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‘Horrific attack’: Trudeau visits Saskatchewan First Nation rocked by mass killing
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, SASK. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked through blowing snow Monday to lay tobacco on the graves of victims of a mass stabbing before listening to family members who have been grieving for nearly three months. “I know you are still reeling and still processing what happened and what took place,” ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau visits Saskatchewan First Nation rocked by mass killing, announces funding
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, SASK. – The federal government is to spend more than $40 million over the next six years to help a Saskatchewan First Nation rocked by a deadly stabbing rampage nearly three months ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday after meeting with community leaders and victims’ families. The Sept. 4 stabbings ... Read More »
1 responseIndo-Pacific strategy adds new pressures for navy amid personnel, warship challenges
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s new Indo-Pacific strategy has sparked concerns about added pressure on the Royal Canadian Navy at a time when it is already dealing with a shortage of sailors and warships. The new strategy includes a promise of millions of dollars of additional funding to boost Canada’s military presence and operations in ... Read More »
1 responseMother of Cree teen who died in B.C. group home testifies at coroner’s inquest
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
BURNABY, B.C. – In the days after her son disappeared, Samantha Chalifoux says she knocked on doors and windows of the British Columbia group home where he had been staying, only to learn later that he had been found hanging in closet of the same house. Chalifoux is the first witness to testify at the ... Read More »
1 responseHundreds in Vancouver rally in sympathy with China COVID protests
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Hundreds of people have rallied in Vancouver in sympathy with rare protests that are sweeping across China in response to the country’s hardline zero-COVID lockdown policies. The protesters outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Sunday night also mourned the deaths of at least 10 people in an apartment fire in the Xinjiang region that ... Read More »
1 responseOpposition, experts praise new Indo-Pacific strategy but want implementation plan
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – Opposition parties and geopolitical experts say they welcome the Liberals’ new Indo-Pacific strategy, but it needs an implementation plan. Ministers revealed the government’s priorities for the Indo-Pacific region on Sunday, including trade and military projects intended to counterbalance a rising China. The strategy includes $2.3 billion in new spending over five years and ... Read More »
1 responseSenior Air Force officers charged over ‘inappropriate’ fighter pilot nickname
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Air Force says two senior officers have been charged for allegedly failing to stop a group of fighter pilots from assigning an inappropriate nickname to another member in June. Col. Colin Marks and Lt.-Col. Corey Mask each face one charge of failing to effectively carry out their responsibilities and will ... Read More »
1 responseIndo-Pacific strategy adds new pressures to navy amid personnel, warship challenges
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s new Indo-Pacific strategy represents a marked shift for the Canadian Armed Forces, and in particular the Royal Canadian Navy. One expert says it will also put more pressure on the navy at a time when it is already dealing with a shortage of sailors and warships. While Canada has deployed ... Read More »
1 responseFeds must deliver ‘concrete actions’ to fix emergency response on First Nations: AG
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s auditor general says the federal government cannot blame its failure to improve First Nations emergency management on a lack of outreach from the communities themselves. Karen Hogan says that “in the true spirit of reconciliation,” Ottawa cannot say it is waiting for First Nations to present their needs and should instead be ... Read More »
1 responseWork hard and never give up, Michelle O’Bonsawin says during Supreme Court welcome
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – The newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada says her journey has not been an easy one, but it has been meaningful and rewarding. Members of the legal community and Michelle O’Bonsawin’s fellow judges welcomed her to the bench in a ceremony today. O’Bonsawin, who replaced the retiring Michael Moldaver on Sept. ... Read More »
1 responseConservatives are ‘fearmongering’ over assault-style gun ban: public safety minister
By The Canadian Press on November 28th, 2022
OTTAWA – Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino accuses the Conservatives of “whipping up fear” that the Liberal government is outlawing ordinary long guns and hunting rifles. In an interview, Mendicino says the government only wants to reinforce a regulatory ban on assault-style firearms like the AR-15 by enshrining a definition in legislation, and it is ... Read More »
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