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CP NewsAlert: Quebec adopts law making oath to King optional for elected members.
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
Quebec’s legislature has passed a law putting an end to the requirement that members swear an oath to the King. The Coalition Avenir Québec government had tabled a bill on Tuesday making the oath to the monarch optional after three members of the opposition Parti Québécois refused to swear the oath and were barred from ... Read More »
1 responseB.C.’s respiratory illness surge stabilizing after deaths of six kids: disease centre
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says a deadly spike in acute respiratory illness is showing signs of stabilizing, after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and youth this season. The centre says in a new update that influenza A was the most detected virus in B.C. last week, while ... Read More »
1 responseLeslyn Lewis’s former campaign manager to help Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in 2023
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – The man who ran Leslyn Lewis’s campaign as she made two consecutive bids to become the federal Conservative leader is off to help Alberta Premier Danielle Smith try to win a provincial election in 2023. Steve Outhouse confirms he will serve as campaign manager for Smith and the United Conservative Party when Albertans ... Read More »
1 responsePremiers demand meeting with Trudeau to discuss increased health-care funding
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
Canada’s premiers are demanding Ottawa shoulder what they argue is the federal government’s fair share when it comes to health-care costs across the country. Premiers presented a united front as they emerged from a closed-door meeting in Winnipeg today with calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit down with them to broker a deal. ... Read More »
1 responseMounties charged in shooting found not guilty of manslaughter, aggravated assault
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
EDMONTON – Two Mounties on trial in the death of an Alberta man have been found not guilty of manslaughter and aggravated assault. Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl. Randy Stenger were charged after the 2018 shooting of Clayton Crawford near Whitecourt, northwest of Edmonton. A jury heard that the two officers shot Crawford 10 times. ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Alberta Mounties found not guilty of manslaughter, aggravated assault
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
EDMONTON – Two Mounties on trial in the killing of an Alberta man have been found not guilty of manslaughter and aggravated assault. Const. Jessica Brown and Cpl. Randy Stenger were charged after the fatal shooting of Clayton Crawford in central Alberta in 2018. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘No grounds’: RCMP say no criminal charges in fatal Alberta icefield crash
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
EDMONTON – Mounties say no criminal charges will be laid in a fatal rollover of an all-terrain tour bus at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains more than two years ago. Three people were killed and 14 others had life-threatening injuries after the red-and-white Ice Explorer lost control on the road to the Athabasca ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Haitians rally for interim government, but remain split on military intervention
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Citizen and business groups are rallying for a political consensus to get Haiti out of humanitarian and political crises, but remain split on the idea of a military intervention. Advocates in Canada and abroad told the House of Commons subcommittee on international human rights that there must be a widely accepted plan for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous groups plan to develop new protected conservation area in N.W.T.
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
YELLOWKNIFE – Two Indigenous governments in the Northwest Territories are working to establish a new Indigenous protected and conservation area. Deninu Kue First Nation and the Fort Resolution Métis Government are planning to protect portions of their traditional territory in the Slave River Delta and Taltson River watershed. They say the protections are crucial for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Canada approves first bivalent booster for kids ages 5 to 11
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Health Canada has approved a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster for use in children ages five to 11, which targets the original strain of the coronavirus and more recent variants. The Pfizer vaccine is the first “bivalent” shot to be approved for use in children. Health Canada says in a press release that after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No decision on landfill search, Winnipeg Police Board considering outside help
By The Canadian Press on December 9th, 2022
WINNIPEG – Decisions on next steps in a potential search for the remains of two Indigenous women believed to be at a landfill outside Winnipeg are being worked through with the option of bringing in outside help. The Winnipeg Police Board met with police Chief Danny Smyth and investigators on Thursday night, after calls to ... Read More »
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