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Ottawa trailing in protection of Indigenous women and girls: federal minister

By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

OTTAWA – The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the federal government is trailing in its responsibility to protect Indigenous women and girls, despite allocating money toward the issue. Marc Miller says he was shocked to learn Winnipeg police had charged an a man in the killing of four women last spring. Jeremy Skibicki has been ... Read More »

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Newly sanctioned Iranians include Toronto gym denizen

By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

OTTAWA – Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym. Morteza Talaei, Tehran’s former police chief and a former general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is among four Iranians and five entities banned from doing business with Canada or accessing assets located in ... Read More »

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Government to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry

By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

OTTAWA – Lawyers for “Freedom Convoy” organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the public inquiry release information in government documents that it had blacked-out, arguing the information should not be protected by parliamentary privilege. Commissioner ... Read More »

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Four years after Meng Wanzhou’s arrest, U.S. moves to drop remaining indictment

By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was arrested in Vancouver, U.S. prosecutors say Meng has abided by the terms of her deferred prosecution agreement. The move is part ... Read More »

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Feds won’t help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas

By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. Steven Guilbeault’s comments come after the Ontario government announced plans last month to open up the protected Greenbelt to development. The Progressive Conservative government has proposed removing land ... Read More »

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In The News for Dec. 2: November jobs numbers out this morning

By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 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. 2 … What we are watching in Canada … Statistics Canada is set to release its latest jobs report this morning. The November labour ... Read More »

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Canadian-funded group works to remove landmines left in Ukraine after Russian retreat

By Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

PEREMOHA, Ukraine – The small yellow stakes in the middle of a vast field outside Kyiv appear harmless, but they are not. Three explosions have rocked this field, including a fatal one that destroyed a military vehicle. Each stake marks a spot where demining teams have found an anti-tank mine. Russian forces reached the village ... Read More »

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Liberals to consult public on merits of a foreign agent registry, Mendicino says

By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022

OTTAWA – The federal government is preparing to consult the public on the possible creation of a foreign agent registry as a means of preventing outside interference in Canadian affairs, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says. The Liberals want to hear from experts and the broader public – including members of affected communities – on ... Read More »

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Canada should delay MAID for people with mental disorders: psychiatrists

By Camille Bains, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022

Canada is not ready to expand medical assistance in dying for people with a mental disorder, leaving psychiatrists across the country “incredibly concerned” about patients needing better access to care, including for addiction services, says a group representing the specialists across the country. The Association of Chairs of Psychiatry in Canada, which includes heads of ... Read More »

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‘We’re still not done:’ Family gathers to honour women police say were killed

By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022

WINNIPEG – Under a dark December night sky, a collage of photos taped to a billboard rests against a tree illuminated only by the light of a sea of candles. Each of the photos depicts a smiling Morgan Harris at different points in her short life. This is how Cambria Harris, 21, wants the public ... Read More »

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Pivot Airlines says plane crew detained in Dominican Republic back in Canada

By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022

TORONTO – Crew members of a Pivot Airlines plane that had been kept in the Dominican Republic since April have landed in Toronto and are reunited with their loved ones. CEO Eric Edmondson said in a statement Thursday night that the crew demonstrated “incredible courage and resilience throughout the harrowing ordeal” that saw them detained ... Read More »

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