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Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement for rest of B.C. day scholar lawsuit
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first nations related to the collective harms caused by residential schools. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted ... Read More »
1 responseFrançois Legault accuses Justin Trudeau of attacking Quebec’s democracy and people
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – Quebec Premier François Legault is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for “attacking Quebec’s democracy and people” by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause. In a Tweet posted this morning, Legault said that this expressed desire by Trudeau is a “frontal attack” on the Quebec nation’s ability to protect its collective ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa announces $2.8-billion settlement of B.C. day scholar lawsuit
By The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools as day scholars. Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Marc Miller says the government signed the deal with plaintiffs representing 325 members of the Gottfriedson Band that opted ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec historian obtains photos of salvage operation for Empress of Ireland shipwreck
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
MONTREAL – The two photos that popped up for sale on eBay appeared at first glance to be nothing more than a piece of Quebec maritime nostalgia: men on a wharf in the early 20th century, with a caption reading simply “lighthouse, Gaspé 1910.” But historian David Saint-Pierre, who was sent the link by a ... Read More »
1 response‘Homicide in slow motion’: Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on January 21st, 2023
VANCOUVER – Stephanie Forster did everything right. She obtained a restraining order, changed her phone number and moved three times in six months. She once found an Apple AirTag in her car so she asked police to search the vehicle for other trackers. But none of it helped, her sister and a women’s advocate say. ... Read More »
1 responseNo winning ticket sold for Friday’s $16 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $16 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Jan. 24 will be an estimated $21 million... Read More »
1 responseCanada to facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says Canada will guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says there is an agreement by groups in the west-central African country to enter a process to reach a ... Read More »
1 responseFour Canadian men held in Syrian camps entitled to repatriation by Ottawa: judge
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A judge says four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps are entitled to the federal government’s help to return home. In a ruling Friday, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown effectively directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada to help facilitate Cameroon peace process: Foreign Affairs Minister Joly
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government says Canada will help guide a peace process aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis in Cameroon where years of fighting and strife have displaced nearly 800,000 people. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says there is an agreement by groups in the west-central African country to enter a process to reach ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Companies facing charges related to worker’s death in Nunavut
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Four companies are facing charges after a worker died on a winter road in Nunavut last year. Sabina Gold and Silver Corporation, Matrix Aviation Solutions Inc., Matrix Kitikmeot Ltd., and Gallant Restorations Incorporated are facing 10 charges under the territory’s Safety Act and Mine Health and Safety Act. That includes charges of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge orders government to repatriate four Canadian men held in Syrian camps
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2023
OTTAWA – A judge has ordered the Liberal government to help bring home four Canadian men being held in Syrian camps. In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Henry Brown has directed Ottawa to request repatriation of the men as soon as reasonably possible and provide them with passports or emergency travel documents. Brown says ... Read More »
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