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Alberta premier consulting with Trump adviser may affect health system, NDP warns
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Opposition leader says Premier Danielle Smith consulting a medical adviser of former U.S. president Donald Trump on COVID-19 who calls vaccines “bioweapons” exacerbates worries she runs a government not guided by science. “(Dr. Paul Alexander) is a conspiracy theorist whose ideas have been discredited by all reasonable folks in the scientific and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deputy Prime Minister says there will be disagreements, but she can work with Smith
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
CALGARY – Canada’s deputy prime minister says she is looking forward to working with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, even though the provincial politician has taken a combative tone toward the federal government. Smith has sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as one of her first acts as a member of the legislative assembly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Air Force squadron commended for rescue of hundreds after B.C. landslide
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
LONDON – The Royal Canadian Air Force’s 442 Squadron has been singled out for outstanding courage for a mass rescue of people trapped by landslides on a British Columbia highway last year. The Honourable Company of Air Pilots, a group based in the United Kingdom, has awarded the squadron the Barry Marsden Memorial Award for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre stands by ‘Freedom Convoy’ support, but will wait to weigh in on evidence
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he stands by his support of the “Freedom Convoy,” but will wait until a public inquiry on the matter is over before weighing in on what it has heard. Poilievre was among the many members of the Tory caucus who voiced support for demonstrators who descended on downtown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Highway swept away in 2021 floods reopens between Merritt and Spences Bridge, B.C.
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
VICTORIA – A highway that washed out in more than two dozen places has reopened to the public a year after a series of atmospheric rivers stalled over southern British Columbia. Transportation Minister Rob Fleming says it has taken crews considerable work to restore Highway 8, a scenic corridor that snakes along the Nicola River ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal unveils pollinator plan ahead of UN biodiversity conference
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
Montreal is promising more green space, less grass mowing and more bee-and-butterfly-friendly gardens as part of a multi-year plan to help pollinators and urban biodiversity. Mayor Valérie Plante said today that the city is committing to increase the amount of protected land from eight per cent of the city’s total area to 10 per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to miss national Remembrance Day ceremony due to summit in Cambodia
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to miss Friday’s national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa. He will instead fly to Cambodia late Thursday to attend the ASEAN summit, which involves countries from across Southeast Asia. The summit, which is scheduled to start on Saturday, is the first of four international meetings that Trudeau ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abortion rights drove American expats to vote in midterms, say Democrats in Canada
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – A representative for Democrats Abroad says concern over the right to abortion was a motivating factor for those living outside the United States to vote in the country’s midterm elections Tuesday. Dianna English, who leads the Toronto chapter of the organization, says many people she spoke to were in “disbelief” that outlawing access ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-PQ member LeBel told accuser he didn’t remember night of alleged sex assault
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
QUEBEC – A jury has heard that a former Quebec provincial politician on trial for sexual assault sent his accuser an email saying he had no memory of the alleged events because he had drunk too much. Former Parti Québécois legislator Harold LeBel wrote in the 2020 email entered into evidence today that he woke ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five reasons Windsor had success ending ‘Freedom Convoy’ blockade, but Ottawa didn’t
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
OTTAWA – By the time protesters blockaded the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., last winter, a separate protest was already fully entrenched in the downtown streets of Ottawa. The blockade at the border crossing was smaller with far fewer trucks involved, but the economic impact was far greater, according to the federal government. While Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor says Crown can’t prove he lied
By The Canadian Press on November 9th, 2022
SURREY, B.C. – A defence lawyer for former Surrey, B.C., mayor Doug McCallum says his client should be acquitted of a public mischief charge because the Crown failed to prove he intended to mislead police by saying his foot was run over. Eric Gottardi says any embellishments in McCallum’s statement to police that a woman ... Read More »
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