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In The News for Dec. 8 : Liberals set to introduce promised child-care legislation
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
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 Dec. 8 … What we are watching in Canada … Families Minister Karina Gould is expected to introduce legislation today to strengthen child care in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals set to introduce promised child-care legislation
By The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – Families Minister Karina Gould is expected to introduce legislation today to strengthen child care in Canada, which is likely to include an effort to secure a long-term role for Ottawa in the new national daycare system. The Liberal government brought in a national child-care plan that would cut daycare fees by an average ... Read More »
1 responseFrom urinal mats to unicorns, cargo from 2021 spill still washes up on B.C. shores
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
When Jill Laviolette started picking debris off Cape Palmerston beach on Vancouver Island following the container spill from the MV Zim Kingston freighter, the inflatable dinosaur and unicorn toys she pulled from the sand looked nearly pristine. More than a year later, consumer goods from some of the ship’s 109 lost containers still wash up ... Read More »
1 responseMilitary received 2,400 applications from permanent residents in November
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Canadian Armed Forces says it has received hundreds of applications from permanent residents interested in joining the military, but getting those prospective recruits into uniform could take up to two years. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre officially opened the military’s doors to all permanent residents in October, in direct ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta passes sovereignty act, but first strips out sweeping powers to cabinet
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on December 8th, 2022
EDMONTON – The Alberta legislature has passed Premier Danielle Smith’s controversial sovereignty act but not before first stripping out the provision that granted Smith’s cabinet the power to bypass the legislature and rewrite laws as it saw fit. Smith’s United Conservative caucus used its majority Wednesday night to pass an amendment to affirm that the ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta votes to remove sweeping powers for premier and cabinet in sovereignty bill
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
EDMONTON – The Alberta legislature has voted to remove from the government’s sovereignty bill a controversial provision that granted Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet the power to bypass the legislature and rewrite laws as it saw fit. Smith’s United Conservative caucus used its majority Wednesday night to pass an amendment to affirm that the Alberta legislature ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance minister replaced in B.C. cabinet shuffle that blends old, new
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – British Columbia Premier David Eby unveiled a new-look cabinet Wednesday that elevates several first-time ministers to prominent positions, retains veterans in long-held posts and moves the finance minister to a post-secondary education portfolio. Former forests minister Katrine Conroy takes over from Selina Robinson at finance, while the highest-profile appointment among the crop of ... Read More »
1 response‘Why won’t you search for us’: Family of slain woman in Winnipeg take call to AFN
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – Calls from the daughters of a slain Indigenous woman to bring her remains home from a landfill that police in Winnipeg won’t search turned into a rallying cry Wednesday to end the violence against their women and girls. Cambria Harris, speaking before an Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa, says her mother, ... Read More »
1 responseFormer Kelowna, B.C., mayor Colin Basran charged with sexual assault
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
Former Kelowna mayor Colin Basran has been charged with one count of sexual assault stemming from an alleged incident in May while he was still in office. Basran is set to make his first appearance related to the charge in Kelowna provincial court on Jan. 24. A statement from the British Columbia Prosecution Service says ... Read More »
1 responseKatrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing ‘long-standing trauma,’ gender-based violence
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of contention for a new ministerial position in order to deal with “long-standing trauma” suffered as a result of gender-based violence. Chen says in a statement released by the office of Premier David Eby on Tuesday that she asked him not ... Read More »
1 responseAdvocate asks AFN chiefs to ensure $40B settlement deal leaves no child behind
By The Canadian Press on December 7th, 2022
OTTAWA – A First Nations child-welfare advocate says chiefs should ensure that “no child is left behind” in a landmark $40-billion settlement agreement with the federal government. Cindy Blackstock was invited to speak at a gathering of the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa by Cindy Woodhouse, a regional chief of the organization. The AFN, ... Read More »
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