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Canada-Morocco: Montreal’s Moroccans cheer as Canada falls in final match
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
MONTREAL – Team Canada on Thursday trailed for much of its final match at the World Cup in Qatar before falling 2-1, leaving Moroccan supporters jubilant and fans of Canada despondent but still full of pride that their team made the tournament for the first time since 1986. At the Café Sable d’or in Montreal’s ... Read More »
1 responseSaskatchewan mass stabbing sparks law to suspend benefits for offenders at large
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
REGINA – Saskatchewan says it wants to suspend government benefits to violent offenders who have warrants out for their arrest. The Saskatchewan Party government introduced legislation today that would cut off people’s provincial benefits if they have an active warrant, or make them ineligible. Public Safety Minister Christine Tell says the bill is in response ... Read More »
1 responseJoly ups cash for International Criminal Court sex-crime probes, as Russia rift grows
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is announcing another $1 million for the International Criminal Court. The money is meant to support the court’s investigations into sexual and gender-based violence everywhere, as Canada helps that agency look into possible Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Joly is speaking in Poland at a summit of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inquiry into Emergencies Act urged to recommend greater political oversight of police
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – A political scientist says there is virtue in clearly defining the difference between government oversight of law enforcement and the independence of police, although it is not as straightforward as some witnesses at a public inquiry have suggested. The concept of police oversight and independence came up time and again over six weeks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Case of Quebec man charged in plot to overthrow Haitian government put off to January
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
QUEBEC – The case of a Quebec man charged with planning a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government of Jovenel Moïse has been put off to the new year. Gérald Nicolas was not in court as lawyers appeared for a brief hearing, during which a judge pushed the case to Jan. 31, 2023. Nicolas, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parti Québécois barred from Quebec legislature after refusing to take oath to King
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
QUEBEC – The three recently elected Parti Québécois members who have steadfastly refused to swear the oath of office to the King were barred today from taking their seats in the legislature. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the two other members of his caucus were followed by journalists up to the doors of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP call for boycott of India hosting G20, citing treatment of religious minorities
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – The New Democrats are calling on the Liberals to boycott India’s hosting of the G20, citing that country’s treatment of minorities. Today, India started its term in the rotating presidency of the Group of 20, a forum for the world’s largest economies. That involves convening meetings throughout the year, which culminates in a ... Read More »
1 responseAdvocates criticize slow expansion of needle exchange program in federal prisons
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – Health advocates say the federal prison needle exchange program is failing because of a poor rollout by the Correctional Service and a lack of improvement since it was introduced four years ago. Sterile equipment for drug use has been available to inmates at nine of 43 Canadian prisons since the program last expanded ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Dec. 1: Canada gains on U.S. in permanent resident race
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 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. 1 … What we are watching in Canada … Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the ... Read More »
1 responseApplications open for dental care benefits touted by Liberals as inflation relief
By The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – Parents can apply with the Canada Revenue Agency starting today to receive the children’s dental benefit that the federal Liberals say is intended to provide cost-of-living relief to low-income Canadians but that critics say is a drop in the bucket. The benefit, to be used toward dental services, is available for children under ... Read More »
1 responseHIV activists hope World AIDS Day marks an end to backsliding on infections, stigma
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 1st, 2022
OTTAWA – HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma. “It’s clear to us that this government is seized of the issue, but the truth of the matter is, no movement is happening quickly enough for people with HIV living ... Read More »
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