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Quebec town tries cowboy tactics after crop-trampling cattle evade capture for months
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
QUEBEC – A small Quebec town is resorting to cowboy tactics to round up a herd of runaway cattle that have evaded capture for months and have been wreaking havoc in farmers’ fields. The mayor of St-Sévère, in Quebec’s Mauricie region, says the 20 or so young animals jumped out of their field at the ... Read More »
1 responseFederal Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta concerned with proposed sovereignty act
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
EDMONTON – A federal Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta says he’s concerned that Premier Danielle Smith is moving forward with her proposed sovereignty act. Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault, who’s an Edmonton member of Parliament, has posted a statement on social media responding to Smith’s televised address to Albertans. Smith announced Tuesday evening a $2.4-billion plan ... Read More »
1 responseNova Scotia mass shooting inquiry: RCMP union calls for more resources
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
HALIFAX – The group that represents almost 20,000 regular members of the RCMP has submitted a list of 28 recommendations to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. The National Police Federation is calling on the province to overhaul the way it pays for policing services, to ensure the RCMP receives ... Read More »
1 responseLametti began preparing for use of Emergencies Act several days into convoy’s arrival
By Stephanie Taylor and Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
OTTAWA – A public inquiry into the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act during the “Freedom Convoy” protests has learned that Justice Minister David Lametti raised the idea of using the legislation several days after the protests began in Ottawa. Lametti testified that staff in his department began thinking about the possibility of using ... Read More »
1 responseCanada at the World Cup, ministers to testify at inquiry : In The News for Nov. 23
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 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 Nov. 23 … What we are watching in Canada … The day has finally arrived. Canada will be playing its first World Cup game in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three federal ministers expected to take stand at Emergencies Act inquiry
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
OTTAWA – Three federal ministers are slated to testify today at the public inquiry that is scrutinizing the federal government’s response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests that overran downtown Ottawa and choked several border crossings last winter. Justice Minister David Lametti, Defence Minister Anita Anand and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra are on the witness list ... Read More »
1 responseFiona damage ‘nowhere near as severe’ after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
OTTAWA – The federal agency overseeing Canada’s national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona. Parks Canada says a wind and rainstorm in November 2021 caused $36 million worth of damage at Cape Breton Highlands National Park. The agency says ... Read More »
1 responseTwitter turmoil fuels worry Elon Musk’s free-speech vision means more social division
By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
WASHINGTON – For a platform that once only allowed sentences as long as this one, the teeter-totter fate of Twitter sure is consuming a lot of oxygen. And new owner Elon Musk is rapidly earning a reputation to rival that of Twitter’s most infamous bomb-thrower: former president Donald Trump. “You just took the words right ... Read More »
1 responseUnexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
VANCOUVER – Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with “unexplained wealth orders” are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to make life harder from criminals. Alexandra Wrage, CEO of Trace International, a global business association focused on commercial transparency and good governance, said unexplained ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadians ready for today’s World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
By The Canadian Press on November 23rd, 2022
MONTREAL – Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium – Canada’s first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montreal, a rivalry is brewing between the city’s French-speaking Belgian community and fans of Canada’s team, which is entering today’s game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver city council approves funding for more police, mental-health nurses
By The Canadian Press on November 22nd, 2022
Vancouver City Council has approved up to $16 million for 100 new police and 100 mental-health nurses, part of the campaign platform of newly elected Mayor Ken Sim. The motion leaves the door open for provincial or federal authorities to contribute toward the plan. Sim and his ABC Vancouver party, which holds a strong majority ... Read More »
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