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Via Rail apologizes for holiday travel disruptions, communication failures
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
MONTREAL – Via Rail Canada is apologizing to travellers for extensive delays and cancellations over the holiday period as it offers refunds and travel credits. Railway CEO Martin Landry says in a statement that beyond not having met the expectations of customers, Via Rail has not lived up to its own standards. The railway says ... Read More »
1 responseMendicino open to working with MPs to ‘improve’ much-criticized cybersecurity bill
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal public safety minister says he is prepared to work with parliamentarians to revise the Liberal government’s cybersecurity bill after civil society groups and opposition MPs raised transparency and accountability concerns. Marco Mendicino said in a recent interview that the bill introduced last year will ensure Canada has the needed defences to ... Read More »
1 responseOff-duty police officer killed in avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., another injured
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – An off-duty police officer has died in an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, less than a week after Avalanche Canada warned the snowpack across much of Western Canada was “weak,” “scary” and “spooky.” “Some professionals are comparing this snowpack to 2003, which was one of the worst years on record for avalanche ... Read More »
1 responseCanada sanctions Sri Lanka ex-presidents Rajapaksa
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
OTTAWA – Canada is imposing sanctions on four senior leaders of Sri Lanka, including two recent presidents, accusing them of human rights violations during that country’s civil war. The sanctions target former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned last July, and his older brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who has held the titles of president and prime minister. ... Read More »
1 responsePolice officer killed in avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., another injured
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – A City of Nelson police officer has been killed in an avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., the Nelson Police Board says. In a post on the City of Nelson Facebook page on Monday, the board said another officer was also critically injured. The board said the pair were on snowmobiles when they were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police officer killed in B.C. avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., another injured
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – A City of Nelson police officer has been killed in an avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., the Nelson Police Board says. In a post on the City of Nelson Facebook page on Monday, the board says another officer was also critically injured. The board says the pair were on snowmobiles when they were ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian Press NewsAlert: Police officer killed in B.C. avalanche, another injured
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
NELSON, B.C. – A City of Nelson police officer has been killed and another officer critically injured in an avalanche near Kaslo, B.C., the Nelson Police Board says. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for Jan. 10: RCMP too short-staffed to follow up on tips from Fintrac?
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
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 Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … The RCMP says many tips from Canada’s financial intelligence agency about possible crimes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Once a lonely Liberal, outgoing Yukon Premier Silver reflects on six years at the top
By The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
DAWSON CITY, Yukon – Ask Sandy Silver about his path from being the only Liberal in the Yukon’s legislature to the territory’s premier and he will often pivot back to the community he represents, Dawson City, about 500 kilometres north of Whitehorse. A former math teacher at the community’s only school, he would become Yukon’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Beside myself:’ report details challenges of finding affordable housing in the North
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on January 10th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Aurora Rose Gellenbeck has been living out of a hotel in Yellowknife for the past month because she hasn’t been able to find anywhere suitable to rent. She’s working two jobs but said she has also had to dig into her inheritance to pay $6,000 to stay in a penthouse suite, the only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parole board recommends charge against sex offender Hopley, who abducted B.C. boy
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2023
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – More than four years after convicted sex offender Randall Hopley finished his sentence for abducting a young British Columbia boy, the parole board is recommending charges against him for not complying with supervision orders. The National Parole Board says in a statement the recommendation for the criminal charge will go to the ... Read More »
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