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Quebec man faces murder charge three years after fatal head-on highway crash
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police say a man has been charged with second-degree murder after a head-on highway collision killed another man more than three years ago. Jano Vincent, 33, was arrested at his home in St-Polycarpe, Que., on Wednesday. The fatal crash occurred on Oct. 6, 2019, on Highway 50 near Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kenney opposed Emergencies Act but didn’t ‘quibble’ with its use if necessary: notes
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Newly released documents suggest former Alberta premier Jason Kenney told the prime minister he would not “quibble” with the use of the Emergencies Act if needed. But the notes taken by political staffers and submitted to a public inquiry examining the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act also suggest Kenney stressed there ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Labrador MP Yvonne Jones taking leave of absence for breast cancer treatment
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Labrador member of Parliament Yvonne Jones is taking a leave of absence to deal with a recurrence of breast cancer. The parliamentary secretary to the ministers of natural resources and of northern affairs says in a social media video that she was diagnosed in September. Jones says the diagnosis came in the early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to take off for international meetings, starting with Cambodia ASEAN summit
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to take off late tonight for a flurry of international meetings across four countries, starting in Cambodia. Trudeau is due in Phnom Penh for a leaders’ meeting at the Association of South East Asian Nations summit. Canada is in trade negotiations with the economically booming bloc of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta received no federal help to deal with protest blockade last winter
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Alberta received no help from Ottawa to clear protesters blockading the main border crossing with the United States until after the crisis had passed, a public inquiry investigating the federal use of the Emergencies Act heard Thursday. And a provincial minister accused his federal counterpart of lying about the role the state of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberals name Marc Tanguay interim leader after Anglade resignation
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
QUEBEC – The Quebec Liberal Party has named veteran member Marc Tanguay as interim leader days after the previous leader stepped down. Tanguay will replace Dominique Anglade, who resigned Monday, five weeks after the party suffered a crushing election defeat. The Liberals maintained official Opposition status in the Oct. 3 election but saw their share ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democracy the clear champion in U.S. midterm elections, say envoys in D.C., Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
WASHINGTON – The ambassadors representing Canada and the United States in each other’s capitals say democracy was the true winner in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Both David Cohen, Washington’s envoy in Ottawa, and Kirsten Hillman, the top Canadian diplomat in D.C., say strong voter turnout is a sign of health in the U.S. political system. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec to hire more nurses to address overcrowding in north after death of 10 infants
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
MONTREAL – Health officials in northern Quebec say they are taking steps to hire more nurses and Inuit staff after a coroner’s report released last month linked the deaths of 10 infants in the region to overcrowding. The regional health board said today that a recruitment drive is underway to hire more nurses to vaccinate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. group wants better use of federal flood recovery fund in Abbotsford area
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A group in British Columbia wants better accountability for the use of a $5-billion recovery fund as provincial, municipal and Indigenous officials prepare to issue an update on repairs around Abbotsford since catastrophic floods last year. The Indigenous-led collaborative seeking more integrated and resilient flood planning says there is little information about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man who killed girlfriend and her 22-month-old daughter to be sentenced
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
CALGARY – A man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave west of Calgary is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon. Robert Leeming, who is 37, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty in the death of 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson. He was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tam warns of flu upswing, new COVID-19 variants as viral triple threat continues
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s top doctor is warning of “increased growth” in new COVID-19 variants and an upswing in seasonal influenza cases, just as a surge of respiratory syncytial virus inundates hospitals. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the triple threat of all three viruses is posing a challenge for the health system in ... Read More »
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