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Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks to see infrastructure upgrades
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
BANFF, Alta. – Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. It says $71 million in federal funding for Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks includes upgrades to critical infrastructure, such as Parks Canada dispatch for emergency calls, as well ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fate of many Canadians held in Syrian camps still unclear despite court ruling
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – A court action has prompted the federal government to begin repatriating several Canadians detained in Syria, but the fate of many other citizens trapped there remains unclear. A Federal Court judge declared last week that four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to the federal government’s help to return home. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho national parks to see infrastructure upgrades
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
BANFF, Alta. – Parks Canada has announced money to improve safety and experiences for visitors to four mountain national parks in Alberta and British Columbia. It says $71 million in federal funding for Banff, Jasper, Yoho and Kootenay national parks includes upgrades to critical infrastructure, such as Parks Canada dispatch for emergency calls, as well ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sister of VPD officer Nicole Chan testified she felt aimless before suicide
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – The sister of a Vancouver police officer who died by suicide told a coroner’s inquest she believed Const. Nicole Chan was being blackmailed to have sex with another officer in the department. Jennifer Chan told the inquest she believed her sister’s mental health problems stemmed from a sexual assault by her co-worker, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man guilty of promoting hatred against Jews in article on neo-Nazi site
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – A 36-year-old Montreal man was found guilty Monday of wilfully promoting hatred against Jews in a 2017 article he wrote for a neo-Nazi website. Quebec court Judge Manlio Del Negro ruled that Gabriel Sohier Chaput intended to promote hate against Jewish people in the article published by the Daily Stormer. The judge ordered ... Read More »
1 responseAfter sex assault acquittal, military clears Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin of misconduct
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – The Canadian military has concluded on the balance of probabilities that Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin “did not engage in sexual misconduct” after the senior military officer was acquitted of sexual assault late last year. A spokesman for the Canadian Armed Forces says a review process did not result in any administrative action and an ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau mum on sending tanks to Ukraine as Poland pushes ahead
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada’s allies are pledging to send tanks to Ukraine, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave no indication Monday morning about whether Ottawa will follow suit. Nearly a year after Russia’s invasion, most members of the NATO military alliance have said they’re in favour of giving Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv, but Germany has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors on border blockade cases
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate allegations one of Premier Danielle Smith’s staffers wrote to Crown prosecutors to try to influence how they handled cases tied to the blockade last year at the Coutts border crossing. The Justice Department says in a statement that over the weekend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta government says no evidence of emails to prosecutors
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says it could not find any emails to substantiate allegations that one of Premier Danielle Smith’s staffers wrote to Crown prosecutors to try to influence how they handled cases tied to the blockade at the Coutts border crossing. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pre-emptively using notwithstanding clause ‘not the right thing to do:’ Trudeau
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces should not be pre-emptively using the notwithstanding clause, because it means “suspending fundamental rights and freedoms.” Quebec Premier François Legault accused Trudeau over the weekend of attacking the province’s “democracy and people” by suggesting he would limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. The notwithstanding clause allows ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man found guilty of wilfully promoting hatred against Jews
By The Canadian Press on January 23rd, 2023
MONTREAL – A Quebec court judge today found a 36-year-old man Montreal man guilty of wilfully promoting hatred against Jews. Judge Manlio Del Negro says Gabriel Sohier Chaput intended to promote hate against Jewish people in a 2017 article for neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer. The article – one of more than 800 hundred articles Sohier ... Read More »
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