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Canada’s COVID-19 travel restrictions for China a ‘political move,’ says expert
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2023
An expert says Canada’s requirement of a negative COVID-19 test of travellers from China will not help in preventing new variants or the spread of the virus. Kerry Bowman, assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, calls the requirement a political move. The federal government said Saturday that people coming in ... Read More »
1 responseFeds eyeing ‘variety of options’ for planned firearm buyback program: Mendicino
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2023
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the federal government is “looking at a variety of options” to carry out a planned buyback of banned firearms – including enlisting outside help. Canadian police chiefs have urged the Liberal government not to rely on resource-strapped police forces to deliver the coming gun buyback. In May ... Read More »
1 responseArrest made in death of Réjean Hébert, longtime radio journalist in New Brunswick
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2023
SAINT-SIMON, NEW BRUNSWICK – A journalist well-known to listeners of French-language radio in New Brunswick has been killed and police are treating the death as a homicide. Donald Noël, the general manager of radio station CKRO, says Réjean Hébert was found dead Wednesday night outside his home in Saint-Simon, N.B., on the province’s Acadian Peninsula. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search resumes for fisherman missing in Quebec’s Gaspé region since Friday
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2023
CAP-DES-ROSIERS, Que. – Quebec provincial police say the search for a fisherman missing in Quebec’s Gaspé region since Friday has resumed. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville says the search for the man, who is in his 60s, began late Friday afternoon. She says police are using a helicopter, people on foot, and officers on all-terrain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Music, countdowns, fireworks and festivities as Canadians ring in the new year
By The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2023
From coast to coast, Canadians rang in the new year Saturday night with parties, fireworks and in some places, a lot of rain. Rain put a damper on Canada’s official New Year’s Eve event, forcing the cancellation of the Winter Lights Across Canada multimedia projection on Parliament Hill, although the city’s Hogman-eh! celebration at Lansdowne ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. poised for drug decriminalization experiment, but will it help stem deadly tide?
By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on January 1st, 2023
VANCOUVER – People living in tents along about eight blocks of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside roam around on a chilly afternoon as some in the throes of addiction are hunched over on the sidewalk near storefronts. A woman wearing black and white striped pants strides along East Hastings Street yelling, apparently at no one, amid the ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa to temporarily require negative COVID-19 test from travellers from China
By The Canadian Press on December 31st, 2022
Ottawa plans to temporarily require people flying from China, Hong Kong and Macao to test negative for COVID-19 before leaving for Canada, beginning in early January. The federal government says in a Saturday news release that the requirement will apply to all air travellers age two and older from the three countries and will begin ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal jail manager suspended after death of illegally-detained 21-year-old man
By The Canadian Press on December 31st, 2022
MONTREAL – A manager has been suspended from his duties at the Montreal jail where a 21-year-old man suffered fatal injuries during an intervention by guards last week. Quebec’s Public Security Department says the Dec. 29 suspension is the second involving a Montreal Detention Centre employee in connection with the death of Nicous D’Andre Spring. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Cardinal mourns Pope Benedict XVI, says writings will guide for centuries
By The Canadian Press on December 31st, 2022
A Canadian cardinal says Pope Benedict XVI had an astounding intellect and his writings will help guide Catholics for centuries to come. The statement from Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, comes after the 95-year-old Pope Emeritus died on Saturday at his home in the Vatican. Collins says as pope, Benedict provided a “clear and ... Read More »
1 responseMan who died after being injured in Montreal jail was in ‘illegal’ detention
By Jacob Serebrin and Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2022
MONTREAL – Family, friends and community members gathered Friday evening to mourn and remember a 21-year-old man who died in hospital after being injured inside a Montreal jail on Christmas Eve. Nicous D’Andre Spring was being illegally detained at the detention centre known as Bordeaux jail, according to Quebec’s Public Security Department. Around 150 people ... Read More »
1 responseNoah arcs back to top of B.C. baby name list for first time since 2007, usurps Olivia
By The Canadian Press on December 30th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s health ministry says Noah is poised to be the most popular baby name in the province this year, replacing longtime favourite Olivia, which topped the list last year. Preliminary data released today by the province’s Vital Statistics Agency says Noah is followed by Olivia, Oliver, Liam and Theodore. The agency says ... Read More »
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