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Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it’s possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landfill outside of Winnipeg. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is leading the group, which also includes outside experts and Winnipeg police. The committee is ... Read More »
1 responseB.C.’s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
HOPE, B.C. – A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at three bridge sites. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming says the reopening of lanes on the Coquihalla Highway is “another momentous achievement” in the rebuilding ... Read More »
1 responseExperts say delay of assisted-dying expansion not necessary, as some cheer decision
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
OTTAWA – The chair of a federal expert panel on medically assisted death is questioning what the Liberal government is hoping to accomplish by delaying the expansion of the assisted-dying regime. “I don’t think it’s necessary,” Dr. Mona Gupta said in an interview. She said the federal government has already followed through with its commitment ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal public health says two children have died from strep A infections
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
Montreal public health officials say two children have died from strep A amid an uptick in infections across the city. Health authorities have reported four cases in the city as of Dec. 15 and the deaths of two children aged two years or younger. Officials recorded between zero and one case per year between 2017 ... Read More »
1 responseRecord amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
DELTA, B.C. – What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency. The agency says its investigators found 247 shipping pallets loaded with almost 2,500 kilograms of opium in several shipping containers at Vancouver’s port. Nina Patel, ... Read More »
1 response‘If all else fails, we will blockade’: Chiefs call for Sask. bill to be scrapped
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
SASKATOON – Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. “Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said. “If all else fails, we will blockade.” The Saskatchewan First Act passed its second ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta wraps up fall legislature sitting dominated by controversial sovereignty act
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition NDP says the first sitting under Premier Danielle Smith was a short, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty act that dooms the province to confusion over who follows which laws. NDP house leader Christina Gray said the government passed the bill in just over a week by cutting off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Expert says government decision to delay assisted-dying expansion not necessary
By David Fraser, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
OTTAWA – The chair of a federal expert panel on medically assisted death is questioning what the Liberal government is hoping to accomplish by delaying the expansion of the assisted-dying regime. “I don’t think it’s necessary,” Dr. Mona Gupta said in an interview. She said the federal government has already followed through with its commitment ... Read More »
1 responseProgress on Indigenous reconciliation calls to action going at ‘glacial pace’: report
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
TORONTO – An Indigenous-led think tank says progress is moving at a “glacial pace” seven years after the final report from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released. The Yellowhead Institute, based at Toronto Metropolitan University, said two of the report’s 94 calls to action were completed this year – bringing the total of completed ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa mayor, local businesses welcome expected return of federal workers to offices
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
Ottawa’s mayor is among those celebrating the return of federal workers to offices. The Treasury Board’s decision to stick with hybrid work means public servants will be back to in-person work two to three days a week starting early next year, which is expected to be a boon for businesses and public transit ridership alike. ... Read More »
1 responseNature finance impasse deepens between developed, developing countries at COP15
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
OTTAWA – With four days left to reach a new global agreement to conserve and restore nature, the marquee targets under negotiation at COP15 in Montreal remain elusive. More than 100 government ministers joined the talks on Thursday and Friday morning, a parade of them taking the microphone to promise they are very committed to ... Read More »
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