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Shooting survivor objects to firearm coalition’s ‘disrespectful’ sales promotion
By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
OTTAWA – A mass shooting survivor and spokeswoman for gun-control group PolySeSouvient says it is “incredibly disrespectful” for firearm rights advocates to invoke the group’s name in a merchandise sale discount code. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights’ online shop recently offered 10 per cent off clothing, mugs and other items to customers who used ... Read More »
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By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
OTTAWA – A spokesman for the chair of an all-party parliamentary group says it is “carefully” reviewing how it handles events with outside events after a newspaper publisher accused of holding antisemitic views took part in a recent gathering. Members of Parliament from all parties, including Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, attended a gathering this week ... Read More »
1 responseOntario won’t allow homes to be built on floodplains, Ford says after fed warning
By Liam Casey, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
CLARINGTON, Ont. – Ontario has no plans to allow homes to be built on floodplains, Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister warned Ottawa would not provide disaster compensation where development is greenlit in areas prone to flooding. Ford said it’s the responsibility of any builder to ensure they protect against development ... Read More »
1 response‘Major flaw’: Judge blames police security plan in 2012 Quebec election shooting
By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
MONTREAL – A Superior Court judge says the police security plan for Quebec’s 2012 election night had a “major flaw” that permitted a gunman to carry out a deadly attack. Justice Philippe Bélanger has awarded a total of nearly $292,000 in damages to four stagehands who were working at a downtown Montreal venue where then-premier-elect ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa trailing in protection of Indigenous women and girls: federal minister
By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
OTTAWA – The minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the federal government is trailing in its responsibility to protect Indigenous women and girls, despite allocating money toward the issue. Marc Miller says he was shocked to learn Winnipeg police had charged an a man in the killing of four women last spring. Jeremy Skibicki has been ... Read More »
1 responseNewly sanctioned Iranians include Toronto gym denizen
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym. Morteza Talaei, Tehran’s former police chief and a former general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is among four Iranians and five entities banned from doing business with Canada or accessing assets located in ... Read More »
1 responseGovernment to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
OTTAWA – Lawyers for “Freedom Convoy” organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the public inquiry release information in government documents that it had blacked-out, arguing the information should not be protected by parliamentary privilege. Commissioner ... Read More »
1 responseFour years after Meng Wanzhou’s arrest, U.S. moves to drop remaining indictment
By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was arrested in Vancouver, U.S. prosecutors say Meng has abided by the terms of her deferred prosecution agreement. The move is part ... Read More »
1 responseFeds won’t help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas
By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. Steven Guilbeault’s comments come after the Ontario government announced plans last month to open up the protected Greenbelt to development. The Progressive Conservative government has proposed removing land ... Read More »
1 responseIn The News for Dec. 2: November jobs numbers out this morning
By The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
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 Dec. 2 … What we are watching in Canada … Statistics Canada is set to release its latest jobs report this morning. The November labour ... Read More »
1 responseCanadian-funded group works to remove landmines left in Ukraine after Russian retreat
By Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press on December 2nd, 2022
PEREMOHA, Ukraine – The small yellow stakes in the middle of a vast field outside Kyiv appear harmless, but they are not. Three explosions have rocked this field, including a fatal one that destroyed a military vehicle. Each stake marks a spot where demining teams have found an anti-tank mine. Russian forces reached the village ... Read More »
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