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As clock ticks for Montreal nature talks, UN official warns of ‘trust deficit’
By The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations says the ongoing tension around public financing to save nature stem from a “trust deficit” because wealthier countries have failed to fulfil their financing promises to developing nations in the past. Amina Mohammed joined the COP15 nature talks in Montreal this week as negotiations went their ... Read More »
1 responseCrown tasked with rare case of no body and no identity in alleged serial killer case
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
WINNIPEG – More than two weeks have passed since police laid additional murder charges against an alleged serial killer, including one for the killing of an unidentified woman whose remains have not been found. The move to lay a first-degree murder charge against an accused when there is no body and no known identity is ... Read More »
1 responseContraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2022
VICTORIA – At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop. Holland said he recalled thinking that perhaps tax increases and the shift to plain packaging to deter young people from buying cigarettes actually convinced more people to quit smoking. ... Read More »
1 responseTrudeau’s call-out yields questions on everything from mermaid sex to dog pants
By Marie-Danielle Smith, The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not have started the day thinking about whether mermaids reproduce like fish or like humans, but that’s what one person is asking him to consider. In a tweet, Trudeau invited people to ask him any question they want, and the denizens of Twitter immediately granted that request with ... Read More »
1 responseNo guarantees, but expert says search of landfill for women’s remains may succeed
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
WINNIPEG – In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton’s pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women. Twenty years later, the lead forensic anthropologist on that effort says a search of a landfill north of Winnipeg for women’s remains has a chance of success, although it is ... Read More »
1 responseRespiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory’s chief public health officer, says cases of respiratory syncytial virus or RSV, along with the flu and COVID-19 have increased dramatically. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 142 cases of ... Read More »
1 responseLiberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada’s assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders. Justice Minister David Lametti says the government has heard from experts who are concerned that the health-care system might not be prepared to handle those complicated cases. Canada’s medical assistance ... Read More »
1 responseEscaped inmate sentenced to life for the ‘cold-blooded’ murder of a B.C. man
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of “two selfish, reckless” people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where the men escaped. A B.C. Supreme Court jury found James Lee Busch guilty of first-degree murder late Wednesday. At his sentencing ... Read More »
1 responseMPs put discussion of gun bill on pause for holidays amid concern over hunting rifles
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – MPs studying the government’s proposed definition of an assault-style firearm will resume talks next month about whether to hear from additional witnesses amid concerns the change would ban some common hunting rifles. The House of Commons public safety committee, which is conducting a clause-by-clause review of a Liberal firearm-control bill, did not meet ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate joins House of Commons in adjourning for a holiday break
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Senate wrapped up its fall sitting today and has adjourned for a holiday break, a day after the House of Commons did the same. Parliamentarians are not scheduled to return to Ottawa until the end of January. Senators passed several bills before rising, including a Liberal government bill to implement the measures ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man granted bail in hit and run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl
By The Canadian Press on December 15th, 2022
MONTREAL – A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditions today that include not driving a motorized vehicle and not contacting the family of the young victim, Maria ... Read More »
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