEOs to testify in Ottawa over food inflation
By The Canadian Press on February 14th, 2023
OTTAWA – The heads of Canada’s largest grocery store chains have been summoned to a House of Commons committee to answer for rising grocery prices. On Monday, a committee studying food price inflation called on the CEOs and presidents of Loblaw, Metro and Empire to attend an upcoming meeting. NDP member of Parliament Alistair MacGregor ... Read More »
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