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Liberal candidate declares victory in Mississauga-Lakeshore federal byelection
By Marie-Danielle Smith and Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
Results from a Greater Toronto Area byelection Monday were beginning to suggest an imminent return to government for former Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa – this time as a federal member of Parliament. With just under 20 per cent of the vote counted, Sousa arrived at a campaign event in Mississauga declaring victory, to cheers ... Read More »
1 responseLiberal candidate ahead in early Mississauga-Lakeshore federal byelection results
By Marie-Danielle Smith and Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
The Liberals were showing early signs of victory Monday as votes trickled in after a federal byelection in a coveted Greater Toronto Area riding. Their candidate in Mississauga-Lakeshore, former Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa, was in the lead. However, with just 36 of 234 polls reporting, it remained too early to declare a final result. ... Read More »
1 responseMilitary officers handed guilty verdict, reprimanded after inappropriate ‘call sign’
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – The Royal Canadian Air Force says two military officers have been handed reprimands and minor suspensions of pay for failing to enforce the military’s orders on preventing and addressing sexual misconduct. The charges and disciplinary actions stem from an informal meeting known as a “call sign review board” on June 22 at one ... Read More »
1 responseVoting wraps up in Mississauga-Lakeshore byelection
By Marie-Danielle Smith and Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
Voting wrapped up in a Greater Toronto Area riding on Monday evening after a hard-fought federal byelection. Observers were awaiting Elections Canada results for Mississauga-Lakeshore to see what the result might signal for federal politics. At first glance, the contest seemed like a potential nail-biter. It was the first contest under the Conservative leadership of ... Read More »
1 responseCrown says killer of B.C. man was either a ‘master ninja’ or there were two attackers
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
VANCOUVER – An escaped inmate accused of the first-degree murder of a Vancouver Island man either needed martial arts training, or he worked together with the other man who walked away from the William Head prison, the Crown attorney said Monday. Crown attorney Chandra Fisher told the jury in the trial of James Lee Busch ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Business as usual’? What to expect out of Mississauga byelection as voting wraps up
By Marie-Danielle Smith and Sharif Hassan, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
At first glance, Monday’s federal byelection in a coveted Greater Toronto Area riding might seem like a nail-biter. It’s the first contest under the Conservative leadership of Pierre Poilievre, in an area of the country crucial to his party’s chances of success in future federal elections. And the contest, in a district the Tories won ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!All numerical targets including ’30×30′ pledge remain unsettled in COP15 negotiations
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
MONTREAL – Many key goals in a proposed agreement on protecting the planet’s biodiversity remain unsettled as debate continues over who will pay for the ambitious pledges, delegates at a UN meeting in Montreal said Monday. Delegates to the UN meeting told reporters Monday that the pace of negotiations appears to have picked up in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leader threatens to pull out agreement with the Liberals over health care
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
OTTAWA – The New Democrats are ready to withdraw from their confidence-and-supply agreement they signed with the Liberals if there is no federal action to address the health-care crisis, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday. The deal reached in March would see the NDP support the minority government on key votes in the House of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New UN project office focused on sustainable cities to open in Montreal
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
Montreal has been chosen as the site of a new United Nations office that will oversee a program focused on developing green, resilient and sustainable cities. UN-Habitat, the international body’s program for human settlements and sustainable urban development, made the announcement today at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal. Stéphane Paquet, the president of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crown argues two men planned murder of B.C. resident for banking information
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
VANCOUVER – The prosecutor in the B.C. Supreme Court murder trial for an escaped inmate says evidence shows the accused and another escapee were “inseparable,” and proves the pair planned their attack to get banking information from their victim. In her closing arguments in the trial of James Lee Busch, Crown attorney Chandra Fisher says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A thousand times kinder, wiser’: Winnipeg MP Jim Carr dies after long illness
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2022
WINNIPEG – Jim Carr, a Liberal member of Parliament from Winnipeg and a former cabinet minister, has died. He was 71. Winnipeg MP Kevin Lamoureux asked the House of Commons for a moment of silence before question period Monday. The parties then agreed to suspend the House for the rest of the day. Carr had ... Read More »
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