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What Canadians are saying about the death of Rex Murphy
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy has died. Murphy worked as a columnist for the newspaper, which said in an obituary on its website that he died at 77 after a battle with cancer. Here’s what Canadians are saying about the news. “Rex Murphy was one of the most intelligent and fiercely free-thinking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Broadcaster and commentator Rex Murphy dead at 77: National Post
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pundit and columnist who hosted a national call-in radio show for decades, has died. The newspaper, where he worked as a columnist, says in an obituary on its website that Murphy died at age 77 following a battle with cancer. He was born outside of St. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Broadcaster and commentator Rex Murphy dies at 77: National Post
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
The National Post is reporting that Rex Murphy, the pro-oil pundit who was at once the steady stickhandler of a national call-in radio show and a driver of divisive online discourse, has died. More coming... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winnipeg trial hears victims’ clothing, DNA found in serial killer’s apartment
By Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
WINNIPEG – The trial of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki heard Thursday that police found physical evidence of the victims in his Winnipeg apartment, including jewelry, clothing, DNA and a bloodstained bathtub. Const. Jan de Vries, who was part of the police search team, testified they found bloodstains in Skibicki’s bathroom belonging to one of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. creates a special homicide unit as gangs involved in 46 per cent of murders
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia is forming a specialized gang-related homicide investigation team, saying gangland murders now make up almost 50 per cent of the killings in the province. Data from the Ministry of Public Safety says gang-related homicides have climbed from 21 per cent of all killings in the province in 2003 to 46 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Northern premiers call for national emergency response system
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
POND INLET, Nunavut – Northern premiers are calling for a national emergency response system to deal with natural disasters they fear will become more frequent. After a meeting this week in Pond Inlet, Nvt., they say the wildfires and floods of recent years point to the need for federal co-ordination. Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It’s an extension of my body’: accessibility advocates say airlines need to change
By Simon Hopkins, The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
OTTAWA – Maayan Ziv knows all too well the problems that can come from giving her motorized wheelchair to a stranger when she gets on a plane. “The fact that I’m even having to be separated from my wheelchair, a lot of the problems come from that,” Ziv said in an interview. “It’s the way ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man pleads guilty in hit-and-run that killed 7-year-old Ukrainian girl in Montreal
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
MONTREAL – A man who struck and killed a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee with his car has pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia, 46, entered the plea today at the Montreal courthouse. Seven-year-old Mariia Legenkovska was walking to school with her brother and sister on Dec. 13, 2022, when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals pledge $1.7M for persecuted LGBTQ+ people abroad
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government has announced it will give $1.7 million to groups supporting gender and sexual minorities abroad. That follows activists’ criticisms that Ottawa is too slow to follow through with its funding promises, and that it should be more forceful in responding to anti-gay legislation in some countries. Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Business groups walk back claim on share of Canadians hit by capital gains changes
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prominent business groups are backtracking their claim that one in five Canadians would be affected by the federal government’s proposed changes to capital gains taxation. In a letter sent to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland today, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and other groups said the government’s assertion that only the wealthiest Canadians will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Winnipeg trial hears victims’ clothing, jewelry found in serial killer’s apartment
By The Canadian Press on May 9th, 2024
WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg trial has heard the belongings of two slain women were found in the apartment of an admitted serial killer. A police officer who searched the home of Jeremy Skibicki has testified clothing and jewelry belonging to Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were discovered in the man’s suite. Skibicki is charged with ... Read More »
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