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Alberta received no federal help to deal with protest blockade last winter
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Alberta received no help from Ottawa to clear protesters blockading the main border crossing with the United States until after the crisis had passed, a public inquiry investigating the federal use of the Emergencies Act heard Thursday. And a provincial minister accused his federal counterpart of lying about the role the state of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberals name Marc Tanguay interim leader after Anglade resignation
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
QUEBEC – The Quebec Liberal Party has named veteran member Marc Tanguay as interim leader days after the previous leader stepped down. Tanguay will replace Dominique Anglade, who resigned Monday, five weeks after the party suffered a crushing election defeat. The Liberals maintained official Opposition status in the Oct. 3 election but saw their share ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democracy the clear champion in U.S. midterm elections, say envoys in D.C., Ottawa
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
WASHINGTON – The ambassadors representing Canada and the United States in each other’s capitals say democracy was the true winner in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Both David Cohen, Washington’s envoy in Ottawa, and Kirsten Hillman, the top Canadian diplomat in D.C., say strong voter turnout is a sign of health in the U.S. political system. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec to hire more nurses to address overcrowding in north after death of 10 infants
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
MONTREAL – Health officials in northern Quebec say they are taking steps to hire more nurses and Inuit staff after a coroner’s report released last month linked the deaths of 10 infants in the region to overcrowding. The regional health board said today that a recruitment drive is underway to hire more nurses to vaccinate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. group wants better use of federal flood recovery fund in Abbotsford area
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A group in British Columbia wants better accountability for the use of a $5-billion recovery fund as provincial, municipal and Indigenous officials prepare to issue an update on repairs around Abbotsford since catastrophic floods last year. The Indigenous-led collaborative seeking more integrated and resilient flood planning says there is little information about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Calgary man who killed girlfriend and her 22-month-old daughter to be sentenced
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
CALGARY – A man who killed a woman and her young daughter and buried them in a shallow grave west of Calgary is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon. Robert Leeming, who is 37, pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Jasmine Lovett, but not guilty in the death of 22-month-old Aliyah Sanderson. He was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tam warns of flu upswing, new COVID-19 variants as viral triple threat continues
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s top doctor is warning of “increased growth” in new COVID-19 variants and an upswing in seasonal influenza cases, just as a surge of respiratory syncytial virus inundates hospitals. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the triple threat of all three viruses is posing a challenge for the health system in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First responders trained on how to avoid mistaking body for mannequin: Quebec coroner
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
SHERBROOKE, Que. – A coroner’s report into the death of a Quebec woman whose body was mistaken for a mannequin says police and firefighters have received training to help them avoid making similar errors. Laurette Therrien, 64, died in July 2020 after setting herself on fire in a field near a factory in Sherbrooke, Que., ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta minister accused Blair of ‘not telling the truth’ about the Emergencies Act
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver last winter accused federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair of lying about whether the Emergencies Act helped clear a convoy blockade at an Alberta border crossing. The accusation is contained in a terse text exchange between the two men from last February that was tabled as evidence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Relationship between nature, people is damaged and poses danger, UN leaders say
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – The heads of the United Nations office behind a global conference on biodiversity loss next month in Montreal say the more we destroy nature, the higher the risk of pandemics like COVID-19. They say the meeting in December is a critical moment that should raise biodiversity loss to the same level of concern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!State of emergency unneeded to clear Alberta border blockade: provincial official
By The Canadian Press on November 10th, 2022
OTTAWA – A senior civil servant in Alberta says the provincial government never declared a state of emergency after protesters blockaded a key border crossing because it would not have helped. Marlin Degrand told the public inquiry investigating the federal Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act that triggering the provincial legislation would not have ... Read More »
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