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Canadians honour country’s war dead at sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies
By The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canadians are paying respect’s to the country’s war dead at sombre Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country. Thousands of people wearing poppies stood in silence as cannons boomed and military aircraft flew past the National War Memorial in Ottawa as the clock on the Peace Tower struck 11 a.m. Navy Capt. Bonita Mason ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police make one arrest after lockdown at Quebec junior college south of Montreal
By The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. – Police south of Montreal say a male suspect is under arrest after a junior college was locked down Friday morning. There are no reports of injuries, Sgt. Jérémie Levesque with the police of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., said in an interview. The police operation is ongoing and the lockdown remains in effect, he added. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thousands on hand as Remembrance Day ceremonies start in Eastern Canada
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Thousands of people wearing poppies have turned out at Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country to pay their respects to those who died in service to Canada. Dozens of veterans and active Armed Forces members marched through the streets of Ottawa to drums and pipes amid unseasonably warm temperatures before taking up positions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Students and staff inside Quebec junior college ordered by police to shelter in place
By The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. – A junior college south of Montreal is under lockdown as local police carry out an operation. Cégep Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is ordering students and staff to barricade themselves into closed rooms and to keep the lights off. The college says the orders came at the request of the police force in the city of ... Read More »
1 responseCanadians gather to mark Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the country
By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canadians are gathering at cenotaphs and monuments across the country today to remember and pay their respects to those who fought and died in service of Canada. Hundreds of people have gathered in front of Halifax City Hall on a warm and sunny day to honour Canada’s war dead. Formations from the Canadian ... Read More »
1 responseCanadians prepare to mark Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the country
By The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canadians will gather at cenotaphs and monuments across the country today to remember and pay their respects to those who fought and died in service of Canada. This year will mark a full return to normalcy, including at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, after COVID-19 forced various changes to remembrance ceremonies over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau en route to Southeast Asia for summits aimed at deeper Indo-Pacific ties
By The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Southeast Asia for a series of summits aimed at deepening Canada’s presence in the Indo-Pacific. He is joined by Trade Minister Mary Ng and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, with a first stop in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. Trudeau arrives today at the leaders’ summit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Banff National Park considers next steps for bison herd reintroduced into backcountry
By The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
BANFF, Alta. – Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what’s next for a herd of plains bisonin Banff National Park after a draft report shows its reintroduction in the park’s backcountry has been successful. The report on a five-year project, published online earlier this week, says the bison herd in the national park in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Guilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada’s emissions rebound post-pandemic
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to normal has accelerated. The European Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research shows Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions grew three per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several ‘Havana Syndrome’ claims
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
OTTAWA – Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The development is a step toward resolving some elements of a Federal Court action filed in 2019 by diplomats and dependants – now numbering 18 plaintiffs – ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on November 11th, 2022
VANCOUVER – Lily Lee’s first contribution to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of British Columbia. Based in Strathcona, Lee administered inoculations, acted as a school nurse and served as a liaison between health and welfare, occasionally encountering ... Read More »
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